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Creating an infographic
This document provides instructions for creating an infographic. It begins by defining an infographic and discussing the power of visuals in learning. It notes that 65% of people are visual learners. It then asks the reader to look at the start of an example infographic and think about what type of depiction of single parents it will have based on the title. The document continues by providing tips on choosing a topic, doing research, sketching out a design, and using tools like PowerPoint or Easelly to create the infographic. It emphasizes the importance of colors, fonts, and layout. The goal is to inform, persuade, or call to action the intended audience.
Creating an infographic
- 1. Creating an Infographic MtAlvernia College Days of Excellence 2013
- 2. What is anInfographic? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-I6fiE_Wk
- 3. The Power ofVisuals 50% of our neural tissue is related to vision R.S. Fixot (1957) Americal Journal of Opthamology65% of people are visual learners Social Science Research Network
- 4. On the nextpage is the beginning of an infographic on visual.ly (http://visual.ly/alarming-state-single-parenthood) What does it tell you before you even begin to scroll? The Power of Visuals
- 5. TaniaCreative, The AlarmingState of Single Parenthood, http://visual.ly/alarming-state-single-parenthood When you look at the start of this infographic… • What type of depiction of single parents do you think it is going to have? • What makes you think this? • What impact do you think the title has? • Could the author have used the same title with a different image to create a different feel?
- 6. Statistics Wolfram Alpha Australian Bureauof Statistics Online Look at other infographics Interesting facts Images you can use (check creative commons licences) Flickr CC Clipart Research
- 7. What is yourpurpose? Inform Persuade Call to Action Who is your target audience? Age, location, socio-economic status – do these things matter online?? Consider appropriate colour schemes, layout, images etc based on your perceived audience What message do you want to send? Alarm, use caution, dive in head first,…. Define
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- 9. What type ofcolour schemes are used? How is data represented? How many fonts are used? Did you consider bold, italic, size, colour, capitals? What else did you notice? What did you notice?
- 10. Use pieces ofpaper and sketch out a rough plan. Work out the length of your infographic (each piece of paper is approximately 30cm long + 10cm – you can’t add length but you can crop!) You’re ready to start… Sketch it Out
- 11. Go into theDesign tab in powerpoint and select “Page Setup” Create – Option 1 Powerpoint Set the page height to the height you calculated from your sketch.
- 12. Use the insertmenu to add: clipart (you don’t need to attribute all your images) Shapes Pictures you draw from shapes eg people Smart art diagrams Graphs When you are done – File > Save As > PNG Insert the image into your blog Create Option 1 - Powerpoint
- 13. Go to easel.lyand register an account Click on the screen in “my visuals” Click on “vhemes”, select one and drag it down onto the stage Add and remove objects, shapes and text using the buttons on the toolbar. When you are done, save Create Option 2 – easel.ly
- 14. Powerpoint (insert animage) Embed in Blog
- 15. Online creator egeasel.ly (embed) Embed in Blog 1. Click on share 2. Set the visual to public Copy the embed link 3. In your blog click on HTML and paste the embed link in