Rather than a research paper, your final project for this course will instead be

Rather than a research paper, your final project for this course will instead be the preparation of Crime Prevention / Security Awareness “Infographic”….an infographic visually represents data, facts and teaching points in a way that enages, informs and interests the reader….if you’ve ever seen an information poster with images or numbers (like around campus) or been given a brochure of some type, you’ve seen an infographic !
Attached are a couple of infographics that I did just to demonstrate that even someone who is as technically challenged as I am, can create an infographic. While yours will be more involved because you will be researching a topic and presenting some facts and data to educate plus some info nuggets to inform the readers…more assignment details below.) I didn’t use any data in mine..but I used a template to show how simple it is to cut and paste images and write in text.
I used a couple of different free infographic sites. One is Canva….the link is https://www.canva.com Here’s a quick way to get into the site:
1. If you don’t already have an account, you’ll need to create one. I AM NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SUBSCRIBE TO CANVA PRO…that is a paid service. You can just open a free Canva account. Go through the sign up promps for the FREE program. They will send you a code. Once your in the site…
2. Choose “Templates” on the left side bar
3. Then scroll right and click on “Infographics”
4. Choose a template that might work for your presentation and start filling in your own data and images/graphs, just like you might do with a powerpoint
5. When completed, save to your computer…
A second site that I found pretty easy to use was “PowerPoint Infographics”. This was pretty straight forward and relatively easy to use if you know PP.
If you need additional information about Infographics, here is a link an article with some “best practices” for infographics…ther are many so look also on your own https://www.brafton.com/blog/creation/our-master-list-of-infographic-best-practices-infographic/
Most of the infographics illustrated in the article are much more complex…yours will be super simple like the templates in Canva (link below).
The main point of the exercise is to not get super super fancy on the inforgraphic, but to get some experience presenting a crime prevention / security awareness message in a way that persons will connect with it…rather than them just hittiing “delete” on yet another email reminding us to lock our doors, don’t share your passwords, or watch out for strangers !
For this assignment, assume you are either the security director for a company, hospital, university or other entity…or that you work in the crime prevention unit of a law enforcment agency. You are to kick off a information campaign directed to either employees or the public relating to a crime prevention or security awareness issue. You may want to go back and take a look at the different topics that we covered during the course of this semester for a refresher or ideas, ie: Workplace Violence; Active Shooter; Physical, Personnel, or Cyber Security; Homeland Security, Industrial Security, Security Management, etc…or feel free to come up with your own security awareness item.
You’ll create a modest infographic as described above:
Make sure that:
You choose a good crime prevention issue, security practice, security policy reminder, or other topic suitable for an information campaign
You read about what makes an effective infographic and use those best practices (feel free to get advice from other online sources…there are alot !)
Your Infographic has a title that draws the reader/viewer and then follows with 4 to 6 key points as your infographic sections to inform and tell a story or guide good practices.
At least 2 of those key points informs the reader/viewer using data, charts, graphs or text descriiption of data
Use at least 2 sources in your research…..one may be the textbook; the sources don’t have to be cited in your infographic but do make sure to credit the source of your data in the infographic (not like APA…much simpler like “U.S. Dept of Justice, 2020”)
In addition to the Infographic, you must also submit your Infographic Information Sheet (a blank form is attached) that describes your goals, sources and other items
Attach both the infographic (as a pdf file) to this assignment tab and the Info Sheet (as a Word document).