Winter 2010 Poster Guidelines

Introduction

Students are required to create a poster or a presentation to showcase and explain their work on an open source project throughout the term. Your poster should strike a balance between technical details and clarity for non-technical readers. The best posters will be professionally printed and displayed in CDOT.

Guidelines

• Posters must be created using one of the templates below in PowerPoint or Impress format (these are the standard formats printers request):
  • Impress (ODP) format
  • PowerPoint (PPT) format
• Your poster is meant to be viewed, not read like a printed sheet. Design it to be read from a distance of 2 m, to capture the reader's attention, and to convey a basic understanding of your project in 90 seconds or less. Remember that while you may use the poster to explain your project, it will also be viewed when you are not standing in front of it, and it must be self-explaining.
• The page size is 35"x48" with a 1" unprintable area around the outside edge
• Design your poster to be read from a distance of 2 metres.
• Use these text sizes and styles:
  • 18 point text for small print such as references/links.
  • 24 point for the body text.
  • 48 point bold text for section headlines.
  • 96 point bold text for the poster title.
  • 96 point italic text for the poster author name(s).
• Incorporate at least two diagrams, screenshots, photos, or drawings. These should be bold, colourful, high-resolution, and not contain small print. Lines in diagrams should be a minimum of 1 mm thick, text should be equal to or greater than 18 point text. The width plus height of each diagram added together must be at least 40 cm / 16" (for most diagrams, the smallest dimension -- width or height -- should be at least 20 cm / 8").

• Include the following information on your poster:
  • Your project's title - top middle section
  • Your name - below the project title
  • A description of your work including goals you had - left main section
  • A section on results, showing what you accomplished - middle section
  • A summary and set of conclusions - bottom of middle section
  • Acknowledgements and links - right main section
  • Leave the upper-right and upper-left corners free for logos

Deadline

• Your poster must be submitted to your professor by 2010-04-16 in order to leave sufficient time for printing. It would be a good idea to submit it early and get feedback from your prof in case revisions are necessary.

Resources

• Creating Effective Poster Presentations