Your poster

    Your poster is a brief visual summary of your project to initiate discussion between you and your audience (your classmates). It should be clear, succinct, and visually attractive. Figures often do a good job in attracting an audience and clearly presenting your ideas. Some ideas to consider in making your poster:

    • Your poster should fit on no more than eight sheets of paper. You may cut your pages to size, so that some pages are bigger than others. You may choose to put poster board or construction paper beneath these.

    • Your poster should succinctly describe your project: briefly describe the "problem" and background information in your introduction, what you did in your Method section, what you found in your Results, and your conclusions in your Discussion section. Include at least two figures. You must also include your name and the title of your project. Eight pages is SHORT, so be prepared to succinctly summarize your project.

    • Your poster should be readable from three feet back without a magnifying glass. Try at least 18 point and a readable font. (18 point is the size of my title at the top of this handout.) Your menu at the top of your word processing program says "Size." Pull down this bar and click on it.

    • You can glue your poster to your posterboard or construction paper with photomount -- I have some that I would be willing to share. This generally works better than rubber cement or Elmer's, although these are also fine.

    • Presentations will occur one half of the class at a time. You will need to stand by your poster and discuss your project with your classmates and me. Be prepared to discuss things that aren't included on your poster but are natural extensions of this material.

    You can get some ideas about how to approach this process by looking at one of my posters, a former student's poster (in my office), or going to this page: www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster%20Presentations/PstrStart.html

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    Last updated January 30, 1999

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