- 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