Description
You need to create an infographic + write 2 pages essay to explain it. Below are the requirements:
- You will produce an informative, relevant, accurate, purposeful, fun, and creative infographic about data and smart cities. This can be about smart city indicators, data collected from sensors, data produced by city-data analytics teams, data dashboards, data in communication and control rooms, data applications, data collected by wearables, data in maps, crowdsourced data, sharing economy data, etc. We will look at many examples of in-class and do exercises to get you ready. You can discuss a data process, findings in the data, produce a data flow line or a data model, a smart city data issues, you can compare smart city data, you can tell a story with a dataset, you can unpack the components of a dataset, discuss data found in a report, etc. Your infographic can be digital, or it can be done by hand.
- Your infographic must include:
A title that describes what your infographic is about.
A topic that relates to data and smart cities in the City of Ottawa
The purpose of the infographic is to teach your reader something that is meaningful about data and smart cities in the City of Ottawa
Refer to at least one dataset and one or more concepts discussed in class.
Images such as - graphics, graphs, visualizations, photos, tables, backgrounds, drawings, a list, a map, a chart that 'illustrate' and support the main idea for your infographic.
Data, statistics (numbers, percentages, etc.) as part of your infographic.
Text to promote an understanding of your topic,
Images and data need to be referenced and should be accompanied by a concise statement to help your audience understand what you want to convey.
- Things to consider as you are designing:
Does your infographic have a main idea or thesis?
Do the data support the main idea?
Do the graphics enhance and support the data?
Do the layout and design have a purpose?
Did you organize the graphics and text to communicate your ideas effectively?
Infographic template:
https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/create-infographics-with-free-powerpoint-templates
https://piktochart.com/blog/infographics-design-series-design-your-infographic-like-a-pro/