Idea 22of 22Builds onPick the display for the questionRevise the draft
Build an infographic from data
How do you build an infographic, start to finish?
Today you'll discover
- the order to build in
- which display to choose
- how to check the finished sheet
Think firstRoom 9's pet survey: 25 students
Room 9 wants to show that dogs are the top pet. Which plan fits?
Decide first, then press Next. Build in the order a reader will read.
An empty poster with Room 9's pet counts: dog 10, cat 8, fish 5, no pet 2, total 25. Then the title Pets in Room 9 and the message Dogs are Room 9's top pet. Then a bar graph with values and a table of shares: dog 0.40, cat 0.32, fish 0.20, no pet 0.08. Then the headline 10 of 25 have a dog and a source line, numbered in reading order. The last step shows the reading club's vote, comics 30 of 50.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Decide the message, show it with displays, add a headline number and a source, then check it.
Start to finish
Message, displays, headline number, source, reading order. Then check: true, clear, nothing extra.
- 1message
- 2displays
- 3number and source
- 4check
Easy to get wrongFair words fit the gap both ways. “Just ahead” undersells 30 to 10, as “most” oversells 18 of 50.
Key word
- plan
- the list of parts an infographic will have, and the job each part does, decided before drawing
Ready to use it?
- Plan an infographic for a data set.
- Choose a fair headline for a finished infographic.