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Google Classroom allows students to have a private, online chat to discuss their class and class content to one another. This can increase communication skills and allow students to collaborate with one another by discussing new ideas and value individualized work.

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Classroom helps teachers save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students.

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Google Docs is an online, collaborative writing space for individuals to do just about anything. Most students use Google Docs for essays and writing prompts. Teachers can use Google Docs to access student's work easily and also add shareable, 'make a template' documents that the students can work on in a more organized way.

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Create, edit, and collaborate on online documents with the Google Docs app.

Work together in real time
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Create anywhere, anytime-even offline
* Capture spontaneous ideas on the fly
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Edit and share multiple file types
* Open a variety of files, including Microsoft Word files, right in Google Docs
* Frictionless collaboration, no matter which application your teammates use
* Convert and export files seamlessly

Google Docs is part of Google Workspace: where teams of any size can chat, create, and collaborate.

Google Workspace subscribers have access to additional Google Docs features, including:
* Working in a single document with teammates or people outside your company. See edits as others type, communicate through built-in chat, and leave feedback through comments and suggestions
* Importing your documents to make them instantly editable, including Microsoft® Word and PDF files. Export your work in .docx, .pdf, .odt, .rtf, .txt or .html format
* Unlimited version history. Track changes made to your documents and undo anything you choose.
* Working across devices, with or without Internet.

Love it, but crashes often

I'm a writer and google docs is my go-to for writing. I love it, it's simple and accessible from any device and saves automatically so I don't lose anything if I accidentally close out.
Actually, it's pretty much perfectly me except for the fact that it starts lagging a bit if my document begins getting too long (I've had to start writing the second part of a story in a separate document which can get sort of annoying but also it's not The Worst), AND that also brings me to the point of y review: this app crashes on me All. The. Time. I'll be writing, and suddenly my screen will go black and then I'm on my home screen bc. Well, it crashed. No clue why, it's happened on so many occasions with all different sized of documents, it just happens, and it's so annoying because sometimes it kills y writing groove, you know? It's be great if this could possibly be fixed. Happens on both iphone and iPad, probably more often with longer documents (maybe a hundred pages idk) but has also happened with shorter ones. I've been writing for maybe four hours and it's happened to me three times today. Again, it's definitely not a deal breaker, I love docs and I'll never go for anything else, but it is super irritating.

Better for Personal Use

I've been a longtime user of Google Docs-around three or four years-and it's been great for storing important documents. I've also used it a lot for jotting down ideas, writing creative stories, and other personal uses. I feel that these are what the app is best for. I've tried to use it several times for academic essays, and the current format does not support certain basic functions, especially with indentation, adding page numbers in MLA or APA, and so on. The spell check for Google Docs is also flawed, and frequently marks everyday words as misspelled, and then other words not in the regular dictionary as perfectly correct. The syncing is also kind of finicky sometimes, and you can lose work or have to restart the app multiple times in one sitting, if you're somewhere that there is no ideal connection. So if you're a student or a professional, you are also going to want Microsoft Word, which has more features and is easier to use.

However, the syncing generally works very well, and I love being able to back up all my documents. The aesthetic appearance of the documents are also very appealing, and most of the basic writing functions are easy to access. Keyboard shortcuts still work, and those shortcuts match to whichever model of computer you are using, so you don't have to learn anything terribly new to use the app competently. It's super easy to add other contributors, and to restrict privacy/use settings. All in all it has served me very ell.

Highly recommended, but definitely room for improvement

Google Docs is very, very useful as a whole, providing services that allow seamless collaboration and that solve many past horrors of word-processors (like the classic "I didn't save my doc and now it's gone foreverrrrr!!").
As great as it is on desktop, I personally found the transfer to mobile devices a little, well, less great. It's obviously difficult to find an intuitive way to lay out all the functions of Docs on desktop onto a smaller screen, but it's honestly such a huge hassle navigating comments and suggestions, even when I'm on my iPad. It's also kind of annoying that I can't zoom out more on a doc-basically, once the width of the page fills the screen, I can no longer zoom out. This doesn't sound like a huge deal, but it makes for a lot of tedious scrolling when an already long document has relatively large text.
Additionally, there are these small annoying glitches that occasionally occur. For example, when I was editing a doc, I kept trying to delete a space, but it would always delete the space and the letter behind it. I tried over and over again to no avail... sigh....
It also seems to me that Docs can get kind of slow? I'm on a new device, so the hardware should be working fine, but there's a huge lag when I'm trying to type in the app.
Other than these few problems, everything else has been working fine and going smoothly.

