In this workshop attendees will learn how to design and create an infographic using a free tool, Piktochart. This workshop will begin with a brief overview of infographics as a means of presenting information or research.  Attendees will then participate in generating and sketching a visual theme for a topic. Attendees will be shown resources for royalty-free and Creative Commons licensed images and icons as will be given guidance on giving images correct attribution. This will be followed by a demonstration of digital tools to create infographics. Attendees will be given the opportunity to create accounts for the browser-based tools and to experiment with the tools.

After this workshop attendees will be able to:

• Identify a visual theme and select an appropriate style for their topic (e.g. road map, comparison chart, etc.).
• Sketch an outline of an infographic.
• Present/translate data into an appropriate visual form.
• Locate royalty-free and Creative Commons licensed images (and attribute when necessary).
• Locate the major functions (select background, add images, add text) in a browser-based Infographic tools, Piktochart.