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INFOGRAPHICS: Infographic Design Tools

Piktochart

Strengths: Issues
  • 500+ templates
  • Free and discounted education subscription options.
  • Ability to resize images proportionally and align graphics easily using the grid-like templates.
  • Color schemes
  • Only 3 basic themes are available free
  • Limited customization for free templates

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Canva

Strengths: Issues
  • Customizable free templates, including education templates.
  • Drag & drop design tool.
  • Selection of icons, illustrations, fonts.
  • Use in browser or download the app.
  • Helpful step-by-step guidelines.
  

Visme

Strengths: Issues
  • "Speak loudly, speak visually."
  • Free fonts, images, icons.
  • Option to include audio and video, option to record a voiceover in the editor.
  • Ability to animate content.
  • Interactive
  • Provides an excellent support site.
  • Customizable.
  • Limited free content.
  • Free content is watermarked
  • Significant learning curve

Educational licensing available.

Venngage

Strengths:Ms Issues
  • Infographic design simplified to 3 easy steps.
  • Encourages data visualization, storytelling and presentation skills.
  • Easy to use templates.   Templates fall into these categories:  statistical, informational, process, comparison, timeline, geographic, charts, tutorial.
  • Must have a paid subscription to export.

Educational pricing available.  Teachers can set up a free trial account and add their students.

Tableau Public

Strengths: Issues
  • "Data in.  Brilliance out."
    Recently acquired InfoActive
  

Using Resources

Free Icons

Chart & Graph Makers

Map Creators

Timeline Creators

World Clouds