Lesson 3: Dashboard Design, Actions, Interactivity, Storytelling, and Accessibility
Lesson Overview
This lesson develops practical skills in dashboard design, actions, interactivity, storytelling, and accessibility for Tableau Dashboard Design and Data Storytelling Training.
Topics Covered
Dashboard containers, sizing, device layouts, whitespace, visual hierarchy, and consistency
Filter, highlight, URL, navigation, parameter, set, and change-parameter actions
Tooltips, viz-in-tooltip, dynamic titles, show and hide, and guided exploration
Story points, narrative flow, context, annotations, and executive communication
Color, typography, accessibility, mobile, usability, and performance trade-offs
Dashboard testing with stakeholder tasks
Practical Activity
Configure or analyze a scenario involving dashboard containers, sizing, device layouts, whitespace, visual hierarchy, and consistency.
Build and validate an exercise covering filter, highlight, url, navigation, parameter, set, and change-parameter actions and tooltips, viz-in-tooltip, dynamic titles, show and hide, and guided exploration.
Use tests, logs, reports, or documentation to verify dashboard testing with stakeholder tasks.
Key Takeaways
Explain dashboard containers, sizing, device layouts, whitespace, visual hierarchy, and consistency in the context of Tableau Dashboard Design and Data Storytelling Training.
Apply practical methods for filter, highlight, url, navigation, parameter, set, and change-parameter actions and tooltips, viz-in-tooltip, dynamic titles, show and hide, and guided exploration.
Test, document, and troubleshoot dashboard testing with stakeholder tasks.
