Learn how to make great data visualizations in Excel
Free tutorial
Created by Sean John Thompson
English
Free
What you’ll learn
- Learn to create well-designed graphs in Excel
- Learn how to format graphs beyond the default settings in Excel
- Clean your data in Excel to make it “graph-worthy”
- Use vlookups and Pivot Tables to summarize data
- Design graphs in Excel similar to the ones in today’s most respected publications
Requirements
- Need basic Excel skills
- Basic understanding of Excel formulas
- Know how to make a basic graph/chart in Excel
Description
Welcome and thanks for your interest in my course!
Learn and master the art of creating a well-designed data visualizations and basic data analysis in Excel in this wide-ranging course. Forget the same old default Excel graphs that are boring and without personality – you can do better than that! This course will help your to go beyond the basics of graphing and teach you how to design graphs with your intended audience in mind. Not only will you learn how to create great graphs in Excel, but you will also learn how to organize your data before graphing to make the process easier and more productive.
A few of the topics we will cover in this course include:
- How to determine if your data is graph-worthy
- How to organize your data prior to visualization
- Using vlookups to enhance your datasets
- Designing your graphs for your audience
- Using your visualizations outside of Excel
- and a few other surprises….
This course is mostly video based, but does include all of the Excel spreadsheets used throughout the course. Use these spreadsheets and documents as a resource after you complete the course. They are yours to keep and use as a reference in the future.
This course will allow you to use the Excel skills you already have and take them to the next level. This course was designed with you – the student in mind. My goal is for you to be able to implement the skills your learn in this course immediately once you have completed it.
I hope you enjoy the course and that your use the skills learned to enhance your skillset and wow your boss and coworkers!
– Sean
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who wants to learn how to visualize data in Excel
- Anyone who wants to become better at Excel
- Knowing how to work with Pivot Tables and basic Excel formulas will help
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Course content
5 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 9m total lengthCollapse all sections
Intro1 lecture • 2min
- Introduction02:19
Preparation2 lectures • 11min
- Prepping your data04:08
- Cleaning and organizing data with Vlookups07:07
Graphing your Data6 lectures • 20min
- Choosing the right graph8 pages
- Let’s graph07:16
- Formatting your graphs03:09
- Changing graph styles03:10
- Changing a graphs colors03:38
- Using your graphs outside of Excel02:39
Special Styles2 lectures • 27min
- Create a graph in “The Economist” style15:29
- Create a graph in “Five Thirty Eight” style11:46
Wrapup1 lecture • 1min
- Course Takeaways00:41
