Best Tool To Design Infographics

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Animaker Class

Design and present animated infographics and video with versatile site

Bottom line: A great media creation tool that could be used all year long for everything from posters to videos, but teachers will need to make learning goals clear.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free, Paid

Canva

Create snazzy designs in seconds with flexible, cloud-based tool

Bottom line: With stable internet access and enough time to get started, this is a flexible, accessible way to create beautiful designs in your classroom.

Grades: 4–12 Price: Free, Paid

The Noun Project

Think in pictures with vibrant visual language everyone can understand

Bottom line: It's a neat, well-executed concept with lots of possibilities for learning, imagining, and creating.

Smore

Create and send simple newsletters and flyers

Bottom line: This is a fast way to fashion basic newsletters and flyers, but it isn't quite as flashy as the competition.

Grades: 1–12 Price: Free to try

Genially

Create professional-looking media with an abundant library of templates

Bottom line: It's a treasure trove of well-designed templates and features that encourage creativity and collaboration, but expect some growing pains.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Paid

Sway

Create dynamic visual presentations on flexible storytelling platform

Bottom line: A seamless transition from design to presentation makes Sway a great fit for presenting carefully curated content.

Easelly

Think critically, share creatively with infographic-creation tool

Bottom line: Even though the basic themes and images are limited, when prepared well, this tool can help students connect with content in a meaningful way.

Infogr.am

Snazzy, easy infographic maker visually pleasing but lacks design help

Bottom line: The site is a great asset for classroom presentations and analyzing data, but educators need to provide guidance to ensure students learn while using it.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free, Paid

Lucidpress

Collaborative publishing and design tool has lots of options, templates

Bottom line: An easy-to-use mash-up of InDesign and Google Drive, Lucidpress fills a niche for publication creation and collaboration.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free to try, Paid

Piktochart

Add oomph to info with sleek infographic tool

Bottom line: Tech- and design-savvy students will immediately take to this well-designed, reasonably easy-to-use tool.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free, Free to try, Paid

Venngage

Create impressive infographics with ease

Bottom line: Surprisingly simple way for students to think critically and communicate ideas in an appealing, visual format, but could be a bit more edu-friendly with extra educator/student supports.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free to try, Paid

Adobe Spark

Super-flexible design tool for crafting fab images, videos, and sites

Bottom line: This one-stop shop for creating sleek graphics, web stories, and animated videos is incredibly easy to use and challenges students to think critically about visual presentation.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Free to try

Grafio 3 - Diagram Maker

Flexible app transforms sketches into pro-level designs and diagrams

Bottom line: A terrific choice for creating simple diagrams or presentations on iOS.

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