using powerpoint to design academic poster
DESCRIPTION
Tips to create Academic Poster using PowerPoint.TRANSCRIPT
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Using to Design
Academic Poster HANIFFA BEEVI BT ABD JALEEL
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Objective
At the end of the workshop, you should be able to:
• design academic posters using PowerPoint;
• apply poster designing tips to make visually attractive academic posters.
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Who is your audience?
Novice
Intermediate
Experts
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Let’s start !
Decide the poster SIZE and
ORIENTATION Paper Height
(cm)
Width
(cm)
A0 118.9 84.1
A1 84.1 59.4
A2 59.4 42.0
A3 42.0 29.7
A4 29.7 21.0
A5 21.0 14.0
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PAGE SIZE AND ORIENTATION 1
1
2
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Design layout & content
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1
2
LAYOUT AND CONTENT2
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Leaving breathing
space between column.
4 cm around inside edge
3 cm in between column
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Your poster title : 85 pt
Author: 56ptSub-headings: 36ptBody text: 24ptCaption: 18pt
Title need to be
BIG GRAB
ATTENTION
FONT SELECTION3
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Don’t put conclusion on
the floor.
In 30 second, the viewers decide whether your content is worthy for further exploration or not.
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Conclusion first!
• Put the most important part first.
• Short and to the point.
• Highlight it !
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High Contrast
BADExample
GOODExample
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Use sans serif fonts: these fonts are more legible than serif fonts from a distance.
Example:
ArialCalibri Impact
Verdana
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Using Serif fonts
Using San Serif fonts
More easy to read
from far.
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Left-aligned your text. Reason;
vs.
Left-aligned Justified
Create large gaps between some words and make it difficult to read.
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Left-aligned
Justified
Create large gaps between some words and make it difficult to read.
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Your poster should have roughly:
CONTENT
GRAPHICS
TEXT
SPACE
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Use PNG image instead of JPEG
REASON
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PNG
JPEG
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JPEG
PNG
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• Keep the number of colours to minimum.• 2-3 colours, no more!
How to choose RIGHT colour for
your poster?
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Guidelines to choose colours:
1. Use colours from your school or organizations logo.
2. Choose an image or graph from your poster.
3. Use an online resource likehttp://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
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http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
Million of colourpalettes
available here
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Let’s judge some designs
Finally !!
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Where do I
begin?
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Bad contrast
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Good Design
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Perfect
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Reference
http://www.cns.cornell.edu/documents/ScientificPosters.pdf
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html
http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/is/documents/CreatingAcademicPostersUsingPowerPoint.pdf
http://www.makesigns.com/tutorials/images-graphs-colors.aspx
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/