Creating an Infographic?
Try one of these sites!
easel.ly.com is a site to easily create infographics. My first impression of this site was positive. I began by
searching through the templates for ideas and inspiration for an assignment I was working on. The choices are all bright and colorful. It's easy to click through the various options to see what's available to work with. The site does have an optional grid to help with alignment of objects,
but other than the wide variety of templates, everything else was too limited
for my taste. In order to obtain more than five objects, icons, or even graphs, you would have to upgrade to a paid subscription. It does allow for uploads of your own graphics and icons, though. This site, however, might be ideal for beginners who need something ready-made or something simple to create
themselves.
infogr.am.com is another site to create infographics with ease.
This site seems just as easy to maneuver as easel.ly. It
also has a good choice of templates to choose from. They seem a bit more
clean-lined and simple. Clicking through the various options allows you to see what is available to work with. I was pleasantly surprised that the site has an option for
inserting maps. That could be a great resource for school projects. It also has a large selection of graphs and charts to use. I think the students might really like
the ability to include stickers and GIFs as well. The site also allows for
integration of various media. On the down side, I didn’t like that the choices of
objects and icons were a bit limited, and the ones provided with the free
subscription were somewhat plain. Like easel.ly, this site allows for uploading of your own graphics and icons. Overall though, this site could be easily utilized for your infographic needs.
Piktochart.com, a third choice for creating infographics, definitely has a wide variety of templates to
choose from. It has options for including maps and a wide choice of charts and
graphs as well. The site is very easy to maneuver, and I appreciated the fact
that the free subscription included many icon and graphic choices. I think that the wide selection of available objects to choose from was what hooked me. Although the option to upload needed graphics and objects is available, the great selection supplied with the site is more than enough to find whats needed. Another neat feature is when
including objects. Red grid lines appear in various places to help with the alignment of various objects on the page. This makes the project easy to allign when creating from scratch. The site also allows for easy grouping
of objects, and the editing functions can be easily accessed by right clicking.
Here's a Sample of What I Created with Piktochart.com
I love all the colors on your blog entry! The information you shared was very informative and helpful in understanding the different applications for infographics. I think it is important to experience the use of different websites. I liked the infographic you created and found it to be informative for the younger and older generations as well.
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