IS 457

Fall 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 24-Dec 9

Data Storytelling

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

An introduction to understanding data as a source for storytelling and to telling stories based on data. This process will include understanding and analyzing data sets to find informative aspects, changes, or contrasts that will provide the basic information for developing stories. Course participants will learn storytelling concepts, narrative theories, and performance techniques and develop stories in a collaborative workshop style. Students will work with data visualization toolkits, which will involve variable levels of coding and skill. By using storytelling techniques with data, students can develop, and tell well-evidenced stories, organizations can make better data-driven decisions.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 457 class schedule data for fall 2026
	Status		CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
			75132	Lecture-Discussion	ACG	2:00PM -3:50PM	TR	370 Armory		Availability: Pending Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
			75133	Lecture-Discussion	ACU	2:00PM -3:50PM	TR	370 Armory		Availability: Pending Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Must have Junior or Senior standing. Restricted to IS Majors initially, INFO Minors may register starting June 30th by noon. For more information about this major, please visit: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS. Questions may be sent to bsis-advising@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Restricted to Informatics or Information Sciences or Data Science or Game Studies and Design or Information Sciences + DS major(s) or minor(s). Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.