Leveraging infographics in documentation

  • Tutorial
  • Visual Communication
  • 10. November
  • 09:30 - 10:30 AM (CET)
  • Channel C
  • finished
  •  Sara Stein

    Sara Stein

    • DoControl

Contents

Most people don't like to read, and they process images much faster than text. In an age of online documentation, infographics can help your audience to process information quickly and easily. In this tutorial, you'll learn about the added value of infographics, the main infographic types (workflows, data flows, timelines, and conceptual), the basics of visual language, and how to make your message stand out.

Takeaways

Using infographics, you'll learn how to simplify complex processes in a visual way, and promote a positive customer experience. You'll learn how to apply visual language cues, and get free tools to create and enhance your infographics.

Prior knowledge

No prior knowledge is required.

Speaker

 Sara Stein

Sara Stein

  • DoControl
Biography

My goal is to produce customer-facing documentation that is easy to find and easy to understand. My repertoire includes designing document templates and infographics, structuring the information architecture for online documentation sites, and designing the UI and UX for online documentation.

Some of my published articles on visual documentation include:

  • Documentation architecture: How to help our audience find what they need (tcWorld, April 2021)
  • Tell your documentation story with infographics (tcWorld, April 2020)
  • Career path crossover: Designing visual documentation (Intercom, May/June 2020)
  • Leveraging infographics in study schemas (Medical Writing, 2020)

My goal is to produce customer-facing documentation that is easy to find and easy to understand. My repertoire includes designing document templates and infographics, structuring the information architecture for online documentation sites, and designing the UI and UX for online documentation.

Some of my published articles on visual documentation include:

  • Documentation architecture: How to help our audience find what they need (tcWorld, April 2021)
  • Tell your documentation story with infographics (tcWorld, April 2020)
  • Career path crossover: Designing visual documentation (Intercom, May/June 2020)
  • Leveraging infographics in study schemas (Medical Writing, 2020)