Points: 10 pts (individual task)
Due date: Sunday, Nov 22 at 11:59 p.m.
Resources: Canva
Summary: Create an infographic in Canva related to your mock company industry.
Overview
L5 Creative Activity: Infographic in Canva
Overview & Task
For this individual tutorial, you will create an infographic that is related to your organization or initiative. The focus of the infographic is facts and stats or benefits. Some ideas:
- Top 5-10 reasons to X (e.g. buy local, eat healthy, travel internationally, eat cannabis-infused food, buy lunch at a food truck, drink microbrews, go to a local restaurant, attend a festival, donate to X, etc.)
- Facts and statistics
- Top 3-5 companies in your industry
- Your top 5 picks (clothing, food, sports teams, travel destinations, coffee drinks)
- Other ideas – find an article on a subject related to your industry and use it as the focus for the assignment OR take a look at unique ideas for infographics to come up with your own concept.
Resources:
- Canva Tutorial: Building Infographics
- 16 Unique Infographic Ideas by Kelly Morr at 99designs (2016)
Tips from Canva
- Use one of the tools or start with a template
- Think of your infographic as a narrative
- Introduce your topic
- Logically explain the topic bit by bit, topic by topic
- Have a conclusion
- Include a hashtag or call to action
- Organize content in a logical flow so the eye goes from element to element naturally
- Organize by timeline, alphabetically, compare and contrast two ideas, data representations
- Create a style and tone for your infographic (color, fonts, elements)
Turn it in
- Save your infographic as a jpeg or png
- Turn in it on Blackboard
- Work as a team to stagger-schedule posting of your infographics to your mock company Facebook and Instagram channels over the next couple of weeks
Grading Criteria
For this task I will focus on accuracy, attention to detail in layout and design, demonstration of originality and creativity. I will also pay close attention to application of best practices for professional communicators in writing, editing, and use of format and style. I will focus on accuracy (spelling, grammar), formatting (layout), and completeness of the task.
Examples
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