DiY Data Design
Fun activities, lessons, and inspiration designed to help you build your data communication skills.
This is a course collection originally developed and launched in 2015.
DiY Data Design launched with a simple idea. Build a digital workshop by listening to the challenges faced by researchers and evaluators in their day to day work. Then provide them with easy to digest, not overwhelming, support.
So we built a workshop together. The original workshop included three things.
1. We met regularly online to discuss each others everyday data design challenges.
2. I shared super short activities and video lessons to help participants practice and learn at their own pace.
3. I provided inspiration from external expert voices.
The content in this course includes many of the original activities, lessons, and inspiration. It's just in a self-paced format.
Follow through (when you have the time) and do the activities.
Then share your work.
Your Instructor
My name is Chris Lysy, I am a designer, evaluator, cartoonist, and author. Most of my days are spent helping organizations adapt to the ever changing digital world.
Course Curriculum
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StartIntroducing yourself with an infographic. (2:02)
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PreviewTurning simple shapes into icons. (1:34)
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StartHow to kick start any design. (1:37)
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StartCreating featured images from screenshots. (1:51)
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StartCreating simple featured images using quotes. (3:46)
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StartUsing icons to illustrate reports. (2:00)
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StartBefore you create, wireframing page layouts. (2:42)
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StartTurning a spreadsheet into an interactive Tableau workbook. (2:50)
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StartStart building Tableau dashboards with just one filter. (1:55)
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StartThe One Pager Process (6:41)
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PreviewVisualizing Little Data (7:49)
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StartRSA Style Animated Videos (4:23)
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StartMagazine Style One-Pager (3:06)
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StartSimple Quote Image (1:58)
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StartCreating Doodle Worksheets (2:21)
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StartDesigning an Interactive Infographic (5:20)
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StartComparison Infographic (3:20)
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StartAnnotated Map Infographic (7:48)
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StartStoryline Presentations (10:34)
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StartCreating Remarkable Blog Posts (7:09)
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StartGoogle Drive Dashboards (8:07)
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StartCrafting a Short Video (7:28)
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StartTimeline Infographic (5:43)