Workshop presentation as part of the open Bring your own device for learning course During the workshop we discussed how infographics could be used as digital posters. We explored how visuals can be used to express data and took a tour online of a variety of infographic tools and others that allow you to create visual word clouds, timelines, charts & graphs, and mind maps to use within the infographic. Some of these are available as apps but others are browser based. Examples are contained in the slides. During the workshop the creation of an infographic was demonstrated using Piktochart.

1. An Introduction to Creating
Infographics
A workshop during #BYOD4L
Bring your own device for learning
This infographic was created using Piktochart
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/4151929-bring-your-device-for-learning
https://byod4learning.wordpress.com/about
Sue Beckingham | @suebecks | Sheffield Hallam University

2. Infographics
During the workshop we discussed how infographics
could be used as digital posters.
We explored how visuals can be used to express data
and took a tour online of a variety of infographic tools
and others that allow you to create visual word clouds,
timelines, charts & graphs, and mind maps to use
within the infographic. Some of these are available as
apps but others are browser based. Examples are
contained in the slides.
During the workshop the creation of an infographic
was demonstrated using Piktochart.

3. Infographics

4. An example of an infographic
The London Underground Map

5. Information Graphics
Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual
representations of information, data or knowledge
intended to present (often complex) information
quickly and clearly. They can aid understanding by
utilising graphics which can help the reader's ability to
see patterns and trends.
There are now a number of easy-to-use, and often
free tools available that have made the creation of
infographics by people without design skills possible.
Infographics can be published online and then shared
via social media channels or via the URL link. With
some tools you can also download the infographic as
an image or PDF file. Some sites offer education
licences for the Pro versions.

6. • Easel.ly http://www.easel.ly/
• Piktochart http://piktochart.com/
• Infogr.am http://infogr.am/
• Visual.ly http://visual.ly/
Infographic Tools

7. • Wordle http://www.wordle.net/
• Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/
• TagCrowd http://tagcrowd.com/
• Yippy http://cloud.yippy.com/
• Image Chef
http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/
• Worditout http://worditout.com/
Word Cloud Tools

8. Desktop
• Timerime http://www.timerime.com/
• Our Story http://www.ourstory.com/
• Timetoast http://www.timetoast.com/
• Tiki-toki http://www.tiki-toki.com/
• Timeglider http://timeglider.com/
Apps
• My Histro http://www.myhistro.com/
Timeline Tools

9. • Charts http://charts.hohli.com
• Chartle http://www.chartle.net/
• Chartgo http://www.chartgo.com/
• Drawio https://www.draw.io/
• Lovely charts http://www.lovelycharts.com/
Charts and Graph Tools

10. Mindmap Tools
Desktop
• Coggle.it http://coggle.it/
• Bubble.us https://bubbl.us/
• Text 2 Mindmap
https://www.text2mindmap.com/
• Mind42 http://mind42.com/
• Wisemapping http://www.wisemapping.com/
Apps
• Popplet http://popplet.com/

11. Tips on Designing
Source: http://elearninginfographics.com/usign-5-cs-elearning-visuals-infographic/

12. Sue Beckingham
Educational Developer
Faculty of ACES
Sheffield Hallam University
Twitter @suebecks
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/suebeckingham
http://gplus.to/suebecks