Spring '19 Visual Remediation at University of Idaho, Engl 102.

1. The Infographic & Presentation
Engl 102-13, Spring ‘19
University of Idaho
Assignment:
Congratulations on finishing your research paper! Our last unit in class aims to help you share your complex
topic concisely in a visually engaging way. As future professionals – businesspeople, scientists, engineers,
teachers, medical practitioners – you will face the challenge of discussing your well-researched ideas with lay
audiences to inform and persuade. Dense text is not always the best way to share your argument. Therefore,
this assignment asks you to remediate your research paper into an infographic, and then share your work
with your classmates. The assignment also prepares you for upper-division professional writing courses that
many majors require.
To turn a paper into an infographic, you must apply basic principles of design to enhance the effect of concise
text. We will discuss design, concision, and easy platforms you can use to create your infographic. You will
present your infographic in the Doceo Center during our last week of class. The presentations are five
minutes long, which includes 3 minutes to talk and two minutes for follow-up conversation. Typically, you
present at the same time as four other classmates. The rest of the class rotates in small groups every five
minutes, so you can plan on giving your presentation four or five times. Because the content of a good
infographic is meant to be read, you will only briefly discuss your research topic during the presentation. You
should focus on justifying the choices you made to design the infographic.
Planning Tips:
To succeed on this assignment, use the SlideDocument by Karen Thompson on Gestalt and Color Theory.
Follow the design advice in chapter 14 of Becoming Rhetorical. Use stasis theory from chapter 7 to organize the
content of your infographic just as you did in your research paper.
The following free resources provide great templates for designing infographics: Canva, Piktochart,
Venngage, Visme, Easel.ly. You may use Photoshop if you know how! Draw your plan for the infographic by
hand first so that you have a vision to work with before you design. Create an account at FlatIcon to find
graphics you can use and modify!
Grading:
The infographic and presentation are worth 10% of your overall grade in Engl 102 (5% each). You will
receive a separate letter grade for each component. They will be due on the day you present. As detailed in
the syllabus, you will receive one of the following letters: A+, A, A-, B, B-, C, C-, etc.
In order of importance, a successful infographic will be graded for:
• Design (40%): The presenter should apply principles of Gestalt Design, Color Theory, and strategies
from chapter 14. The design should emphasize readability, consistency, movement, etc. as discussed
in class.
• Content (40%): The visuals should support a concise textual remediation of the arguments made in the
research paper. Use stasis theory to outline sections of the infographic.
• Preparedness (20%): The infographic should be complete and accessible on presentation day.
In order of importance, a successful presentation will be graded for:
• Content (40%): The presenter should briefly contextualize their argument but focus on justifying their
design choices.
• Delivery (40%): The presenter should have rehearsed their speech in advance, considering variety,
diction, tone, emphasis, etc.
• Timing (20%): The presenter should spend three minutes talking and leave two minutes for follow-up
questions.

2. The Infographic & Presentation
Engl 102-13, Spring ‘19
University of Idaho
Rubric:
To determine your final grade on the assignment, I will consider the assignment-specific expectations on the
previous page according to the following contract, copied from the syllabus:
• To earn at least an A-, your assignment must be complete (on time, with all prompt components,
meeting page count) and show strong evidence of the skills emphasized by the prompt and in class
(ie. Narrative elements, incorporating sources, paragraph development, etc.).
• To earn at least a B- with the option to resubmit, you should turn in a relevant assignment on time.
However, if you are missing components of the prompt or if you do not meet the page count
requirements, you may be ineligible to earn above a B.
• To earn at least a 70 with the option of resubmitting, you must do more than one of the following:
o Submit work late
o Fail to meet page count
o Fail to include a significant component of the prompt
o Demonstrate minimal effort to practice the targeted skills for the assignment
o Appear to have misinterpreted the prompt
• You will not earn above a 70 if you turn in an irrelevant assignment with multiple missing
components, but you will have the option to resubmit.
Learning Outcomes (from Syllabus):
• Revise your writing using additional invention and re-thinking after initial draft is produced.
• Accurately assess and effectively respond to a wide variety of audiences and rhetorical situations and
articulate your rhetorical purpose for writing, who you are writing for, what you are saying, and how
you’ve decided to present it (genre and modality).
• Compose a focused claim supported with logical and clear reasons and evidence.