Be Concise - We didn't use too many words, but relied on using pictures and graphs to relay the information.
Be Visual - Similarly, the majority of the info-graphic is comprised mainly if pictures, graphs, and keys to demonstrate the facts and information gathered.
Be Smarter - I'm not necessarily sure how "smarter" we could have made it, but as far as information is concerned I suppose we did a "smart" job.
Be Transparent - Similar to being concise, it's just specific data without too many words that shows the information we've gathered.
Be Accurate - The information
What went well?
We found information on our topic very easily. It was easy for us to research what we wanted and our brainstorming and collaboration went very well.
What did not?
We had a lot of ideas for how we wanted our info-graphic to be displayed but they required more photoshop skills than what we were capable of.
c. What would you do differently next time?
Next time, we would use paper and pencil so that we could specifically plan out the way we wanted our info-graphic to look. I would also use the spare time we had to look up more information about the company. Also, next time it would be better to use a site where everyone could edit the page, the work basically had to be put on one person.
d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -
Be Concise- remain specific to one topic. Although our topic had many elements
Be Visual- to use visual elements and a lot less words.
Be Smarter- think about our topic thoroughly and use whatever elements we think will work best.
Be Transparent- to make it obvious.
Be Different- to be creative.
Be Accurate- make sure we do research on our topic.
Be Attractive- make sure it looks nice and is aesthetically appealing.
Be Varied- have a variety of images
Be Gracious- fair.
Be Creative- use the left side of our brains.
Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?
I think we worked very well with being attractive, concise and different. We weren't very varied because our info-graphic had a set theme. I think being gracious and being different was harder because within the time frame we had we focused on getting it done.
b. What did not?
Because of the topic we had, we had an extremely hard time trying to find graphics to use. We then got distracted by trying to find graphics and stopped paying attention to the time we had, which caused us to have to drop finding graphics, and just make a creative post with the information we had.
c. What would you do differently next time?
I would ask for help so that the process of finding graphics would come more smoothly and spend less time on finding information and more time on creating a better info graphic
d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -
Be Concise
Be Visual
It is very important that you make the information appealing to the eye. A boring text heavy poster, isn't exactly the way to go.
Be Smarter
Be Transparent
Don't make things hard to understand. People should be able to get the general gist just by your info graphic alone.
Be Different
Stand out from things that people may have seen before. If it's something that's repetitive then others may not be intrigued to look.
Be Accurate
Make sure the information are facts. Do not lie to innocent people.
Be Attractive
Make the info graphic appealing to the eye.
Be Varied
Add variety to your info graphic. In other words, don't just stick with one concept!
Be Gracious
Be Creative
I think what when well was the fact that there wasn't much argument about the design of it. We didn't have underminding ideas and we worked together to make it look very neat and creative. We tried to keep the information concise and to the point and i think we did that well.
Nothing really went wrong or bad. We got a little of task at times but we got out project done with all (iThink) of the required components. If we were to do this project again, the only thing I'd probably change would be the colors because I'm really picky about that.
The ten tips that we got were very helpful to our presentation and we really tried to use them. The main ones we focused on were using contrasting and popping colors, and keeping the text easy to understand and read.
Below are a list of things we believe we excelled in when making this project:
Being Concise
Being Visual
Being Accurate
Being Attractive
Being Varied
Being Creative
What would you do differently next time?
Primary researches involving our topic and maybe even a scale to keep our progress on point. I even think we needed an extended amount of time because design wise our graphic could have been improved.
Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?
The message topic for our project seemed to be very brought out into recognition which included our detailed and labeled pictures. It was difficult to add a portion of information that sets in a visual way with detailed explanations presented.
Be Visual
Be Smarter
Be Transparent
Be Different
Be Accurate
Be Attractive
Be Varied
Be Gracious
Be Creative
Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?
I feel as though we excelled in the creative part. We were able to use things that people can relate to to show our findings. If we had ut simply numbers it might not have been so mind boggling, however, visually seeing the number, truly brings out what is out there. We were Different in that we used different ideas to represent our data.a. I believe the overall research went well. We found a lot of statistics and different things that we could potentially use for the info graphic, so there was a lot of freedom when deciding what to put and what to not put.
b. I believe when it came to putting the right information into the graphic we fell short. We have things that resulted in the oil spill, but not so much how it was caused or what happened afterward. I believe we needed to include more of this in the info graphic.
c. I think I would include more information about the before and after, we included a lot about what happened because of the spill, but not so much how they cleaned it up, how long it took and how much oil is still there (according to some of our sources there is still some oil remaining in the area).
d. I think we excelled in "be visual" and "be transparent." I think the "be varied" and "be smarter" elements were not as well represented. I think the "be varied" and "be smarter" elements were not as well represented because when it comes to variation, if there is too much variation things can look sloppy and they will not be consistent. So when it came to variation, it was hard to add as much due to the fear of looking sloppy or the info graphic being hard to understand. I think when it came to "be smarter" we didn't want to add too much information because it would have been overpowering and maybe even cluttered. If there was too much information, it may have been harder to understand and read.
