Typography Editor

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Review Overview

A. Instruction - 7

B. Design - 8

C. Engagement - 9.3

8.1

Typography Editor: A Website for Visual Aids

Summary : Making Infographics Have Never Been Easier!

Free!

Typography Editor provides users with a tool to create posters that can be used as infographics, visual aids, memes, graphic organizers, and more! To begin, users must click the “File” button and choose the “New Poster” option. Next, users can click the “Canvas” button to select the size of the poster they are creating. To add shapes, text, images, borders, and rulers to their poster, users must click the corresponding button on the menu. As they add content, the website provides them with multiple formatting options, which allows users to customize their poster. If users make a mistake, they can correct it with the “Redo” and “Undo” buttons on the menu. In addition, at the bottom of the screen, Typography Editor provides “Hot Key” shortcuts that may save users time as they create their poster. When finished, users can click the “File” button and choose how they wish to save and/or share their poster.

Instructional Ideas

In preparation for making a class presentation, students can use this website to create a visual aid that compliments their presentation.
When teaching a vocabulary term, historical person, or significant event, teachers can have students create a infographic for it using this website. As part of that assignment, teachers can require specific content to be included, such as a certain amount of text, images, and colors. When finished, teachers can require students to post their infographic to a class website and include a paragraph that explains how their infographic relates to the topic.
As part of a propaganda lesson, teachers can have students use this website to make posters that use a specific propaganda technique. Once students complete their poster, they can upload it to a class website. In response, other students can view the posters and have to identify which propaganda technique was used by the poster.
When teaching about advertising, teachers can first have students view examples of different billboards, and they can discuss the qualities of effective and ineffective billboards. Next, teachers can break their class into small groups and assign each group a product, such as gum, shoes, television, etc. The groups will then have to create a billboard using this website to advertise their product. When finished, each group can present their billboard, and the students who did not present can discuss the advertisement’s strengths and areas for improvement.

A1. Rigor
A2. 21st Century Skills
A3. Conn. to Future Learning
A4. Value of Errors
A5. Feedback to Teacher
A6. Level of Material
A7. Cooperative Learning
A8. Accom. of Individual Diff.

B1. Ability to Save Progress
B2. Platform Integration
B3. Screen Design
B4. Ease of Use
B5. Navigation
B6. Goal Orientation
B7. Information Presentation
B8. Media Integration
B9. Cultural Sensitivity

C1. Learner Control
C2. Interactivity
C3. Pace
C4. Flexibility
C5. Interest
C6. Aesthetics
C7. Utility