Infographic

Project #4: Infographic

Assignment: This is an extension of your argumentative research paper. For your final project you will design a visual argument in the genre of an infographic. You must take your argument or message from your research paper and communicate it in a new, compelling way within your infographic. It must be designed for a specific public audience in mind. Your aim is to be persuasive—to raise awareness about your issue, to initiate a new behavior or attitude, or to change a behavior or attitude. The infographic and the message it sends must be a combination of words and visuals. It must also include persuasive evidence in order for it to be compelling. You’ll also need to critically consider the following design choices:

· What emotions do I want my infographic to evoke and what color scheme will help accomplish that?

· Which font will help me further evoke a certain emotion? Which font is appropriate or professional?

· How will I effectively organize my information and layout to make it clear and easy to read?

· What visuals or images will help guide or inform the reader?

· What compelling information/evidence will I use as facts or statistics to support my argument/message?

· How else will I use ethos, pathos, and logos to make an effective infographic?

Reminders to Help You Stay Focused

· Focus on who your audience is for the infographic.

· Focus on what your audience needs to know that they do not yet know.

· Focus on the message you want your infographic to send to your audience.

· Focus on the purpose or what you hope your infographic will do for others.

How to Create an Infographic

You may use the websites Piktochart or Canva to create your infographic for free.

Sharing Your Project

The other requirement for this project is to share the final product with a real world audience. To earn full points, consider the following carefully:

1. If your intended audience is, for example, social media users or teens, then sharing your project on social media is fitting. If your audience is politicians then sending an email to your state representative with your project attached is a fitting way of reaching that audience. If you have a flyer or brochure, where will you pass it out or hang it up so that your audience sees it? If you are having trouble figuring out how to share your project then 1. let me know so you can avoid losing points and 2. you may need to pick a different genre that aligns better with your goals for the project and makes more logical sense at reaching your audience. 

2. You must send me documentation that you've shared your project with a real audience. Send me images, screenshots, or a video. I prefer that you upload this to your Digication e-portfolio; create a subcategory folder titled "Sharing My Project with the World" under the "Visual Argument" tab.  If you are having trouble uploading your documentation to Digication, you can submit it in D2L under submissions in the folder titled: "Sharing My Final Project: Documentation." 

3. If you choose to share your project on social media, I would like to see the likes and comments that you receive. AND when uploading your project to social media, PLEASE AVOID leaving a caption saying "Here's my final project. Hope you like it!" or "I had to do this as my final. Please leave me some likes or comments, thanks!" What you say about your post MATTERS. You have that white space to entice viewers to watch what you post or read it. Think of it as an attention getter. What will you say to draw the viewer's attention? Ask a question, quote a compelling fact, or say something interesting about your topic for the project.