Designing with Data: Creating and Sharing Personalized Looker Studio Dashboards

Description

How can you turn raw data into a meaningful story that showcases growth and success? What if your data dashboards could inspire collaboration and drive real instructional impact? Personalized dashboards allow educators to transform numbers into narratives—making data visual, actionable, and easy to share. Google Looker Studio gives teachers the flexibility to design dashboards that reflect their goals, whether it's tracking student progress, visualizing school initiatives, or organizing classroom performance metrics. Join Lauren Boucher for this hands-on session where you'll bring everything together to design and publish your own Looker Studio dashboard. Using the planning templates, sample datasets, and design best practices from earlier sessions, you'll learn how to personalize your dashboard, format it for clarity, and confidently share it with colleagues or stakeholders.

Objectives

1. Recall key design and formatting tools in Google Looker Studio.
2. Describe how personalized dashboards communicate data stories effectively.
3. Build and publish an original dashboard tailored to specific classroom or school goals.
4. Evaluate which metrics and visuals best support your data story.
5. Critique and refine your dashboard for usability and visual appeal.
6. Design and share a completed Looker Studio dashboard ready for real-world use.

Key Take Aways

• Apply planning templates and design principles to create a personalized Google Looker Studio dashboard.
• Explore formatting and customization options to make data visualizations clear and engaging.
• Learn how to share dashboards securely and collaborate with other educators.
• Develop a process for maintaining, updating, and evolving your dashboards over time.