Gdsdigital (Photographer). Flickr: Creative Commons (2010, April 26). Record Breaking Tornados [Web Photo]. CC BY-ND 2.0 (no changes).
This week in LIBS 602 we analyzed and created infographics. Not sure about infographics? This Youtube video explains everything!
I had a difficult time trying to find an infographic that wasn't too busy. Even this one has a lot going on within the picture, but I thought the information was at least organized in a neat and orderly way. The graphic designer used a high quality photo that bleeds to the edge of the frame. I like chart on the left; it shows the amount of damage by storm with the smaller numbers on the bottom and the larger numbers on the top. The circles increase in size creating a tornado shape. Very creative! The dark background contrasts nicely with the white font. The sans-serif font is consistent throughout the graphic. The headings are simply a bold version of the same font as the text. The title of the graphic is aligned left on the top line, which is a logical location when reading from left to right. The arrangement of the other graphics surround the tornado, but in an orderly fashion. The middle column graphics are aligned left and graphics in the right column are all aligned to the right. This creates a sense of a order in what could potentially be a messy graphic.
I had a difficult time trying to find an infographic that wasn't too busy. Even this one has a lot going on within the picture, but I thought the information was at least organized in a neat and orderly way. The graphic designer used a high quality photo that bleeds to the edge of the frame. I like chart on the left; it shows the amount of damage by storm with the smaller numbers on the bottom and the larger numbers on the top. The circles increase in size creating a tornado shape. Very creative! The dark background contrasts nicely with the white font. The sans-serif font is consistent throughout the graphic. The headings are simply a bold version of the same font as the text. The title of the graphic is aligned left on the top line, which is a logical location when reading from left to right. The arrangement of the other graphics surround the tornado, but in an orderly fashion. The middle column graphics are aligned left and graphics in the right column are all aligned to the right. This creates a sense of a order in what could potentially be a messy graphic.
This is the infographic I created. My advanced English students participate in the Virginia Readers' Choice award selection, so I created a graphic that lists the last three winning books. I used Piktochart to create it. Of the three tools, this one I found it the easiest to use.
Piktochart: This was my favorite of the three sandbox tools. I had no problem customizing my design to fit my needs rather than trying to make my idea fit their design. There were plenty of themes and photos to fit my needs. The graphic assembled quickly, too, which is always a plus for me.
Easel.ly: I also liked this website, too! I found it very easy to use and easy to create customizations. I liked Piktochart more because it had more graphics built in. I could see myself using Easel.ly with my students, too.
Canva: Canva did not work well in my Chrome browser, so that was an immediate turn-off for me. I gave the application another chance in another browser. I thought the layouts were very creative and beautiful, but they weren't easy to customize. At one point, I became frustrated because I needed a plain text box, and I couldn't find one. I like how the application allows the user to build other graphics besides infographics.
5 Great Online Tools for Creating Infographics
Pros and cons of five tools including the three recommended in the Infographics Tools folder in this sandbox.
Educator's Guide to Infographics
10 Tips for Designing Infographics
Interesting to compare to the textbook principles for design.
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