Designing Academic Posters Gareth Johns IT Skills Development

Designing Academic Posters Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor 1

Objectives By the end of this session you should be able to: • Explain the purpose and characteristics of good academic posters. • Design academic posters that use: § Layout § Text § Images § Charts and Diagrams to communicate your message effectively. 2

Purpose of academic posters? 3

• Visual • Clear • Concise • Self-explanatory • Evidenced Features of academic posters 4

Planning Analyse Task Research Plan Content Plan Design 5

Doing Write content Create graphics Finalise Design Quality Control 6

Task 1: Setting up your poster 1. Download the poster template from study. cardiffmet. ac. uk/Help/Training 2. Add your own title, author and headings. 3. Resize and move placeholders to fit your intended layout. 4. Choose a text alignment, font and font size. 7

Task 2: Finding and using images 1. Use a Google image search to find a suitable image. It should be • • High quality (good resolution) Free to use legally 2. Insert the image onto your poster. 3. Resize, crop and position appropriately. Extension Idea Use adjustment tools (brightness, contrast etc. ) and picture styles to enhance your image. 8

Task 3: Working with Charts 1. Insert a chart onto your poster. 2. Add data. 3. Choose a chart layout and design. 4. Size and position appropriately. Extension Idea Copy the chart from the “Trends in supply…. ” spreadsheet. Link the presentation and spreadsheet together, instead of embedding. 9

Recap You should now be able to: • Explain the purpose and characteristics of good academic posters. • Design academic posters that use: § Layout § Text § Charts § Images to communicate your message effectively. 1 0

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