Creating a Graph
Making the document easy to use
Use Basic Shapes
Compare with familiar items
Use Patterns
Look from Right to Left
Topmost corner reserved for logos etc
Start 30% in from edge with key information
Save edges for peripheral vision
Use Affordances
Affordances should be easy to see and use
Buttons reflect some type of shaw
Hypertext is blue and underlined
Make sure text is easy to read
sixth-grade or lower is easy to read
seventh-grade to ninth-grade is medium
Instructions before hand make people perceive text in certain ways
Meaningful titles and headings are helpful
People prefer short medium length passages
People read wide column faster
How people learn
Repetition
connect to something familiar
Use schema
connect new information to information already stored
People learn best by example
Use pictures and screen shots
Short videos
Attention
Capable of focusing attention when they want to or completing a difficult task
Don't assume people are always paying close attention
People constantly scan environment
Easily distracted by large images, animations and videos
Skill continually practiced becomes automatic
automatic skills performed with minimum conscious effort
Make it easy to undo errors
People prefer the option that is adequate rather than optimal
Make decisions based on a glance
Decide if it's easy to use
Use large fonts and white space
Provide shortcuts if easy to learn
Project
Bar Graph
PowerPoint
Canva
Presentation
Infograph
Use Screenshots
Include a short video at the end? Maybe fast forward of the whole process done
Design
Simple easy to read text
No more than two fonts
Dark Text/light background