Infographics

Infographics: Using Data Visualizations in Teaching and Research

An infographic is a powerful tool for communicating a complex, data-driven story. Learn strategies for creating infographics that can be used in your teaching and for making research accessible and memorable. You’ll learn about different types of infographics and some easy tools for creating one of your own.

Infographic Types

The 10 Types of Infographics and When to Use Them

Design

• Colors and Fonts Research info from Lynell Burmark

• The Top 50 Most Important Rules of Document Design and When to Use Them

• Elements of Design Quick Reference Sheet

• Principles of Design Quick Reference Poster

• Additional Resources

Tools

• Color Contrast Checker

• Adobe Color

• The Noun Project (Icons and Photos)

• Unsplash (Photos)

• Canva

Data and Charts

• Data Chart Type

• Data Visualisation Catalogue

• 3 easy steps to avoid deceitful data visualizations

Infographic Builders

• Infogram

• Picktochart

• Venngage

• Infographic Vectors on Freepik

Teaching with Infographics

• Infographics as a Creative Assessment

• Examples of Rubrics for Infographic Assignments via iRubric

• Teaching with Infographics | Places to Start

Inspiration

• WTF Visualizations- Visualizations that make no sense.

• Infographic Resumes

• Chart Porn

• Data Visualization and Infographics Resources

• The Functional Art

• 63 of the Best Infographics

Follow and Read

• Alberto Cairo

• Stephen Few

• David McCandless

• Edward Tufte