Plan and layout an infographic-Videos: Important things to know about infographics
Meet The Professor
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What You'll Learn
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What is an Infographic?
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Why are infographics useful?
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Types of Infographics
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What are some things you can do to visualize data
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What Makes an Infographic good?
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How to work alone or with a team
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Plan and layout an infographic-Videos: How to plan your infographic (you'll make one later, but not yet!)
Planning STEP 1: What's Your Goal?
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Planning STEP 2: Who is your Audience?
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Planning STEP 3: What is your Story?
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Planning STEP 4: What is your Message?
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Planning STEP 5: How to Find Stories in Data?
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Planning STEP 6: What is your supporting content/data?
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GREAT sites for making infographics online (with reviews & tutorials)
Plan and layout an infographic-TWO-PART ASSIGNMENT: Research and plan your infographic
Video: The importance of sketching
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Video: START TO FINISH: How I make an infographic
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Make a chart-Videos: Important things to know about charts
The three amigos: bar, pie and line charts. What they do.
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A few chart dos and don'ts
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Six ways to visualize the same data in a chart
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Print out: What kind of data goes on bar, pie and line charts?
Make a chart-Adobe Illustrator tutorials: Charts
How to make a PIE chart in Adobe Illustrator
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Video: How to make a BAR chart in Adobe Illustrator
Make a map-Videos: Important things you should know about maps
Map components: visual variables
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Types of maps
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Type on maps
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Drawing roads and info pointer boxes on maps that aren't awful
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Example images of good roads for maps drawn in Illustrator
Examples of pointer (info) boxes for maps drawn in Illustrator
Make a map-Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Maps
How to make a map in Adobe Illustrator (Oregon)
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Link to more detailed video tutorial: How to make a map in Adobe Illustrator (Michigan)
How to use and how NOT to use the pen tool
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Make an infographic-A few more things...
Color in infographics
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Don't hurt your image with bad, sloppy work
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Make an infographic-Adobe Illustrator tutorial. Drawing.
How to draw a simple illustration in Adobe Illustrator
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Video: How working with type in Adobe Illustrator