# Tableau Certification Course Online 100% online with software, exam, and live support Canonical URL: ## Overview Become a confident Tableau user at your own pace while preparing to earn the Tableau Desktop Specialist certification. This self-paced program focuses on building practical Tableau skills while helping you get ready for the certification exam on your own schedule. The program includes self-paced Tableau instruction and the [Tableau Desktop Specialist exam](https://vdci.edu/exams/tableau-desktop-specialist-exam) with one free retake, along with the option to replace the exam with an additional hour of private tutoring if preferred. ## What you'll learn - Connect to and prepare data from common file and database sources - Navigate the Tableau interface and understand core workspace components - Create basic visualizations, including bar, line, map, and table views - Use dimensions and measures to analyze and summarize data - Apply sorting, filtering, and grouping to explore datasets - Build calculated fields using basic formulas and aggregations - Format views using labels, colors, tooltips, and axes - Create dashboards and arrange multiple views effectively - Understand basic data joins, relationships, and blending concepts - Publish, export, and share Tableau workbooks and dashboards ## Curriculum 1. **Tableau Course Online** ## Instructors ### Garfield Stinvil — Instructor Garfield is an experienced software trainer with over 16 years of real-world professional experience. He started as a data analyst with a Wall Street real estate investment company & continued working in the professional development department at New York Road Runners Organization. He enjoys bringing humor to whatever he teaches and loves conveying ideas in novel ways that help others learn more efficiently. Since starting his professional training career in 2016, he has worked with several corporate clients including Adobe, HBO, Amazon, Yelp, Mitsubishi, WeWork, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, and Hermès. Outside of work, his hobbies include rescuing & archiving at-risk artistic online media using his database management skills. ### Colin Jaffe — Instructor Colin Jaffe is a programmer, writer, and teacher with a passion for creative code, customizable computing environments, and simple puns. He loves teaching code, from the fundamentals of algorithmic thinking to the business logic and user flow of application building—he particularly enjoys teaching JavaScript, Python, API design, and front-end frameworks. Colin has taught code to a diverse group of students since learning to code himself, including young men of color at All-Star Code, elementary school kids at The Coding Space, and marginalized groups at Pursuit. Colin lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two kids, and many intricate board games. ### Brian McClain — Instructor Brian McClain is an experienced instructor, curriculum developer, and web developer. Brian served as Director for a coding bootcamp, where he is now a lead instructor and course developer for both JavaScript and Python. He teaches Web Development, JavaScript, Python for Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI. He taught Python Data Science and Machine Learning as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Westchester County College. Brian is also an active industry professional in the field of generative AI app development. His website and iOS app, Artmink, provide appraisals of art and antiques from user-uploaded images. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $1299