Creating Infographics for Digital Content
Creating Infographics for Digital Content is a course in turning hard-to-follow information into visuals that tell a story, from preparing and checking data and choosing a format to designing and charting in Canva and drawing icons in Illustrator. It suits marketing and content teams, teachers and anyone who wants to make their own infographics for social media and the web.
- Duration12 hours · 2 days
- FormatOnsite / live online
- Next roundOn request
- CertificateIncluded
Course overview
People scroll past content on their phones quickly, and long passages of text or tables of numbers often go unread. Infographics turn hard-to-follow information into visuals that tell a story at a glance, for social media posts, reports, teaching materials and organisational communications. A good infographic, however, starts from accurate data and a clear story, not just an attractive image.
This course covers choosing an infographic format, preparing and condensing data, and the principles of layout, colour, type and icons, then puts them into practice in Canva with templates, Canva AI and charts built from real data. It continues with drawing shapes, icons and finely tuned charts in Adobe Illustrator 2026, before resizing for social media and the web and creating animated infographics. (2 days, 6 hours per day, 12 hours in total, Beginner level.)
What you’ll gain
- Understand the elements and formats of infographics and choose the right one for the data
- Prepare, check and condense data into an easy-to-follow story
- Apply layout, colour, typography and icon principles to infographic design
- Create infographics and charts from real data in Canva
- Draw shapes, icons and charts in Adobe Illustrator
- Export infographics for social media, the web and print
Who this course is for
- Marketing, PR and content teams who create social media material
- Teachers, lecturers, trainers and academics who need to present information clearly
- Data analysts and report writers who want to make numbers more engaging
- Students and anyone else who wants to create their own infographics
Prerequisites
- Able to use a Windows or macOS computer and manage files and folders
- Able to install and uninstall software
- Basic Excel or Google Sheets skills help with the chart sections
- No previous graphic design experience is needed
Curriculum
Course Details
This course is the 2026 edition of Creating Infographics for Digital Content, rewritten for the current Canva and Adobe Illustrator. It runs for 2 days, 6 hours per day (12 hours in total, 09:00-16:00), as lectures with labs and workshops. Beginner level. Day 1 covers infographic formats, preparing and checking data, planning the story and design principles, then creating a first infographic in Canva. Day 2 covers building charts
from real data in Canva, drawing icons and charts in Illustrator 2026, adapting work for social media and the web, and producing a final piece of your own. Learners use their own Canva account, where the free plan covers almost every lab, and need access to Illustrator through Creative Cloud or a trial. The course builds on the institute's Canva for Beginners course, with a focus on designing from data and visual storytelling.
Day 1 Planning, Preparing Data and Designing in Canva
Section 1: Getting Started with Infographics
- What an infographic is, and its key elements
- Why infographics work on social media, in reports and in teaching materials
- How good infographics differ from misleading ones
- Where to find ideas and strong infographic examples
- Lab: review real infographics for what works and what needs fixing
Section 2: Lab: Infographic Formats
- Explaining, breaking down and comparing information
- Statistics or survey results, and step-by-step processes
- Timelines, relationships and geographic data
- Choose a format that answers the reader's question
- Lab: match sample datasets to suitable formats
Section 3: Lab: Preparing Data and Planning the Story
- Find data from reliable sources and record references
- Techniques for cutting long text down to the key points
- Use AI to summarise text, then always check the figures against the source
- Plan a storyboard: headline, main points, supporting data and conclusion
- Lab: turn a long article into an infographic outline
Section 4: Lab: Infographic Design Principles
- Grid layouts, visual hierarchy and white space
- Choose colour palettes and Thai fonts that read well on phones
- Common graphics: icons, illustrations, photos, lines and arrows
- Flat, outline, isometric and 3D styles
- How vector and bitmap images differ, and image sharpness
Section 5: Workshop: Your First Infographic in Canva
- Choose a template and set the page size
- Draft a layout with Canva AI, then adjust it to the real data
- Use elements, icons and illustrations from the Canva library
- Set up a Brand Kit so colours and fonts match the organisation
- Workshop: build an infographic from the outline planned in Section 3
Day 2 Data Charts, Illustrator and Publishing
