Tableau, along with Power BI, is one of the most popular visual analytics platforms, making it a marketable skill for data/business analysts.
The 'Tableau for Students' Guide provides introductory resources for students who are beginning their Tableau-learning journey or are interested in building a career in data analytics.
These resources will help students: get started, learn how to communicate analytical insights, get involved with the Tableau Community and organise events.
All posts shown below have been updated on the 14th October, 2023.
Not sure what Tableau is? Curious about what the hype for Tableau is all about? Read me to find out!
Learn about all the perks that University students get access to from Tableau - all in one blog post! If you're a student, do NOT purchase any Tableau products before reading this.
Step-by-step instructions on how to download and install Tableau Desktop, and how to activate your FREE student license!
Learn how to effectively design data visualisations for your audience with these online resources.
Here are books that are non-technical, beginner-friendly, and will help up-and-coming analysts deeply understand visual best practices.
Johanna started volunteering for Viz for Social Good while still being a student, and eventually got recognised as a Tableau Public Ambassador. Here's her experience and advice for students!
Get preliminary insight into some of the things that go on in the datafam world - to build up their Community members.
As my time being a Tableau Student Ambassador comes to an end, I decided to reflect on the year that was.
Another blog post highlighting my experience as a Student Ambassador, but this time I come back as a mentor and stay on for another year (of great value).
Tableau-based events are one of the best ways to engage University students with the Tableau software, and, more broadly, with the data analytics space. But how do you go about organising and hosting one?
An introduction to the Tableau Desktop workspace and its different components - for Tableau beginners AND up-and-coming coaches!
Jason is an Actuarial Studies/Commerce graduate from the University of New South Wales. Jason has been active in the Tableau Community as a Tableau Academic (Student) Ambassador since September 2020, and since then he has ran 12 Tableau-based events and produced the ‘Tableau for Students’ guide.
Jason is a Tableau Certified Data Analyst who has gained analytics experience at American Express, Deloitte and IAG.
He is now a LinkedIn content-creator who hopes to lift others in their Uni and/or data analytics journey.
Johanna is originally from Indonesia and moved to Australia to pursue her Master's in Commerce (Business Analytics and Marketing) from the University of Sydney.
She started her Tableau Public journey in September 2021 after stumbling upon the #VizforSocialGood community initiative and has never looked back. She was selected as Tableau Public Featured Author ‘22, had a visualisation featured as Viz of the Day and received a Vizzies Award at the Tableau Conference. She is currently a Tableau Public Ambassador and a Data Analytics Consultant at The Data School Down Under, doing what she is most passionate about - discovering valuable insights and conveying them into a compelling story for stakeholders.
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