ShowcaseYourLearning

CreatingaWorkTermPoster

Help?…1. Knowyourstuff:whatisimportant?2. Keeptothepoint?(coopexperience)3. Planahead4. Looksmatter

1.Knowyourstuff:whatisimportant?

• Describetheagencyyouworkedfor;theirpurpose,goalandobjectives

• Theirtargetpopulation;programs/servicesoffered

• Ashortoverviewofyoudid/whatwasyourcontribution

2.Keeptothepoint?(YourCo-opexperience)

• Yourlearningandhowtheserelatetoyourstudies

• Unexpectedexperiences/outcomes• Howthisexperiencehasinfluencedorshapedyourfuturegoals

Whatdidyoulearn?

3.PlanaheadüStartEarly– takeaweektodesignanddevelopyourposter

üHowcanyou‘best’presentyourideas?• Artistry/creativitywithout contentisnotprofessional• Artistry/creativitywithcontenttakestime

ü Whoisyouraudience?Colleagues,faculty,co-opandlabstaff,outsiders(membersofthepublic)

3.Planahead

1. Useastandardposterboard(22x28in):a) availableattheUVicBookstore,Zap(UVSS)ormost

stationarystores(Staples,MonkOfficeSupplies)b) useMicrosoftPowerPointorWordtodevelopthetextof

yourposterc) printoffslides&picturesandgluetoposterboard

OR2. UsePowerPointtocompleteandprintyour

posterononepage(seebelowforfurtherassistance)

4.Looksmatter

• Beorganized – iseasytofollow• Content – Whatintereststheaudience?• K.I.S.S. – KeepitSimple,Synthesizeideas• Presentation – Showcaseyour learning• ENSUREyournameandprogramisonyour

poster!

• Blinkcanprint(UVicBookstore)https://www.uvic.ca/print/ )

Help!!

ResearchpostersusingPowerPointühttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqgjgwIXadA

DoaGREATjob– thisisyourtimetoshowcase

yourlearning!

Help- LayoutüHorizontal(lefttoright)layoutsareeasiesttofollowü Textprovidessupport:30%text,35% graphics,35% empty

spaceü Sketchitoutfirst– thenputittogether

Example:BCMinistryofHealthChronicDisease/InjuryPreventionSimonSmith,BA,Recreation&HealthEducation,3rd coop

IntroductionOverviewoforganization

BackgroundMyroleSomeKeyTasks

LearningInsights:Competency#1

Competency#2

Competency#3

Competency#4

“Ah-Ha”moments

Recommendations

PhotoPhoto

Photo

Help- Text&Illustrations

üUseactivelanguageü“Ilearned…”versus…“Itcanbedemonstrated…”

üGreatfont(makeiteasytoread)üAddphotosthatengagetheaudienceüChoosegreatcolours

Help- Font

Printsize=relativeimportance:1. Useverylargeprintforthe

title(atleast36point)2. Uselargeprintforheadings(least24

point)3. Usesmallerprintforsubheadings

Ensurethefontislegible(easytoread)from1meteraway:Some fancy print styles are hard to read

Help- Photos

Usephotosthatare:ü‘illustrative’– yourstoryshouldbe‘clear’üself-explanatory(usesupportingtextifnecessary)üvisibleeasilyfromadistance(e.g.6feet)

Help:Colours(contrastingcolours makesforeasyreading)

Briefsupportingtextforphotos

Name,year,program

Largetitle,easytoread

Example1-informative

Nicecolorscheme,wellstructured

Titlesmall,doesnotstandout

Smallphotos

Example2 - messy

Goodcontrastcolors

Structure?Layout?Flow?Competency1,2,3…

Example3– photos?

Nicedesign,colorscheme

Lotsoftext,hardtoread

Structure?Flow?Photos?

Example4– smalltext

Meaningfulpictures

Wellstructured

Lotsoftext,hardtoread

Example5– what’smissing?

Largetitle

Underlinedsubtitlessupportreading‘flow’

Brightframearoundphotoscouldseparatethembetterfromthe

background.

Missingstudentname,year,program?

UsingPowerPoint

üDevelopyourposteras1PowerPointslide,savedasppt orjpeg

üPrintfullpageasonesheetüPrintat:

ü Blink(basementofUVicbookstore)http://www.uvic.ca/print/blink/

ü Zap(http://zapcopy.com/)inSUB- StudentUnionBuildingü Staples

ExampleLargetitle

includingname,year,program

Wellstructured

Couldhavemoreinformationaboutthejobexperience