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Course Description
Design with Users in Mind
In this course you learn how to design with users in mind.Optimize Visualizations
You’ll get introduced to some best practices in data visualization and optimize your visualizations to be more accessible to visually impaired individuals. This course also teaches you when to create paginated reports, a prerequisite for the official PL-300 exam!Feels like what you want to learn?
Start Course for FreeWhat you'll learn
- Identify design layout frameworks — including the Gutenberg, Z, and F layouts — and recognize how each guides viewer attention across a Power BI report canvas.
- Recognize accessibility requirements for Power BI reports, including contrast ratio standards, alt text, and screen reader compatibility.
- Differentiate between automatic page refresh and change detection refresh and identify the licensing and data source requirements for each.
- Identify the conditions under which a paginated report is more appropriate than a standard Power BI report for a given output requirement.
- Evaluate a report design for adherence to user-oriented design principles, including focal point placement, color vision deficiency accommodation, and visual hierarchy.
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Course outline
1
Design with Users in Mind
In this chapter, you will learn how a design is made using focal points to guide users naturally between visuals. You'll also explore some of the accessibility options for reports that Power BI offers.
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Readying for Production and Paginated Reports
Let’s get ready for production! In this chapter, you'll explore some best practices to ready your report, and you'll learn when you should (and shouldn’t) create paginated reports.
User-Oriented Design in Power BI
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