Infographics as a Creative Assessment
Infographics are a visual representation of data. When students create infographics, they are using information, visual, and technology literacies. This page includes links to help you develop formative or summative assessments that have students creating infographics to showcase their mastery of knowledge.

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General overview of infographics
infographic_handout.pdf
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Infographic samples
  1. USA Today Snaphsots
  2. Pouring in your Cup
  3. Why Chromebooks are Taking Over Education
  4. Future of Education Technology
  5. School Libraries and Student Achievement
  6. Hamburger economics
  7. AskALibrararian Stats
  8. How Common is Your Birthday (NYT data)
  9. MyPlate.gov
  10. Tax dollars in 2013
  11. History of Human Communication
  12. Australian Income and Wealth Distribution
  13. Lightning
  14. What is a stock?
  15. Famous Creases on Cowboy Hats
  16. 50 Insane Facts about Australia
  17. Favorite Takeaway Foods
  18. Kodak Company
  19. Should I check my email?
  20. They Draw and Cook
  21. Carland
  22. The Trilogy Meter
  23. iPad Purchase
  24. If the world were a village of 100 people...
  25. Interactive: Flags by Colors
  26. Interactive: Valuable Sports Franchises
  27. Tiny Infographics and a blog post
  28. Newsmap
  29. Movie: Creating an Infographic
  30. Infographic World: Portfolio
  31. Infographics about the Internet
    1. Internet Statistics
    2. How the World Spends Time Online
    3. The Awesome Evolution of the Net
    4. The Awesome Size of the Internet​
  32. Classroom Infographics Samples
  33. Visual.ly
  34. School librarians transform learning
  35. 25 best real life infographics
  36. Thinglink infographic

Literacies and standards
  1. Addressing the CCSS with infographics
  2. Information Literacy Model (SCCC)
  3. Visual Literacy Standards (ACRL)
  4. Technology Literacy Standards (ISTE)
  5. Common Core Standards
  6. Kathy Schrock's Infographic Rubric
  7. Additional Rubrics: 1 2 3 4
  8. ​TEKS content standards and infographics

Student handout for steps in creation
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colorsand_fonts.pdf
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Archives of live presentations

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

Creating an infographic with Google Drawings
Google Drawings, part of the Google Apps suite, can also be used to create an infographic. It does layer-based image editing very well, as you can see by this infographic I created. And students can use the Google Research tool to locate CC-licensed images to use in the infographic. (Key commands for Google Drawings)
Infographics as explained by Legos
"Will work for iPad" from snagajob.com
Kathy Poe at The Fletcher School had her students create an infographic as part of a larger research project. She graciously shared the work!
Creating an infographic
  1. Movie: Creating an Infographic 2
  2. Periodic Table of Data Visualizations
  3. 33 ways to visualize ideas
  4. Chart Chooser
  5. Hohli Online Charts Builder
  6. Silk.co Data Visualization Tool
  7. Online Charts Tool (works with iOS)
  8. How to create your own infographics
  9. Pictograms: Online tool | Making with Excel
  10. Hand-drawn infographics
    1. Netbook
    2. iPods
    3. Data
  11. Creative Commons
  12. Infographic: Can I use this image?
  13. Flickr's Creative Commons Search
  14. Lynell Burmark: Visual Literacy book
  15. How humans react to different colors
  16. Color emotion guide infographic
  17. Color theory for presentations
  18. Why Facebook is blue : The science of colors in marketing
  19. Infographic of Infographics
  20. Mindscapes: Repeated graphics (Margulies)
  21. Create an infographic from social media sites
    1. Vizualize.Me: Resume
    2. Print Effect
    3. Twitterize yourself
  22. Inverted Pyramid Samples
    1. Starbucks
    2. The Colors of the Web
    3. Farmville vs. Farms
    4. Internet Addiction
    5. Transforming science education
    6. Distribution of MOOC's scoreboard
  23. LATCH Model Samples
    1. Location
    2. Alphabet
    3. Time
    4. Category
    5. Hierarchy
  24. Infographics and Accessibility​​
Software, sites, and tools to create infographics
  1. Adioma (Web 2.0)
  2. Canva online infographic maker (Canva for iOS) (Tutorial)​
  3. Celtx Shots (iOS)
  4. easel.ly (Web 2.0) (iOS)
  5. Glogster (Web 2.0) (example)
  6. Google Drawings (Web 2.0)
  7. Grafio Lite (iOS)
  8. Hohli charts creator (Web 2.0)
  9. infogr.am (Web 2.0)
  10. Infographic Creator (Web 2.0)
  11. Inkscape (software)
  12. iVisual Info Touch Lite (iOS)
  13. Miro (Web 2.0)
  14. PicCollage (Android) (iOS)
  15. PicsArt - Photo Studio (iOS) (Android)
  16. Piktochart (Web 2.0) (example)
  17. Pixlr (software)
  18. Quickoffice (iOS) (Android)
  19. Sketchpad (Web 2.0)
  20. SlideRocket infographic templates
  21. Splashup Lite (software)
  22. Sumo Paint (Web 2.0)
  23. Venngage (Web 2.0)
  24. Visme (formerly Easy Web Presenter) (Web 2.0)
  25. Visualize (iOS)
  26. Vizable (iOS)

