Many types of creative assignments involve a visual component. Some popular assignments include posters, infographics, and presentations.
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when creating your visual assignments:
1. Use easy-to-read and accessible sans serif fonts.
2. Preserve your white space, do not overload your work with images and graphics.
3. Be consistent with sizing fonts for headings and subheadings.
4. Pick a colour scheme. Colour picker can be a useful tool.
5. There are useful tools out there to help you create visual resources such as Canva, Venngage, Blender and GIMP.
6. Find resources on our Data Visualization Research Guide for including charts and graphs.
7. Find open-source images using the Creative Commons Search Portal. Other popular places to find visual resources are Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay
If you are creating a video for your assignment the library's Media Creation Lab has software and tools to recommend for recording, editing and distributing your work. You can also borrow video equipment.
Here are a few tips for creating video recordings:
1. Plan out your video wtih storyboarding.
2. Write a script and practice.
3.. Record in short takes so that you can easily edit.
4. Pay attention to lighting.
5. If you are seeking additional media to include in your work, you can search for items on Openverse
Citing visual resources is just as important as citing scholarly articles. The following is a list of resources that will guide you through citing in a variety of styles.
You can also visit the Media Creation Lab page on Rights, Ethics and Digital Citizenship.