Scholarly Article Infographic
Scholarly Article Infographic: This assignment will ask you to create an infographic to summarize the content of a scholarly journal article. You can use PowerPoint or another graphic design program of your choice. Step 1: Choose an article from a scholarly journal. You may use an article that you’ve already used in a past assignment. Read the article, recording the following key pieces of information as you read: Research question or hypothesis Participants or data sources Methods used Key findings Limitations or Concerns Step 2: Distill this information into brief and concise statements without losing the main points. Think about how this information could be represented visually. The reader/viewer of your infographic should be able to quickly and easily identify what the study looked at, how it was conducted, and what it found. Step 3: Include a complete bibliographic citation for the article you chose on the infographic. Some tips for creating your infographic: Consider the flow of information. Most people read left to right, top to bottom. Put things in the order you want people to read them (e.g. dont put Findings at the top). Use images that relate to your article, and anchor the readers attention. Make all of your headings in the same format (e.g. same font size, boldness, etc.) Step 4: Upload the file to the box below. The file must be in one of the following formats: .pdf, .jpg, .png, .tiff. You will be marked on the following criteria: Task Marks scholarly article and correct citation 2 contains concise statements about all 5 elements (1 mark for each element, 2 marks for each statement) 15 correct file format 1 overall presentation 2 TOTAL: 20