Data Literacy for Business 101
Anyone can read, question and act on data with confidence, no spreadsheets or coding involved. In about 90 minutes and four assessed units, your people learn to interpret charts, tables and dashboards accurately, spot the well-documented ways they mislead, and turn a report into a sound decision. The foundation for every team that receives data as part of the job.
- Easy-to-follow course
- 4 quizzes at 80% in every course
- Narration and captions on every screen
- Written and fact-checked in 2026
Watch the introduction, then see the interactions your learners will use.
One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
What your team will learn
Upon course completion, employees will gain a full and clear understanding of:
- What data literacy means, and why it is now a core decision-making skill
- How to read charts, tables and dashboards accurately, and spot the common ways they mislead
- The difference between correlation and causation, and how to question data quality and bias
- How to choose metrics that actually matter, and avoid the classic traps in how they get used
- How to communicate a data-backed point clearly, in a way any audience can act on
- How to use data responsibly, and build a lasting personal habit of reading, questioning and acting on data
Who it is for
Written for all staff. No technical background is needed, and nothing in it assumes a previous course.
This course from Blocknorth teaches you to read, question and act on data with real confidence, no spreadsheets or coding involved. You will learn to interpret charts, tables and dashboards accurately, spot the well documented ways they mislead, and turn a report into a sound decision.
Course contents
4 units. Each ends with a 10-question quiz; 8 correct unlocks the next unit.
Foundations of Data Literacy
- What data literacy means, and why it is a decision-maker's skill, not just an analyst's
- The current data skills gap, and why it is widening even as expectations rise
- The journey from raw data to a decision: data, information and insight
- Key terms in plain English: dataset, variable, metric, KPI, sample and population
- Building the habit at the centre of this course: read, question, act
Reading and Interpreting Data
- Averages, percentages and rates, and how each can be misread
- Reading tables, bar charts, line charts, pie charts and dashboards properly
- The real, well documented ways axes and charts can mislead, including a genuine case study
- Distributions, outliers and small samples, and how much weight each can really carry
- A five-point scepticism checklist to run before trusting any figure
From Data to Decisions
- Asking good questions of data, and testing a figure against the right comparison
- Correlation versus causation, with real, well documented examples
- Data quality, bias and survivorship bias, and how each shapes a conclusion
- Choosing metrics that matter, and Goodhart's law: when a target stops being a good measure
- A simple, repeatable framework for making a genuinely data-informed decision
Using Data Well
- What a healthy, data-informed culture looks like, and what it is not
- Communicating with data: leading with the headline, and choosing the right chart
- Privacy and ethics basics for anyone handling data, in plain English
- The pitfalls that catch even experienced people out
- Building your own data confidence habit, with a personal action plan
Details
| Length | About 1.5 hours, self-paced, resumes where the learner left off |
|---|---|
| Format | SCORM 1.2 package. Runs in any conformant LMS (Moodle, Cornerstone, Docebo, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS and others) |
| Assessment | 4 unit quizzes, 10 questions each, 80% to pass. Score and completion reported to your LMS |
| Accessibility | Optional narration and captions on every screen, keyboard navigation, responsive on PC and tablet |
| Language | UK English |
| Publisher | Blocknorth |
| Written and fact-checked | In 2026, reviewed each quarter |
What a licence includes
One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
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Will it run in our LMS?
Yes, if your LMS supports SCORM 1.2, which almost every LMS does. You upload one zip file, assign it, and completions and scores report back automatically. We confirm compatibility for your platform before you buy, and the free sample package lets you test it in place.
Can we try it before we buy?
Yes. Ask for the free sample package and you will have Unit 1 of a foundation course as a real SCORM 1.2 file, so you can check it runs in your own LMS. Request it with the form below and you will have it within 1 working day.
What do we receive?
The SCORM package, a one-page quick-start for your LMS administrator, the course listing sheet for your catalogue, and preview images. Updates to the course during your licence are supplied at no charge.
How does a licence work?
You licence the course for the learners you buy for, for 12 months, on your own LMS, and you receive one SCORM package. Pricing is per learner with volume discounts as your numbers grow, and we licence from ten learners upwards.
Where teams go next
Request a quote or the sample package
Tell us the course and roughly how many learners. You will have a quote, or your sample package, within 1 working day.
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