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Since infographics exploded onto the graphic design scene about 15 years ago, they've become a staple for communication in classrooms, in the workplace, and across the web.

But if you're new to the world of design, the term "infographic" might still be foreign to you.

You might wonder: what are infographics?

Today, I'll give you a crash course on infographics and infographic design to answer all of your questions and more. Don't worry if you're no designer - I'll also show you how you can easily customize designs with Venngage's Infographic Maker and easy-to-edit infographic templates.

Click to jump ahead:

What is an infographic? Infographics defined:

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, an infographic (or information graphic) is "a visual representation of information or data".

But the meaning of an infographic is something much more specific.
An infographic is a collection of imagery, data visualizations like pie charts and bar graphs, and minimal text that gives an easy-to-understand overview of a topic.
As in the example below, infographics use striking, engaging visuals to communicate information quickly and clearly.

Infographics are a valuable tool for visual communication. The most visually unique, creative infographics are often the most effective because they grab our attention and don't let go.

But it's crucial to remember that the visuals in an infographic must do more than excite and engage.

They must help us understand and remember the content of the infographic, as seen in this infographic about employee resignation announcements:
Ready to dive right in and create your first infographic? Check out our Alternatively, join our webinar for a crash course on how to summarize information for your infographic: ultimate infographic design guide for everything you need to get started. When you need to give someone a really quick rundown on something that can be hard to explain in words alone, an infographic is a good way to go.
Why should you use infographics?

Infographics are great for making complex information easy to digest. They can be helpful anytime you want to:

This means that infographics can be useful in pretty much any industry. Here are just some of its use cases (click to jump ahead):

Marketing infographics

What are infographics used for in marketing?

Marketers use infographics to build brand awareness and boost engagement about topics important to the company, such as this infographic on diversity and inclusion:

Marketers can use infographics to:

Informational infographic examples, like this one about the effect of excess sodium, are great tools for educating a variety of audiences.

Consulting and freelancer infographics

Consultants use timeline infographics to visualize project timelines and to simplify new or industry-specific topics to their clients:

Consultants use infographics to:

Small business and entrepreneurship infographic examples

Small businesses and entrepreneurs use infographics to reach new audiences and increase brand awareness:

This brand style guide cheat sheet is a great infographic example for small businesses. It's visual and compact, which helps readers absorb the information faster.

Lists are a common type of document that all businesses have. But long lists can get tedious to read. It's unlikely that readers will even remember the items on the list.

Businesses can use infographics to visualize lists for better learning retention, like this colorful infographic example below.

Or this list infographic which discusses three different change styles:

A business may also want to visualize processes and activities. This infographic example on supply chain analysis could easily have been a boring document. Instead, the topic is covered more thoroughly and succinctly in an infographic:

Small businesses and entrepreneurs can use infographics to:

Government infographics

What are infographics used for in the governmental sector? Governments use infographics to share statistics and census data, like in this visual from the Government of Canada:

Government can also use infographics to spread useful healthcare information, such as vaccine infographics which promote accurate vaccine information and increase vaccination rates. Here's an example:

Nonprofit infographics

Nonprofits use infographics to promote events and raise awareness for their causes or to showcase their successful fundraising efforts:

Nonprofits use infographics to:

Make data and information about a given cause easy to understand. This can be applied to a newsletter, social media campaign, donation page, poster, and more.

Plan a campaign strategy

Show the impact of a fundraiser that can be sent to donors in an email

Highlight results in an annual report

Showcase successes in an impact report or case study

Visualize information in crisis communications

Education infographics

Educators and trainers use infographics to make content more memorable for students and employees:

Need to explain a complex process? Our process infographics can help communicate cumbersome processes in a visual way.

Infographics can be useful whenever you need to communicate information quickly, or any time you want to make an impact with your data or your message.

How do I create an infographic?

If I've convinced you that infographics are a tool you should be using, you're probably wondering how you can create your own infographic.

Our step-by-step guide on how to create an infographic is a great resource to design an infographic.

No matter how excited you are to get started making your very first infographic, you shouldn't jump into the design process without a game plan.

Instead, start by creating an infographic outline.

1. Organize your information with an infographic outline

2. Pick an infographic template

3. Customize your infographic

Create an infographic outline from existing content using these 4 steps:
1. Organize your information with an infographic outline

The process of creating an outline will help you organize your thoughts and ensure that your content will work in an infographic.

