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Infographics 101: JANUARY 2019 Noce Office of Institutional Research & Planning

The document provides an introduction to infographics. It defines infographics as artistic representations of data and information using various visual elements that translate topics into visual content. The purpose of infographics is to make information easier to understand and share. Various types of infographics are described such as timelines, flowcharts, and comparisons. Tools for creating infographics like Piktochart are introduced, and resources for learning best practices are provided. The document aims to help people understand and utilize infographics.

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Infographics 101: JANUARY 2019 Noce Office of Institutional Research & Planning

The document provides an introduction to infographics. It defines infographics as artistic representations of data and information using various visual elements that translate topics into visual content. The purpose of infographics is to make information easier to understand and share. Various types of infographics are described such as timelines, flowcharts, and comparisons. Tools for creating infographics like Piktochart are introduced, and resources for learning best practices are provided. The document aims to help people understand and utilize infographics.

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Infographics 101

JANUARY 2019
NOCE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & PLANNING
Introductions

 Name
 Role
 Experience with infographics
 Survey Results
 Community/Program/? Profile
 Newsletter

How do you see  Repurpose them into slideshows


Simplifying a complicated
yourself using

concept/Explaining how something works

infographics?  Comparisons
What's an infographic?

An infographic is a basically an artistic representation of data and information


using different elements (graphs, pictures, diagrams, narrative, timelines,
check lists, etc.)

The purpose of an infographic is to translate a topic or idea into a form of


visual content. Therefore, before you populate your infographic, step back
and ask yourself a few questions:
 What is the purpose?
 Who is going to be my audience?
 What messages do I want to portray to the viewers?
Why an infographic?
Types of Infographics: Which is right for you?

1. Visualized Article: Takes an otherwise lengthy piece of writing and makes it


visual. This makes it easier to understand, helping it to get shared.
2. Flowchart: Can answer a specific question by giving choices to the reader
so they reach the right answer for them.
3. Timeline: Made up of chronological dates that are visualized to make the
graphic interesting and shareable.
4. Useful Bait: Explains something or answers a question by visually showing
how to do it/how it’s done.
Types of Infographics (Cont.)

5. Versus Infographic: Compares two things and places them in a head-to-


head comparison so we can visually see their differences.
6. Number Crunch: Describes an infographic which oozes impressive numbers
and is filled with data and statistics to visualize.
7. Photo Infographic: Uses photos to visualize the content to tell the story.
8. Data Vis: Turns information into something visually creative and appealing,
making them unique and interesting.

Source: https://piktochart.com/blog/8-types-of-infographics-which-right-for-you/
What’s wrong
with this
infographic?
How about
this one?
Much better
6 Things to do before starting

 Evaluate your idea  Gather your assets


 Who is your audience  Icons
 Type of messaging  Images
 Explaining  Photos
 Narrative vs picture  Logo
 Do your research  Data for charts
 Am I bringing anything new to the table?  Pick your template type
 Create an outline
 Draw a rough draft
Building an infographic

 Piktochart.com
 Review buttons and functions on piktochart
 Exporting features
 Printing considerations
Tools

 Creating Infographics:  Visualizations:  Inspiration:  Icons:


 Infogram  Wordle (Word  Google  Noun Project
clouds)
 Easel.ly  Pinterest  Mind the Graph
 Creately (Diagrams)
 Piktochart  Templates  Freepik
 Kartograph (Maps)
 Venngage  Iconfinder
 Animaker (Vids)
 Snappa  Graphicburger
 Canva
 Visme
Resources

 Infographics to help with your infographics


 5 Rules for infographic success
 Golden rules of data visualization
 Infographic layout cheat sheet
Questions

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