Libby Montana Asbestos Infograph and Reflection

a. What went well? 

What went well with the group was the cooperation between Matt and me that allowed us to work well, get the necessary information and finish our project on time. Matt had a lot of creative ideas and did a really good job on the design and I was there to fill in the research and extra info.

b. What did not? 

What didn't go well was Alex doing his part of the work. He didn't do anything and even though he claimed he was doing research, he did not contribute anything to our final project .
c. What would you do differently next time? 

Next time I would probably ask to change a group member and ask if I could pick someone who was more reliable and would actually put in work. Other than that, I wouldn't change much because Matt and I worked really well together and if it wasn't for our cooperation and work ethic, we wouldn't have gotten it done.

d. Specifically comment on the 10 tips for effective infographics -

Be Concise- You shouldn't add to much to your page because you want it to be simple, and get your point across while being visually interesting.

Be Visual- use big font, big pictures and anything that will grab the attention of someone's eye.

Be Smarter- Think of interesting ways to present your information so that it's not as plain or similar to someone else's

Be Transparent- Transparency is a good thing.

Be Different- The more your infograph is different , than it will stick in the heads of viewers.

Be Accurate- You want your information to be as accurate as possible; statistics are great for infographs.

Be Attractive- If your infograph isn't attractive, more often that not, viewers wont be interested in reading.

Be Varied- Keeping your images varied will give your infograph a more creative and different look.

Be Gracious- Give yourself a lot of space to work that way everything wont be jumbled.

Be Creative- Being creative, different and attractive go hand in hand and are important factors to keep in mind.

Which of these areas did you excel in? Which were not so well represented? Why do you think some elements of design were easier or harder to include in the end product?

Of all these areas, the ones that I feel that my group excelled in were attractiveness, creativity, visualness and accuracy. We included a lot of statists and interesting graphics to keep the viewer interested in our infographic. We felt that it was important to work on those aspects the most because they were the things would draw someone in and be able to understand our graphic. Some of the areas that were not represented so well were being varied, gracious, and transparent and I think the reason for this was because it's to be varied and gracious when there are many things we want to say on our poster, yet we didn't want to overload with too much so we tried to put as much as possible on our infograph as we used up every inch of space. Also, I'm not entirely sure how transparency applies to this project so I dont think it was represented well.