Data Vis @ TAU

Course page for teaching materials, 22/23 (Semester B)

Data Vis @ TAU

Tel Aviv UniversityInstructor22/23

This semester of Data Visualization focused on visual reasoning, chart design, dashboard construction, and applied storytelling with data using Tableau and iterative critique.

Course Outline

Course Syllabus

This semester covers the full workflow of data visualization: understanding audience and task, choosing the right abstractions and chart forms, building dashboards in Tableau, and critiquing visual choices so that data stories stay both accurate and readable.

Lecture Topic Focus
1 Course framing and intro to data visualization Why visualization matters, examples, and course structure.
2 Task and data abstraction Turning messy analytical questions into formal visual tasks and data types.
3 Marks, channels, and chart grammar How visual encodings shape readability and interpretation.
4 Chart families and design tradeoffs Selecting chart types and avoiding misleading comparisons.
5 Data preparation and Tableau workflows Preparing data and implementing visual ideas in Tableau.
6 Dashboards, interaction, and storytelling Combining views into coherent dashboards and data-driven narratives.

Course Materials