Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS)

94870  Telling Stories with Data

Units: 6.0
Instructors: Goranson, Christopher
Schedule: R 6:20-9:10PM HBH 2008
                 MW 8:35-9:55AM HBH 2008

Description:

Data are everywhere. For policy makers, the ability to tell the right story using data can make the difference between a successful initiative and one that fails. Part art, part science, visualizing data is a process that is both well established in existing disciplines and experimental and rapidly changing in others. In this course well explore both ends of the spectrum as we deconstruct and reconstruct data visualizations, dig into our own stories informed by data in compelling ways to help our readers understand complex issues, and experiment with new ways to represent data about our work, our community, and even ourselves. This course will provide hands-on training and experimentation with a number of tools, and students will have some flexibility to concentrate on mediums that best match their desired outcomes for a final project deliverable (print, digital, interactive or immersive). By the end of this course, students will have developed a portfolio of work, skills in a number of different tools and applied techniques, and a more thorough understanding of how to communicate through presentation and data design. Students will be able to immediately apply what theyve learned to both other coursework as well as on-the-job needs.