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The Data Visualization and Creative Reporting, class, is my second favorite class out of the Business Intelligence Program. The first week we created an infographic and charts that described who were.  I found this to be a challenge;  it is always hard to talk about yourself. The second week was also challenging, we were given options for movies and had to explain their plot using only visualizations.  I chose a favorite “The Sound of Music”, even though I knew the movie, it was still hard trying to gather data to put into visualizations.

Week three was the most fun for me, we created a super hero dashboard.  I chose Iron Man, I created gauges and boxes like schedules and text messages that would be useful for Iron Man’s everyday life.  I added in innuendos from the recent Spider-Man: Homecoming movie and turned my dashboard into a presentation with the “I am Iron Man” theme song. Lastly, week four was the most challenging, but most important, as we were taking everything we have learned over the month and adding it all together to create visualizations and dashboards for our working companies.  

The biggest take away for this class is understanding that data visualization is important and being able to express the data visually can be more impactful than just plain graphs/charts.  The analogy that I learned in this class (during one of our video/reading assignments), is that data is like a cake, it can have layers of information, if those layers are not correct or don't contain good ingredients, it doesn’ t matter how much frosting and design you put on the cake, it's still not going to be a good cake.  If the layers of the cake are correct or have good ingredients and there is only a little bit of frosting, the cake is going to be good, not great but good enough to eat. Having the ability to serve an audience a great piece of cake will be more reliable and impactful, they are more likely to understand the data/message being communicated.   

The second time around has to be better; this time I have to get it right. As the saying goes, “time waits for no man.” Where has the time gone? I have no clue; I am at a lost of words. This month went by so fast as apposed to the first time I took the course and wanted to get to the end. This time around I would have liked another 30 – 45 days to grasp everything. This is one of the few courses at Full Sail that should have a part 1, part 2 and a part 3 course; to better prepare me for the Google Analytics Test, because I still do not feel that I am prepared. Actually I wish there were a few other courses in this program that had additional parts.

This course is perfect, because it provides the needed resources to prepare for the Google Analytics Certification (GAC). This course has been very interesting filled with massive information and assignments; there was so much to learn but so little time. The good part is preparing for the GAC test would be great asset to place on my resume and on my business proposals.

As always I must say that I love Full Sail. I wish that they had a Ph.D. program for me to further my education, but just as time waits for no one, I must move on to the next chapter in life. I just pray that it includes a successful business as an entrepreneur.

As the saying goes, “time waits for no man.” Where has the last 12 months gone? I have no clue; I am at a lost of words. This course came so fast and at a time I should have taken another break. I am so glad to be at the end of this road, but a little unhappy, because I don’t feel that I am prepared for what’s to come after there is no more Sunday rush to get my work in before midnight. Not that it has anything to do with Full Sail, it is just I and it is “Life”

Before taking this course, I was preparing to take the Google Analytics Certification; to then learn that this course prepares me for it was so exciting, but I have a little bit of nervousness with where does life goes after this. I will now have two Master’s Degrees and am still at a place of stress and unhappiness. “Living La Veda Loca!”

This course has been very interesting filled with massive information and assignments. I wish I had more time in this course to absorb everything and possibly obtain more material and instruction on digital analytics and optimization. This is one of the few courses at Full Sail that should have a part 1 and part 2 course; there is so much to learn but such little time. As always I must say that I love Full Sail. I wish that they had a Ph.D. program for me to further my education, but just as time waits for no one, I must move on to the next chapter in life. I just pray that it includes a new business in a new location.