Poster/Academic Writing - Assignment | Kinesiology Careers (Wiederrecht) - Research Guides at Lone Star College

General Resources

Scientific Poster Design (Cornell Center for Materials Research)
Snarky and great, this presentation explains best practices for choosing colors, layouts, font sizes, etc, as well as content.
Designing Effective Posters (UNC Health Sciences Library)
Best practices but also specific instructions for PowerPoint and InDesign
Creating an Academic Poster
General best practices for creating an academic poster, not specific to using a particular platform.

Following the steps to a good poster design or presentation is helpful and we hope the links above have a few good tips. Speaking of tips....

TIP: Check the assignment rubric against your project. How does your work measure up?

Which program should you use?

PowerPoint will have zero learning curve, and you can do a surprisingly good deal with it beyond its actual function of presentation software. It also has built-in support for creating charts and graphs. FREE application with your LSC student Office 365. Poster templates for PowerPoint.

Google Slides is easy to learn and creative. Template or more templates.

Canva basics help you design your A++ poster. Templates and how-tos at https://www.canva.com/posters/

Get Office365

Get Office365 for free with your student email address: (myLoneStar username)@my.lonestar.edu

From portal.office.com, you can:

Use in the cloud

Download & install to your computer

Writing Lab

Request an Upswing account for online writing help with the UP writing coaches! (Currently-enrolled UP students only.)

What's Upswing & how does this work?

Is the writing coach in? Today's hours:

Grammarly

LSC-University Park students have access to free premium Grammarly accounts!

To create an account, follow the instructions on the Grammarly guide.

Assignment | Kinesiology Careers (Wiederrecht): Poster/Academic Writing