WINV075 - Foundations of Data Management

Course Description

In this course, you'll delve into crafting technical information narratives around visualizations as micro-content. You'll focus on navigating through data and information overload, comprehending it, safeguarding it, and crafting visually compelling stories that drive action for organizations and communities. Utilizing various software tools, you'll learn to manipulate and present data in ways that captivate audiences and aid decision-makers in taking action.

Course Outline

As a project administrator or manager, your role is crucial in understanding, organizing and visually narrating information for organizational and community action. Throughout the course, you'll learn to conduct web-based literature searches for credible information, adhere to specific citation styles and execute data collection with quality assurance and control protocols.

Using MS Excel's Pivot tables, you'll analyze data and master table design, along with creating basic charts like bar charts, scatter plots and pie charts. Through information visualizations, you'll discover how to engage managers, funders and stakeholders effectively. Working in teams, you'll source data and craft data-driven narratives in professional reports such as case studies or proposals, tailored to your field of interest. Finally, you'll present your data-driven story through PowerPoint presentations, engaging your audience effectively.

Learner Outcomes

By the course's end, you'll:

• Recognize the essential components of credible technical reporting and apply APA citation style correctly to avoid plagiarism
• Critically evaluate and summarize technical information from various sources, making it accessible to diverse audiences
• Employ active reading strategies to enhance comprehension of complex technical information
• Implement best practices for quality assurance and control of data collection and storage, ensuring source reliability and integrity
• Analyze complex datasets using Microsoft Excel workbook functions, including Pivot tables
• Deliver findings and recommendations through compelling visual reports and presentations using MS PowerPoint

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Professional Project Administrator Micro-Credential : Core Courses