{"id":496,"date":"2025-12-08T16:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/?p=496"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:33:32","slug":"step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"STEP BY STEP ADMISSIONS DASHBOARD WALKTHROUGH: How to Explore Trends, Track Performance, and Tell Better Data Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"384\">The Admissions Dashboard is a powerful tool for exploring how students move from application to enrollment. It brings together applicant trends, academic preparedness, demographics, geography, and term-to-term comparisons into one interactive experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"619\">This walkthrough is designed to help you navigate the dashboard with confidence. Each slide highlights a different section, explains what you are seeing, and shows how filters and metrics work together to uncover meaningful insights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"730\">The PowerPoint has also been animated and can be viewed in Presentation Mode for the full guided experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/16163230\/Admissions-Dashboard-Walkthrough-Blurred-12-9-25-2.pptx\">Click to Download- Admissions Dashboard Walkthrough<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"752\">You will see how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"801\">Track applied, admitted, and enrolled trends<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"801\">Explore applicant academic readiness over time<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"801\">Compare student groups across key demographics<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"801\">Visualize where applicants are coming from<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"801\">Measure change between two terms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide3-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-510 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131556\/Slide3-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><strong>STEP 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide4-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131618\/Slide4-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><strong>STEP 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide5-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131620\/Slide5-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><strong>STEP 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide6-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131622\/Slide6-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><strong>STEP 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide7-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-514 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131624\/Slide7-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><strong>STEP 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/slide8-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slide8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/12\/09131627\/Slide8-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1136\">Use this guide as a companion while clicking through the dashboard. The goal is not just to look at data, but to understand what it is telling you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Admissions Dashboard is a powerful tool for exploring how students move from application to enrollment. It brings together applicant trends, academic preparedness, demographics, geography, and term-to-term comparisons into one interactive experience. This walkthrough is designed to help you navigate the dashboard with confidence. Each slide highlights a different section, explains what you are seeing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-research-and-decision-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>STEP BY STEP ADMISSIONS DASHBOARD WALKTHROUGH: How to Explore Trends, Track Performance, and Tell Better Data Stories - Data Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/irds\/2025\/12\/08\/step-by-step-admissions-dashboard-walkthrough-how-to-explore-trends-track-performance-and-tell-better-data-stories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STEP BY STEP ADMISSIONS DASHBOARD WALKTHROUGH: How to Explore Trends, Track Performance, and Tell Better Data Stories - Data Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Admissions Dashboard is a powerful tool for exploring how students move from application to enrollment. 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