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Course Information

  • Course Title: From Essential Question to Visual Design
  • Course Code: Ed-Fi 230
  • Tracks:
    • Technical Track
    • Program Track
  • Series: Advanced Ed-Fi Topics (200 Series)
  • Course Prerequisites: 
  • Learning Delivery Mode: Self-Guided Course (Online)
  • Time to Complete: 4 hours (80 minutes interactive content plus activities to work through at your own pace)
  • Registration Options: Online
  • Link to online course

Course Overview

Description

This advanced course provides a detailed, practical methodology for developing essential questions. Academy students learn how to build a team with the appropriate expertise and skills, and guide the team through an iterative process of inquiry and investigation from the initial definition of a question through deployment to end-users. 

Who Should Enroll

  • Project managers and leaders of education analytics projects  
  • Data engineers and technical analysts who support education analytics projects  
  • Educators or campus leaders who lead or sponsor analytics initiatives  
  • Anyone participating in an Ed-Fi Essential Question To Visual Design project.

Course Outcome

By the end of this course, Academy students will: 

  • Lead or participate in an Essential Question To Visual Design project as a member of a cross-functional team
  • Develop essential questions (EQs) that are open-ended, meaningful, and feasible
  • Craft a focused use case that explains the context of the essential question, the data needed to answer it, and the actions or decisions that will result
  • Draft a data visualization mockup designed to enable educators to answer an essential question

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for this course are: 

  • Understand the benefits and elements of the EQ To Visual Design Process 
  • Learn about resources and examples to support an agile design process 
  • Understand the people and roles required to conduct the EQ To Visual Design Process 
  • Gain the practical, how-to knowledge necessary to conduct a successful EQ project from conception to value delivery

Course Modules

  • Overview of the Essential Question to Visual Design Process
  • Developing an Essential Question
  • Crafting a Use Case for the Essential Question
  • Designing the Data Visualization