 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.
  1. How to Create Outstanding Infographics
  2. 5 Steps to Create a Powerful Visual
  3. How to Create Infographics
  4. SIMILE Widgets
  5. Infographics Design Framework
  6. ​How to pick the right data visualizations
  7. ​Eight types of infographics
  8. Venngage: How to make an infographic in 5 steps​

Using infographics in the classroom
  1. Steps to Teach Infographics
  2. Essay 2 Infographic Lesson (Coleman)
  3. NYT: Teaching with Infographics: SSL
  4. NYT: Teaching with Infographics: ELA/Arts
  5. NYT: Teaching with Infographics: Sci/Tech
  6. Diana Laufenberg (SLA): Unit Plan
  7. Henrico County Public Schools: Unit Plan
  8. David Warlick: Infographic-A-Day
  9. Krauss/Laufenberg ISTE11 Infographics Links
  10. Fowler and Kinney ISTE11 Infographics Links
  11. Teacher's First Infographics Resources
  12. Infographics lesson plan (6-8)
  13. Student-designed infographics: process & product
  14. Infographics in the high school classroom
  15. Infographics in the middle school classroom
  16. Canva infographics lesson plan
  17. Using infographics in the classroom
  18. Nine classroom activities for exploiting infographics
  19. ​Infographics lie. Here's how to spot the BS
  20. ​11 activities using infographics to teach the election
  21. ​Teaching students infographics
  22. Infographics for change
  23. Is your password really safe? (9-12 lesson plan)
  24. Teaching infographics: a sub-genre
  25. Infographics in the classroom
  26. Infographics lesson plan
  27. Tony Vincent's Infopics
  28. Five tips for creating infographics with students

Other cool, useful information and links
  1. 10 Awesome Free Tools to Make Infographics
  2. Little Red Riding Hood movie
  3. David Warlick's DataVis/Infographics Handout
  4. 40 Insightful Infographics
  5. Alltop Collection of Infographics Sites
  6. Chart Porn Data Visualizations
  7. Personality Infographic Creator​
  8. Column Five Media Infographics
  9. iPad/iPhone Infographics App
  10. Add your student's infographics to Flickr group
  11. Google Docs Infographic Template
  12. Characteristics of Effective Infographics
  13. Five ways to visualize information (Schrock)
  14. Infographics resources
  15. Kinzaa: Build your infographic resume
  16. A Media Specialist's Guide: Infographics
  17. NHRDC Infographics PD
  18. Infographics and the Common Core
  19. Embed infographics in a Web site or blog
  20. The great infographics debate
  21. Infographics by subject
  22. E-learning infographics
  23. Tips for creating a great infographic
  24. Five great online tools for creating infographics
  25. ScrollyFox Firefox extension
  26. Firefox bottom bar re-installation for ScrollyFox
  27. Add-on Bar extension for new Firefox
  28. Hilarious, but true, infographics​
  29. "What infographics are" infographic
  30. Great big list of infographic ideas (image)
  31. Venngage infographic idea generator: KlockWork
  32. ​Infographic Portal
  33. Kelly Kermode's infographic resource links
  34. ​Thirteen reasons your brain craves infographics
  35. 40 infographic ideas to spur your creativity

Sources of data sets for infographics

Infographics for advocacy & promotion
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Infographics lesson plan by A. Stryker

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http://notes.fundersandfounders.com/post/90355203872/33-ways-visualize-ideas
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
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Page created: 10/16/2010
Last updated: 01/08/2020