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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Meet The Professor
  • What You'll Learn
  • What is an Infographic?
  • Why are infographics useful?
  • Types of Infographics
  • What are some things you can do to visualize data
  • What Makes an Infographic good?
  • How to work alone or with a team
  • Planning STEP 1: What's Your Goal?
  • Planning STEP 2: Who is your Audience?
  • Planning STEP 3: What is your Story?
  • Planning STEP 4: What is your Message?
  • Planning STEP 5: How to Find Stories in Data?
  • Planning STEP 6: What is your supporting content/data?
  • Video: The importance of sketching
  • Video: START TO FINISH: How I make an infographic
Readings
  • GREAT sites for making infographics online (with reviews & tutorials)

Videos
  • The three amigos: bar, pie and line charts. What they do.
  • A few chart dos and don'ts
  • Six ways to visualize the same data in a chart
  • How to make a PIE chart in Adobe Illustrator
Readings
  • Print out: What kind of data goes on bar, pie and line charts?
  • Video: How to make a BAR chart in Adobe Illustrator

Videos
  • Map components: visual variables
  • Types of maps
  • Type on maps
  • Drawing roads and info pointer boxes on maps that aren't awful
  • How to make a map in Adobe Illustrator (Oregon)
  • How to use and how NOT to use the pen tool
Readings
  • Example images of good roads for maps drawn in Illustrator
  • Examples of pointer (info) boxes for maps drawn in Illustrator
  • Link to more detailed video tutorial: How to make a map in Adobe Illustrator (Michigan)

Videos
  • Color in infographics
  • Don't hurt your image with bad, sloppy work
  • How to draw a simple illustration in Adobe Illustrator
Readings
  • Video: How working with type in Adobe Illustrator

Articles

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