Information Visualization

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In This Course, You'll

  • Get excited to turn complex, hard-to-read data into clear visuals your team, clients, and stakeholders can understand and act on. According to the International Data Corporation, the world now generates well over 170 zettabytes of data a year. That’s more than 450 million terabytes every single day, and the figure keeps climbing. Big data and AI now let us find and access more than ever before, but all of that is only useful if we can make sense of it. Most people assume data work means heavy math and they count themselves out, but this course gives you a simple framework to turn raw data into visuals people instantly grasp, use them to drive decisions, and prove they actually work. No technical background needed. You already visualize information every day, like sketching a diagram to explain an idea or highlighting important points in a presentation. Whether you work in journalism, marketing, research, UX, or another field, this course will help you communicate complicated ideas quickly and clearly.

  • Make yourself invaluable as the professional who turns confusion into clarity. Anyone can make a chart, but few can design one that makes a situation instantly clear and drives a decision. In this course you'll learn Riccardo Mazza's five-step design framework, and work from defining the problem and the data, to choosing dimensions, mapping the underlying structure, and setting the right level of interaction. From there you'll master visual mapping, the deliberate pairing of data attributes with visual properties, and learn to represent everything from a single variable through multivariate data and hierarchies, using tools like concept maps and mind maps. You'll work with the three levels of interaction (static, transformable, and manipulable), so you can build anything from a fixed infographic to a model users explore for themselves. By the end, you'll have a repeatable process for turning any kind of data into a visualization that's clear and actionable.

  • Gain confidence and credibility as you learn to design using the science of human perception. MIT neuroscientists found the brain can process an entire image in as little as 13 milliseconds, far faster than it reads words or numbers. You'll see how vision and memory work. Then put them to use as you apply the Gestalt laws of grouping and preattentive attributes (the colors, shapes, and positions the brain registers first) so your visuals are understood at a glance. But fast doesn't mean accurate, and a visual can just as quickly send the wrong message. That's why you'll learn to test your work with real users, through heuristic evaluations, cognitive walkthroughs, interviews, and focus groups, so you can confirm whether it’s perceived the way you intended. You won't just hope your visualizations work, you'll know they do, and so will everyone who sees them.

Learn From Industry Leaders

Master complex skills with proven best practices and toolkits directly from industry leaders. Meet your expert for this course:

  • Alan Dix: Author of the bestselling book “Human-Computer Interaction” and Director of the Computational Foundry at Swansea University.

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Is This Course Right for You?

  • You want an evidence-based curriculum taught by industry leaders.
  • You want real-world design skills that translate directly into professional practice.
  • You want to earn industry-recognized credentials.
  • Your time is too valuable for scattered free content with no structure.
  • You want learning that leads to better roles and stronger earning potential over time.
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I thought the flow of the content was ideal. It is important to understand the history of visualization to understand how to use it and crea...

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  1. Build High-Impact AI and Design Skills

    Industry leaders from companies like Adobe, Google, and NASA teach you real-world skills grounded in industry practice and research.

  2. Combine AI and Timeless Design Skills

    Learn both AI and the human-centered design skills that AI can't replace.

  3. Earn Industry-Recognized Certificates

    Add IxDF Course Certificates to your LinkedIn profile and résumé to show you've completed an evidence-based curriculum taught by industry leaders.

  4. Turn Your Skills Into Career Opportunities

    Use your new skills to take on higher-value work, qualify for promotions or find a role that fits you better.

  5. Build a Network That Supports Your Career

    Connect with designers in 497 cities across 107 countries. Learn together, get mentored, and build relationships that open doors.

Course Overview

  • Each week, one lesson becomes available.
  • Study flexibly. Take as much time as you want.
  • 17 hours / 63 lesson items in 7 lessons.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Information Visualization

Available once you start the course. Estimated time to complete: 4 hours, 8 mins.

Lesson 2: Vision and Memory

Available once you start the course. Estimated time to complete: 2 hours, 45 mins.

Lesson 4: Advanced Information Visualization

Available anytime after Oct 16th, 2026. Estimated time to complete: 4 hours, 36 mins.

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Phillip Dodson
Phillip Dodson
UI/UX Web Developer

I wanted to thank you! IxDF is just the best thing ever. Just ever! Making this information accessible and available at the high level of quality. Just awesome!

Jackie Risk
Jackie Risk
Senior Product Designer

I thought the variety of videos and written material helped me learn much more efficiently. The instructor was knowledgeable and made it fun to learn. I really enjoyed this course!

Bethany Torimino
Bethany Torimino
UX Research

I really enjoy Alan's courses and find the way he teaches concepts through creative applications and case studies to be very useful.

Beth Venegas
Beth Venegas
UX Researcher

I like the variation of reading and watching the lectures. Also, the instructor was extremely knowledgeable and engaging to watch. Answering the questions was also engaging.

Rajyeshwar Basnwal Thakur
Rajyeshwar Basnwal Thakur
UX Designner

The instructor is highly qualified, and the subject explanation is clear and crisp.

Kea Wheeler
Kea Wheeler
Research Director

I thought the flow of the content was ideal. It is important to understand the history of visualization to understand how to use it and create it and I believe the course did well in this regard.

CHRISTINE SOLE
CHRISTINE SOLE
Design Manager

Alan Dix creates a positive and effective learning experience and has a deep understanding of the subject. He is very good!

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Director

Very articulate and well curated - lessons are in good bite-sized chunks.

Enzo R Arias
Enzo R Arias
Lead Quality and Training Analyst

The course is concise, to the point, and well-explained, making the content easy to understand and apply.