Tableau for Teaching: Learning Tableau

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What Learning Resources are Available?
Where Should I Start?

What Learning Resources are Available?

As a verified member of Tableau for Teaching, you have access to several different learning platforms. Access to each platform is offered free of charge. Details of each are outlined below. 

Salesforce Trailhead is our free online learning platform and the front door to the Salesforce ecosystem, including Tableau. It empowers anyone to skill up for their future and businesses to reskill their workforce through a gamified user experience. With Trailhead, anyone can learn in-demand skills including tech, business, Tableau, and soft skills. 

Tableau eLearning is available free-of-charge to educators that have been verified through Tableau for Teaching. This platform offers over 20 hours of self-paced Tableau product training. With Tableau eLearning access, teachers can learn Tableau at their own pace as their schedules allow. Access to eLearning is also available to students through educators’ request. Using eLearning in the classroom offers you and the students flexibility, to follow guided curriculum or choose lessons on an as-needed basis. Reach out to us at tft@tableau.com to facilitate access for your students.

Tableau Webinars is a collection of curated webinars from Tableau. Learn how companies around the world are taking advantage of analytics to drive better decision making.

Tableau Help is a collection of help articles located on the Tableau website. These articles cover everything from Tableau Basics to Tableau Server Administration. Along with informational content, the articles include sample data and step-by-step instructions. This website is great if you are looking for information on a specific Tableau feature. Articles are categorized by Tableau product.

Tableau Knowledge Base is a curated collection of “Top Resources” for each Tableau product that includes relevant Tableau Help articles and other Technical Support articles that include information troubleshooting steps. There is also a handy search bar at the top of the page, making it easy to find the information you’re looking for.

Where Should I Start?

Below is a collection of recommended courses to get you started with your Tableau journey. 

• Tableau Desktop - Use the courses below to build your foundational knowledge of Tableau Desktop. Key areas to focus on when learning Tableau include connecting to data, data types, chart types, and dashboard design.
  • Getting Started with Tableau Trail
  • Tableau Tableau eLearning: Fundamentals, Intermediate, Advanced
  • Learn Tableau Starter Kit
• Tableau Cloud - Now that you are familiar with how the core Tableau features and functions work, explore how Tableau web authoring works and how it can fit into your classroom. Key areas to focus on include site configuration, adding users, web authoring, and dashboard design.
  • Teaching with Tableau Cloud - Quick Start Guide
  • Getting Started with Tableau Cloud Trail
  • Tableau Server Basics Trail
  • Web Authoring in Tableau (video)
• Tableau Prep Builder - As you begin to explore more features of Tableau, you can use Tableau Prep Builder to clean and build out your data source. Key areas to focus on include connecting to data, cleaning data, data relationships, and outputting your data.
  • Tableau for Teaching: Tableau Prep Builder
  • Tableau Prep Basics Module 
  • Getting Started with Tableau Prep Builder
• Data Skills - A key foundation in understanding Tableau is understanding what data is and how it’s structured. Key areas to focus on include data foundations, data structure, data distributions, AI fundamentals and correlation.
  • Build your Data Literacy Trail
  • Data Fundamentals for AI
  • Critical Thinking and Decision-Making with Data and AI
  • Equity and Inclusion Guidelines for Data Visualization