Infographics

 

What is an Infographic?

• What is an Infographic? – slide show
• What is an Infographic?
• What is an Infographic?  Quantitative date vs qualitative data.
• What the heck are inforgraphics? And why you should use them! Blog

Examples of Infographics:

• Make your own:  100 People:  A World Portrait
• How the World Spends Time Online
• How State Laws Keep Millions of People from Voting
• Newsmap
• Is the Internet Hurting Our Environment?
• Real Life Infographics
• (Almost) everything you need to know about infographics (Kathy Schrock)
• Demographic Changes in Canadian Agriculture
• Thematic Maps from the Census of Agriculture

Resources:

• Topic Chooser

Data Sources:

• Statistics Canada
  • Environment
    • The Changing Landscape of Metropolitan Areas
  • Health
  • Energy
  • Science and Technology
• Centers for Disease Control
  • Data and Statistics
• World-o-meters Sources
  • World-o-meters

How To Make Infographics

• Create beautiful Infographics in Excel – Create and Learn
• Excel Tutorial: Building an infographic using a picture fill
• Fast and Easy Infographics with Word or Powerpoint (using Smart Art)
• How to Create Infographic Elements in PowerPoint
• Create Infographic Icons in PowerPoint using Simple Shapes
• How to Create Spheres in PowerPoint
• How to Create Icons in PowerPoint

Infographic Requirements:

Requirements for the infographic:

• Title that describes what your infographic is about (ex. If I wanted an IPad, what would I need to do?)
• Reveals differences.
• An infographic should show one of the following:
  • How something works (ex. 3-D movies),
  • The evolution of something (ex. a camera from its origins to today),
  • A statistical representation of an idea (ex. how much time is spend using technology for the average person during a day).
• Relevant (will actually teach someone something that is meaningful)
• School appropriate.
• Statistical.  Includes numbers, percentages, etc.
• Includes words to promote an understanding of your topic (usually, for every photo or image you have – you should have a concise statement to help your audience understand it)
• ORIGINAL.  DO NOT plagiarize. It would be easy for you to find an infographic online and copy everything it says – do not do this! I will be checking this and I will find out.  Plagiarism is a serious academic offence!
• References (sources of the data) are cited right on the infographic.