Infographics as a Creative Assessment
If you find a link that is not working, please let me know the title and I will fix it! Thank you!
                    Infographic Topics List  |  Workshop (1/2 day)  |  Workshop (3 hr.)
_Books about Infographics

Eric K. Meyer
Designing Infographics
Hayden Books, 1977

Edward R. Tufte
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Graphics Press (2d ed.), 2001

Jenn & Ken Visocky O'Grady
The Information Design Handbook
HOW Books, 2008

General Overview of Infographics

Infographic Samples

Literacies and Standards

Student handout for steps in creation
infographic_steps.jpg
File Size: 1039 kb
File Type: jpg
Download File

Archives of live presentations

Link to EdWeb presentation (5/9/13)
Link to Slideshare deck from EdWeb

Link to METC2012 stream of presentation

Please note there were two fire alarms that went off during the presentation. We all left for one and came back, and during the second alarm I just talked louder!
Infographics as explained by Legos
"Will work for iPad" from snagajob.com
_Creating an Infographic

Online Tutorials

Many of the following do not actually address or follow the inverted triangle data presentation style or use the research-based information about color and font, but they are helpful when figuring out how to start.

Using Infographics in the Classroom

Other cool, useful information and links

Sources of data sets for infographics


Infographics for advocacy & promotion
infodesign.pdf
File Size: 7205 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
There are hundreds of infographics on the Web. One fun activity is to conduct a Google phrase search of "topic infographic" or "infographic about topic" and see what shows up!

Here is a list of topics to start with that will lead you to some very cool infographics!
01. Education infographic
02. Computer infographic
03. Coupon infographic
04. iPad infographic
05. Coffee infographic
06. Twitter infographic
07. Facebook infographic
08. Movie infographic
09. Financial infographic
10. Fast food infographic
11. College infographic
12. Automobile infographic
13. Immigration infographic
14. Consumer spending infographic
15. Disease infographic
16. Dog infographic
17. Football infographic
18. Presidents infographic
19. Debt infographic
20. Resume infographic
21. NCAA infographic
22. Cooking infographic
23. Internet infographic
24. Green infographic
25. Apps infographic
26. Infographic infographic
27. Population infographic
28. Apple infographic
29. Microsoft infographic
30. Higher ed infographic
31. Email infographic
32. Election infographic
33. Math infographic
34. Communication infographic
35. Social media infographic
36. Teacher infographic
37. Travel infographic
38. Industrial infographic
39. Space infographic
40. Television infographic

    Enter the title and URL of the topical infographic you examined. Explain a bit about it.

Itinerary
  • Introduction to infographics slideshow (60 minutes)
  • Examining infographics (15 minutes)
  • Sharing infographics (15 minutes)
  • Creating a group infographic (75 minutes)
  • Showcasing created infographics (15 minutes)

Instructions for examining infographics
  1. Visit the TOPICS section above.
  2. Pick a topic and examine some infographics
  3. Add the URL and a brief description of at least one to a designated site
  4. Instructor will determine site to use: Corkboard.me | Padlet | TodaysMeet
  5. Instructor will share a few with the group

Instructions for creation of the infographic
  1. Arrange yourselves in groups of 5.
  2. Take a look at the data provided from this form on this Google Spreadsheet (or download here in Excel format)
  3. Decide on a focus for the infographic
  4. Assign roles
  • Director
  • Data manager/manipulator
  • Graph creator
  • Image collector/citations
  • Image editor & final layout

Information
To share assets with your group
  • Use flash drives to transfer downloaded images
  • Email URL of image (right click “open link in new window” to get URL)
  • Create a box.com account
    • Create a folder and share with group as EDITORS
  • ZShare and email: http://www.zshare.net
  • Other method of your choosing

Roles and Tools

Director
  • Assigns tasks and keeps the project moving
  • Guides creation of final copy
  • Measures final infographic against rubric included below (link)

Data manager (csv)
  • Excel/Numbers/Google SS/Numbers for iPad

Graph creator

Image collector

Image editor (save as jpg)

Information for submitting infographic
  • Upload infographic JPEG to Flickr, DropBox, or get it online wherever you can (or email to Kathy Schrock)
  • If online, put the URL of online infographic in TodaysMeet or email URL to Kathy Schrock

Attachments to use for workshop
blank_us_map.jpg
File Size: 25 kb
File Type: jpg
Download File
infographics_rubric.jpg
File Size: 434 kb
File Type: jpg
Download File
mobile_device_survey_responses.xls
File Size: 29 kb
File Type: xls
Download File
moible_device_survey_summary.pdf
File Size: 311 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Itinerary
  • Introduction to infographics slideshow (60 minutes)
  • Creating a group infographic (90 minutes)
  • Showcasing created infographics (30 minutes)

Instructions for creation of the infographic
  1. Arrange yourselves in groups of 5.
  2. Take a look at the data via this Google form and the data collected on this Google Spreadsheet  (or download here in Excel format)
  3. Decide on a focus for the infographic
  4. Assign roles
             Director
             Data manager/manipulator
             Graph creator
             Image collector/citations
             Image editor & final layout

Information
To share assets with your group. Some suggestions include...
  • Use flash drives or email or, if on iOS devices, try Instashare to transfer downloaded images
  • Email URL of image (right click “open link in new window” to get URL)
  • Create a box.com account
    • Create a folder and share with group as EDITORS
  • ZShare and email: http://www.zshare.net
  • Other method of your choosing

Roles and Tools

Director
  • Assigns tasks and keeps the project moving
  • Guides creation of final copy
  • Measures final infographic against rubric included in section above (link)

Data manager (csv)

Graph creator

Image collector

Image editor (save as jpg)

Information for submitting infographic
  • Upload infographic JPEG to Flickr, DropBox, or get it online wherever you can OR
  • If you have no place to put it, use the form below to upload it and submit the form.
  • If it is online, just submit the form with the URL of its location.


    Submit the URL of your group's infographic in this form or upload it as an attachment

    Max file size: 20MB

SAMPLE INFOGRAPHICS FROM WORKSHOPS

Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA)

This group of school library teachers created advocacy infographics taken from returned survey data of Ohio public elementary school librarians.

Northside (TX) ISD

Samples from other workshops, some completed only using an iPad

Creative Commons License
Infographics as a Creative Assessment -- Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything by Kathy Schrock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Search this site


Kathy Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)
URL: http://schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html
Page created: 10/01/10
Last updated: 05/09/13