About This Course

Data Visualization literacy is fundamental for consuming any analysis in any industry or media – from the news to working in healthcare or not-for-profit budgets and more. As well, the ability to create data visualizations that are compelling, accurate, and tell a story, is becoming a core skill of any job in the 21st Century. This course provides a practical approach to learning the theories and techniques of data visualization for data analysis.

Please Note: Learners who successfully complete this course can earn a CloudSwyft digital certificate and skill badge - these are detailed, secure and blockchain authenticated credentials that profile the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in this course.

Course Staff

Pete Harris

Senior Content Developer

Microsoft’s Learning Experiences

Pete Harris is a Senior Content Developer in Microsoft’s Learning Experiences team based in Redmond, WA. He has a diverse background building content that spans Microsoft’s application platform including Microsoft Azure and various data platform services. Pete has been building content for Microsoft since 1995. He continues to meet customers who think he looks familiar from training videos they saw of him in the Mastering Series titles he worked on in the nineties as well as current training on MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com.

Ben Olsen

Sr. Content Developer

Microsoft

Ben is a Sr. Content Developer for Microsoft's Learning and Readiness team, and is an analytics professional and educator with over 8 years of industry and managerial experience. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ben ran and directed multiple consulting firms, where he also held critical analytics roles in companies as diverse as Juniper Networks, Costco, and T-Mobile. He has taught Data Visualization at The University of Washington, and recently founded Seattle Pacific University's Analytics Certificate Program.