Michigan State University - Design and Make Infographics (Project-Centered Course)

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Overview

Get a tangible career in design. Start instantly and learn at your own pace.

Duration	14 hours
Start from	Start Now
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate
Future job roles	Equity Research, Game Development

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Highlights

Offered by University of Michigan
Get course certification on completion
Flexible deadlines
Intuitive course

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Course details

Who should do this course?

Anyone interested in understanding, designing, and using infographicscan apply. These include students, hobbyists or professional graphic designers seeking a growing career in designing.

What are the course deliverables?

Self-Paced Learning Option
Course Videos & Readings
Practice Quizzes
Graded Assignments with Peer Feedback
Graded Quizzes with Feedback
Graded Programming Assignments

More about this course

Design and Make Infographics is a project-centered course offered by Michigan State University. The program focuses on developing skills in creating a content-rich infographic that can engage target audience and convey information clearly through effective use of design elements such as typography, color, and structure.Candidates will also learn about effectiveness of infographics, and how to plan & design an infographic for maximum impact.

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Curriculum

What is an Infographic?

Why are infographics are useful?

Types of Infographics

What are the 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?

Make a chart

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

Make a map

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

Make an infographic

Color in infographics

Don't hurt your image with bad, sloppy work

How to draw a simple illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Design and Make Infographics (Project-Centered Course)
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Admission Process

Important Dates

May 25, 2024

Course Commencement Date

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Firas Abussaud

Design and Make Infographics (Project-Centered Course)

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it is best for Journalists

Other: This was the worst course I have ever taken in Coursera and there are many reasons behind the low rating I have given: the first thing is that the content is not based on design standards but rather perceptions of the trainer himself and we should never take it as the right components. I am not a professional designer and did not study design as a major but I have been into design for a very long time and I have enough experience to tell that this is not a course that we should rely on. telling that any Infographics should contain a map, or a chart is not true; I have designed (and seen) many designs with no map or chart and they weren't needed at all. insisting on having those as part of the final design just complicated everything and for my design, I had to insert those parts just for the sake of completing the parts that I will be graded on but I know deeply that they were not needed at all. in addition, the teacher was listing some of his rules as if they were facts while they aren't; it is OK to add shadows to text if needed provided that they will not distract the view! the final thing, this course has almost no participants and I struggled to get pier reviews which caused me to wait for a long time before I could proceed! in addition, the homework was not related; the course should be designed in a way that each part I complete is to be used for the final product! honestly, this is the first Coursera course that I got nothing out of it!

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