I finished my infographic! Woot! Here is the final project:
I decided to use an infographic for my composition format because in the science world, posters are made to relay information gathered from research projects that summarize each aspect of the conducted research. I decided that since my project had to be constructed using technology, a poster was not an option, but an infographic was a very close second. In this way, I could use this source to relay my information from my research argument in a similar way as something you would see when walking through the halls of a science department or during a scientific seminar.
My targeted audience was faculty, department heads, and undergraduate students involved in the biological sciences, in addition to those associated with chemistry as my research also involved incorporating a few alterations to undergraduate chemistry curriculum. The format I chose for my infographic was one the that was separated into multiple sections by two alternating colors and differing bolded subheadings that were followed by a short summarized blurb about that specific sub-header. I hoped that viewers would see my infographic and be caught by the bolded word “biology” in addition to the green hues as this is a color that is often associated with science. I also added small clip art images that related to the information I was summarizing in that particular section of my infographic.
The information I included on my visual was what I considered to be the main points of my researched argument. Because my essay was solely based on biology undergraduate reformation, it was very easy to pinpoint which arguments would be the most influential to see on a poster as there was no other aspects to my paper other than proposals of change. However, I found it incredibly difficult to summarize all of the extensive research I had conducted about the main points I made. Because each proposal was so specific and complex, it was hard to simplify the information into a short enough statement that a reader would not be overwhelmed with too many words and become uninterested, but enough that I could be as influential and informative as possible.
I’m very pleased with how my project turned out, and I really enjoyed being given the option to express some artistic creativity, along with the challenge of using a digital format that I was not familiar with initially.
-FH