Create a Demographic Visualization – eduCLIMBER

Demographic visualizations can be created to gain a wholistic view of a particular demographic. This lesson guides users through creating a Demographic visualization.

Before You Begin

Required Permissions: Access District Achievement Dashboard OR Manage District Achievement Dashboard

This lesson begins assuming a Dashboard has already been created. If one has not been created, take a look at Create a New Dashboard.

Where to Start

An example dashboard with the New Visualization button labeled as step 1, and the Demographics option labeled as step 2.

Select New Visualization.
Choose Demographics.

Demographic Visualizations

The New Demographic Visualization popup window with Visualization Name labeled as step 3, Select a Demographic labeled as step 4, Select a Grouping labeled as step 5, Report As labeled as step 6, Select a Visualization Type labeled as step 7, Student Filters labeled as step 8, Enter a Short Description labeled as step 9, Display Settings labeled as step 10, and the Save button labeled as step 11.

Enter a Name for the visualization.
Select a Demographic. Available options include Student Count, Gender, Ethnicity, Meal Status, Disability Status, Academic Intervention, and Behavior Intervention. Some options are permission-dependent.
Select a Grouping. Depending on the user's level of access, options include District, School, School Group, Grade, Meal Status, EL Status, and ELP Level.
Use Report As to select if the demographic will display a Total Count or Percent.
Select a Visualization Type. This determines how the data is displayed. Options include a Bar Chart, Column Chart, Numeric Display, Line Chart, and Table.
Select the arrow icon to expand possible Student Filter options. This requires students to meet the selected filters to appear within the visualization.
- Example: If eduCLIMBER Elementary is selected, then only students who attended eduCLIMBER Elementary for the roster year selected will appear in the visualization.

The Student Filters menu opened, with the Active Status highlighted and set to Active, with the X to remove the filter also highlighted.

The Active Status under the Student Filters is automatically set to Active for newly created visualizations. This filter can be set to Active or Inactive, or the X can be selected to remove the filter, allowing for both active and inactive students to appear on the visualization.

Enter a Short Description as needed to provided more details on the data.
Select the arrow icon to expand possible Display Settings, such as Color Customization, and an Axis Minimum and Maximum.
Select Save to create the visualization.

Visualizations are automatically added to the bottom of the dashboard.

Next Steps

Learn more about creating visualizations by visiting Create a Google Sheet Visualization.