Determine the key takeaways of your content

Determine the title, headers, subheaders, and facts

Consider the length of paragraphs and points

Include notes for the designer

Starting with an outline in this format will ensure that the rest of the design process goes smoothly.

2. Pick an infographic template

Once you've got an outline, you're ready to pick an infographic template.
But most importantly, you need to pick the right type of infographic template for your content.
Pre-made infographic templates (like the one below) can give you the design inspiration you need to get your infographic rolling. Even just using them as a jumping-off point can be helpful.

There's a lot to consider when picking an infographic template, including the colors, fonts, length, size, and style of each template, and how well each of those factors aligns with your content.

3. Customize your infographic

Once you've chosen an infographic template, you can start customizing it to your needs. This infographic can be adapted for other types of lists with the Venngage editor.
Want more information about creating infographics? This video guide will show you how you can make an infographic in just 5 steps:
Here are a few ways to adapt the infographic examples in this post:

Change the background and text colors

Adjust the text to suit your message

Add or swap out icons that are relevant to your story

Add your brand logo in the footer

Increase or decrease the size of the list

What is the importance of using visual elements in an infographic?

The use of visual elements in an infographic can help enhance the overall effectiveness of the communication. Here are some key points highlighting the importance of using visual elements in an infographic:

1. Enhanced comprehension: Visual elements, such as graphs, charts and illustrations can simplify complex information, making it easier for the audience to understand the data presented.

2. Improved retention: Human beings tend to remember visual information more effectively than text alone. By incorporating visual elements, infographics can improve the retention of information, ensuring that the key points are more likely to be remembered by the audience.

3. Increased engagement: Visual elements in infographics make the content more engaging and appealing. People are naturally drawn to visuals, and the use of color, images and graphics can capture the audience's attention, encouraging them to spend more time interacting with the information.

4. Facilitated comparison: Infographics often involve the presentation of data sets, comparisons or contrasts. Visual elements can effectively facilitate such comparisons, enabling the audience to discern patterns, trends and differences more easily.

5. Universal understanding: Visual elements can transcend language barriers, making infographics a powerful tool for communicating with diverse audiences across different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

6. Aesthetic appeal: Infographics that are well-designed and visually appealing are more likely to be shared and distributed widely, especially in the context of social media and online platforms. Aesthetically pleasing visual elements can attract more attention and help the infographic reach a broader audience.

7. Storytelling: Visual elements can contribute to the storytelling aspect of an infographic, allowing for the creation of a narrative that flows logically and is visually engaging. By combining text and visuals, infographics can effectively communicate a compelling story or message.

In summary, the use of visual elements in infographics is critical for conveying complex information in a more accessible and engaging manner, enhancing comprehension, improving retention, and increasing overall audience engagement and appeal.

What are the different types of infographics?
This video summarizes these 9 types of infographics and when to use them:
At Venngage, our library of infographic templates is sorted into 9 different categories:

1. Statistical infographics

2. Informational infographics

3. Timeline infographics

4. Process infographics

5. Geographic infographics

6. Comparison infographics

7. Hierarchical infographics

8. List infographics

9. Resume infographics

Each type of infographic is tailored to visualize a different type of content.

Informational infographics, for example, are typically more text-heavy than the other types of infographics.

Like this example from Course Hero below, they work best as summative, standalone pieces that provide a high-level explanation of a topic.

There are also informational infographics that explain something niche, but very simply. These are handy to have as visual references for topics that are new and unfamiliar.

TalentLyft's infographic on recruitment metrics is a great example - a short and sweet summary of the six key recruitment metrics hiring managers should understand and track.

Statistical infographics, on the other hand, are more focused on numbers and data visualizations, charts, and data, for example:

They tend to contain much less text than informational infographics and have less of a narrative flow.

Instead, they make a statement with big numbers and standalone facts, like this infographic from the Internet of Things.

Similarly, this sample infographic from Podia on the " State of the Side Hustle " uses numbers and stylization to make its most important points prominent with sparse supporting text.

Choosing the right type of template for your content is one of the keys to a successful infographic.

What makes an infographic design effective?

When it comes to designing an effective infographic, it's important to recognize that our brain seeks patterns in visual information to help us make sense of the world.

We can use this idea to structure our information visually and create patterns that will enhance the message that we're trying to communicate.

Let's run through some infographic design best practices to help you create infographics that are as effective as they are beautiful.

Also, check out our post on 7 ways to customize your infographic template for more easy hacks on how to make your design pop.

Use lines, borders, and shapes to group related information

Even something as simple as the position and grouping of elements on a page can influence the way our readers understand our graphics.

