From the course: Creating and Deploying Microlearning

Creating microlearning infographics

From the course: Creating and Deploying Microlearning

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Creating microlearning infographics

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- [Instructor] Infographics condense large amounts of data, information, or big concepts into a visual or graphic format. In other words, they're data pictures that tell a MicroLearning story. They should give your learner a quick snapshot of the information or process in a single view. Text and additional supporting information can be included to add clarity, but by and large, the visual should be used as the primary vehicle for conveying the information. Now, when creating infographics, organize the information so that the eye is naturally drawn through the data, connect related thoughts and ideas visually. Use visual tools like relative size, color, line weight, and opacity to help represent additional aspects of your data. Now, helping your learner understand the information by adding a small amount of supporting text is okay, but the best infographics become intuitively understood by the learner without the need for a lot of extra explanation. Now, remember, all of the MicroLearning concepts that we've talked about already still apply, like keeping your infographic focused on one single topic. Now, MicroLearning infographics are generally stand-alone images that are exported in either the JPEG or PNG format. They're most often distributed via the web, social media, or digital signage. Most any image editing program can be used to create an infographic. Now, my personal favorite it Keynote on the Mac and PowerPoint on the PC. They're super simple to use. They have good graphics tools for creating charts and graphs, integrating test and images, and they make quick work of compositing all of those elements together. Now, both programs have the option to export individual slides as images. For web-based tools, check out Canva for creating quick and easy infographics. On the higher end would be Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Now, these require a lot more skill to use, but if you're already familiar with them, they do offer the best set of tools available. Now, infographics are a great choice for MicroLearning because they are quick to make, they can be easily distributed via virtually any online service, and are super fast for learners to consume on any device.

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