6th December 2022 – The Centre for Testing, Measurement, and Appraisal (CeTMA), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), provided a virtual training on data analytics dashboard development using Google Data Studio for academicians at SEAMEO RECSAM, Pulau Pinang. Dr. Saadi Ahmad Kamaruddin, CeTMA's Deputy Director, delivered the public lecture. There were 18 professionals from SEAMEO RECSAM attended the 4-hour training session.
CeTMA aims to educate the public on how to communicate big data into dashboards rather than standard reporting that is typically lengthy, into analytics reporting that is fully accessible online, dynamic, and up-to-date; by utilising good data structure on campus as well as available open-source software.
A data analytics dashboard is a tool for organising, visualising, analysing, and tracking data while multitasking. The ultimate purpose of a data analytics dashboard is to make it easier for data analysts, decision makers, and regular users to understand their data, get deeper insights, and make better data-driven decisions.
Data dashboards are designed to connect and extract crucial information from many data sources. Charts, figures, graphs, and tables are utilised to present this information in a unified, coherent manner. From this training, it is expected that SEAMEO RECSAM could produce different analytical dashboards for each department, as well as a dashboard for each specific project, allowing for extensive monitoring of highly desired KPIs.
At the end of the session, three winners were chosen based on the dashboards that had been developed.
Overall, these interventions aim to ensure that UUM, in conjunction with its stakeholders, is ready to embrace technology in accordance with the university's goal of creating a sustainable community by 2030.