If we use basic design elements like borders, lines, circles, and squares to visually organize our content, our readers will find it easier to interpret that content.

For example, we can enclose related elements within an outline or a shape. Most infographics, like the sample below, use this tactic to break up the design into multiple sections, making the graphic easier to scan.

Alternatively, when the structure of the information is the main focus of the infographic (like in an organizational chart or a flow chart) it can be helpful to explicitly connect related elements with lines. Like in this marketing flow chart infographic:

Click the template above to make an organizational chart. Edit the template to your liking - no design experience needed.

Use contrasting colors to guide your readers' attention

Another major design element to think about is color. We're naturally inclined to use color to make infographics look pretty, but color can also be used as a powerful communication tool.
Pick one color that contrasts with all of the other colors in the graphic, and use it to make the most important information stand out.
Just like lines and borders, colors can be used to indicate information groupings, as seen in the business strategy infographic example below:

But more importantly, we can use color to draw attention to particular pieces of information and push supporting information into the background.

Take the infographic below, for example. The bright teal icons contrast with the plain white background to make the icons (the most important visual aspect of the graphic) stand out.

This strategy also happens to be highly trendy. Pops of color are one of the biggest graphic design trends of 2022.

Create a text hierarchy with three different font styles

Fonts are one of the first things people notice when they first look at an infographic. If chosen poorly, fonts can ruin an otherwise great infographic.

Our roundup of popular font types will steer you on the right path.

The key to using fonts correctly in infographics is to create a clear text hierarchy with three different font styles-one for the main heading, one for the section headings, and one for the body text.

The main header font should be the biggest and can be the most stylized. Think of it as the way to set the mood of your infographic.

The font for the section headers should be a bit smaller and less stylized, but it should still stand out on the page.

Finally, the font for the body text should be the smallest, and not stylized at all. It needs to be as easy to read as possible.

Not sure what a readable font looks like? Here's a quick reference guide to fonts that are great for body text:

Use images, icons, and illustrations to make key takeaways memorable

Last but certainly not least, make sure that the focus of your infographic is on visuals like images, symbols, icons, illustrations, and data visualizations like charts and graphs.

Visuals are crucial for making your information engaging and memorable. The best infographics have an equal balance of text and visuals.

The easiest way to make sure you have enough visuals in your graphic is to add an icon to represent each header, as seen in the example below:

Or even better, create visual examples of each main point in the infographic, as seen in this sample infographic from Elle & Company:
Making a data-heavy infographic and need help visualizing your data? Check out our guides on designing effective charts and choosing the best charts for your infographic.
It's important to have fun with your design, too. It doesn't need to be strictly business-y and serious.

Infographics are supposed to be engaging and memorable, and illustrations are great story-telling devices.

FAQs about creating infographics

What does infographic mean?

The word "infographic" is a combination of two words (you guessed it!): "information" and "graphic".

Simply put, an infographic is a graphic that presents information and/or data - most importantly, in an easy-to-understand way.

What is an infographic example?

An infographic example is a visual representation of information. Infographics examples include a variety of elements, such as images, icons, text, charts, and diagrams to convey messages at a glance.

What are infographics used for?

An infographic has numerous uses in different industries. Infographics can be used to convey complicated data in a simple visual format. They are also visual tools to tell stories.

Visual information graphics help people understand information quickly and more accurately.

Infographics can also be used to show changes or comparisons in data, time, and place, as well as statistics, maps, and hierarchies.

What are the five types of infographics?

We've mentioned the nine major infographic categories, among which these are the most common types of infographics are:

Different types of infographics require specific elements. Timeline infographics need to include the date and time stamps. A comparison infographic usually includes columns and rows.

The infographic examples in this post will help you understand what type you need to use for your message so you can make the right choice.

Do you need quantitative data to make an infographic?

Simple answer: No! You don't need quantitative data (numbers) to create an infographic. Infographics are meant to convey information in an easy-to-understand way, and that applies whether the information you have on hand is purely qualitative:

Or quantitative:

Or a combination of both, like in this infographic example:

Conclusion: Create an infographic to make the most out of your knowledge and data

The best infographics use a combination of text, images, and data to inform and engage.

If you're ready to create infographics that strike the perfect balance between fun and educational, make sure you follow these infographic design best practices:

Use lines, borders, and shapes to group related information.

Use one contrasting color to draw attention to key information.

Create a text hierarchy with three different font styles.

Use images, icons, and illustrations to make key takeaways memorable.

Not a designer? No problem. Create an infographic today using our easy-to-edit templates and simple online editor.

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