Section 6: Lab: Charts and Data in Canva
- Choose the right chart for the data: bar, line, pie and treemap
- Import data from a CSV or Excel file into Canva Charts
- Manage data in Canva Sheets and build charts from tables
- Adjust colours, labels and units so charts are easy to read and not misleading
- Lab: make three charts from the same dataset and compare them
Section 7: Lab: Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator 2026
- The workspace, artboards and file settings for screen and print
- Draw lines and shapes, and set fills, strokes and gradients
- Cut and combine shapes with Pathfinder and the Shape Builder
- Create text, use glyphs and set Thai text
- Lab: draw a consistent icon set for an infographic
Section 8: Lab: Graphs, Symbols and AI in Illustrator
- Create charts with the Graph tool and edit their data
- Create symbols and combine them with charts to make pictograms
- Generate vector artwork from text with Text to Vector Graphic
- Copyright and terms of use for images from generative AI
- Bring Illustrator work into Canva
Section 9: Lab: Adapting for Digital Channels
- Sizes for posts, stories and carousels on social media
- Create animated infographics with Canva animation
- Export as PNG, PDF, SVG, MP4 or GIF to suit the job
- Add source references and alt text when publishing on the web
- Alternatives such as Piktochart and Infogram for specialised data work
Section 10: Workshop: Final Infographic
- Choose a topic and dataset from your own work
- Plan the story, design it and build charts using everything covered
- Adapt it into two sizes for social media and the web
- Check data accuracy, readability and copyright
- Workshop: present your work and get feedback from the instructor
Schedule & training options
For individuals — public rounds
No public rounds are open right now. Join the waiting list and we will contact you first when the next round opens, or ask us on LINE. Or call 02-570-8449 or 088-807-9770
For organisations — in-house / private
- Tailor the content to your team’s tools and projects
- Your dates, at your office or live online
- Quotation with tax ID for procurement
Instructors
Frequently asked questions
What types of infographic are there, and how do you choose one?
Common types explain information, break it down, compare items, show statistics or survey results, set out step-by-step processes, follow a timeline, show relationships or map geographic data. Start from the question the reader wants answered: a comparison suits 'which is bigger', a process suits 'what do I do first', and complex information may combine several types in one piece.
How do you turn long text into an infographic?
Read the source and reduce it to a few key points. AI can help summarise, but always check figures and facts against the original. Plan a storyboard with a headline, main points, supporting data and a conclusion, choose a suitable infographic type, turn numbers into charts and ideas into icons, then design it in Canva or Illustrator and add the sources at the bottom.
What is the difference between vector and bitmap images, and which suits infographics?
Vector images are built from mathematical lines and shapes, so they stay sharp at any size and are easy to recolour and reshape, which suits icons, charts and text. Bitmap images, such as photos, are made of pixels and break up when enlarged. Most infographics are therefore built mainly from vectors, drawn in Illustrator or taken from Canva elements, with bitmap photos used only where needed, and exported as PNG for social media or PDF and SVG when high sharpness is needed.
Who is the Creating Infographics for Digital Content course for, and what should I know beforehand?
It suits marketing, PR and content teams, teachers, lecturers, trainers, academics, data analysts, students and anyone who wants to make their own infographics. No graphic design experience is needed. You just need to be able to use a computer, manage files and install software. Basic Excel or Google Sheets skills help with the chart sections.
What will I be able to do after the Creating Infographics for Digital Content course?
You will be able to choose the right infographic format for the data, prepare, check and condense information into a story, design with sound layout, colour, type and icons, create infographics and charts from real data in Canva, draw icons and charts in Illustrator, and export for social media, the web and print, including animated versions. Participants who complete the training receive a Certificate of Completion with its own number, which can be verified online.
What software is used to design the infographics?
The course uses Canva as the main tool for design and charts from data. A free account covers almost every lab, although some features need Canva Pro. It also uses the current Adobe Illustrator for drawing vector icons, shapes and charts, which learners access through their own or their organisation's Creative Cloud plan, or a trial. Other tools such as Piktochart and Infogram are introduced as alternatives.