We have no shortage of tools and articles for how to generate an infographic, but the most important steps happen before you open a tool- identifying your audience, the topic, researching and tracking the data you will use, and planning out the best ways to visualize the information.

Have a look at an infographic about creating an infographic! From Visme’s How to Create an Infographic: The Ultimate Guide

The 9 steps of creating an infographic.

To Do:

  1. Experiment by creating an infographic to present data behind or as an explanation of an important concept in your discipline. Recommended tools include Piktochart, Canva, Adobe Express (formerly Spark) or other Infographic Tools in the EdTech Sandbox.
  2. Include a link to your activity as your response for this activity.
  3. After you make your submission, save the web address to your response (found in the green confirmation box) so you can use it later for your badge submission form. 

This activity is part of the Let’s Experiment section of the Experimenter Module.

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55 Responses for this Activity

  • Information as a Graphic
    by Mehrdad Kashefi (@Mehrdad Kashefi)

    I used “piktochart” to create the infographic on facts about PFAS contaminants.

  • Information as a Graphic
    by Marie-Line Jobin (@mjobin)

    I focused on crafting an infographic to encapsulate three benefits of generative artificial intelligence in education. After trying both Canva and Piktochart, I found Piktochart more conducive and user-friendly for creating infographics. The platform provided accessible templates, streamlining the process of transferring content seamlessly. The resulting infographic visually conveyed pertinent information, serving as a quick more… »

  • Forging A Pry Bar
    by Darrick Hahn (@dhahn)

    I happened to have a few action pics, and I thought this would be a perfect example to start learning how to make these – I think this will be way more engaging than just some written instructions. Totally fun, but I will need to practice more!

  • Infographic
    by Renee Berquist (@rberquist)

    INfographic was chosen to outline the steps in calculating an IV Drop rate. Students get confused so this may help.

  • Database Search Commands in Infographic Form
    by Kymberly Ash (@kash)

    I’ve made a few infographics in the past and the process can be quite time consuming to ensure they are easy to read, visuals and text align, and other best practices. I’ve used a few of the tools listed here before, but hadn’t tried Piktochart yet. I found the templates easy to build off of more… »

  • Info graphic on SMART GOALS
    by Zubia Qureshi (@zqureshi)

    Canva is a user-friendly tool that can be used to create resources to support learning.

  • Ingfographic: Did You Know?
    by Miranda Mckenzie (@mx_mckenzie)

    While this isn’t an infographic in the traditional sense (there is no data to present), we created a Did you know? with Canva. We included key concepts, with the hope that a more visual representation of the most common questions/errors students make in their writing would better support them while being a good reminder and more… »

  • Reworking my original CRAP slide
    by Jen Booth (@jen.booth)

    For this activity, I decided to try doing a reworking of my original CRAP slide (it’s actually version 2 of my CRAP slide) that I use with students both in information literacy sessions, and while teaching communication classes. I’ve recently started using CANVA for some images to embed in our LMS, but I have NEVER more… »

  • Information as Graphic
    by Susan (@Susan Wilks)

    This is the infographic I did for the first module.  It was my first attempt at using CANVA.  It took awhile to produce the image, but worked out well.

  • Number System
    by Ramandeep Kaur (@Raman)

    I have used Canva for Infographics. I have created information on the number system.

    4 Resources for this Activity

    • How designers do it: 15 easy steps to design an infographic from scratch (Canva)
      shared by Alan Levine (@cogdogblog@gmail.com)

      “Have you ever had a TON of information you needed to get out but don’t know how to do it effectively? Fret no longer. Today you will learn how to relay mass amounts of information in an effective, beautiful way. That’s right, we’re talking infographics.”

    • How to Create an Infographic in 5 Minutes (Piktochart)
      shared by Alan Levine (@cogdogblog@gmail.com)

      “This article can help you if you are worried about designing infographics or visual projects from scratch. In this post, you will learn how to create an infographic and other visual projects in five minutes using Piktochart.”

    • How to Make an Infographic: The Ultimate Guide (Visme)
      shared by Alan Levine (@cogdogblog@gmail.com)

      “By the end of this article, you’ll be able to create beautiful infographics that not only look great but also represent your brand, add value to your site and drive traffic and engagement.”

    • Infographic to Explain ELNs
      shared by Jane Carr (@jscarr)

      For this exercise, I chose to create an Infographic slide for those students who do not see value in the time it takes to write up their lab work in an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). I wanted to transform my current slide to make it more appealing. Rather than have just a list of points more… »

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