Mellissa Williams-Smith, Director of Instutional Research at University of South Carolina- Upstate presented Welcome to the Data World. This event served as an introduction to the field of Institutional Research. It also walked through the mission and vision of the Upstate Institutional Planning and Research office and address issues and solutions to bridging the gap between education and data
Pamela Stansberry, Program Manager of Infrastructure and Database Administration for IBM and her team present the Cognos Advanced Report Authors training. This training illustrates and reinforces key concepts of advanced report authoring techniques, including enhancing, customizing, managing, and distributing professional reports using relational data models. Advanced Report Authors are taught how to create highly interactive and engaging reports that can be run offline by creating saved report outputs.
Sophie Greenwell showcased new public facing dashboards, a recent initiative of OIRAA. She highlighted the value of sharing data with the public through easily digestible and interactive means, and the importance of digital accessibility.
Banu Swetha Kothakonda & Savanna Shaver showcase various tips and tricks on how to use Tableau to create user-friendly dashboards with strong design principles and clean layouts. There will also be a demo of the CarolinaAnalytics landing page and new CarolinaDataWorks creator content summary dashboard.