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    How To Make A DTC Project Poster: Design Thinking and Communication 2012-2014

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    How to Make a DTC Project Poster

    Design Thinking and Communication


    2012-2014
    Revised 12/02/2014
    Top Things to Know to Prepare for Printing:

    •  Use PowerPoint
    –  Set the page (slide) size to 24” x 36”
    •  Save poster to a flash drive or post to Google Drive
    –  Avoid bringing it on your laptop to the library for printing (this
    expedites the printing process)
    •  Print using the library’s large format printers
    –  Main Library or Seeley Mudd library
    –  TA may be available to help: look for announcements
    –  Poster printing guide
    •  Pay for printing using NUPrint
    –  Guide to printing at the library
    Overview: making your poster

    •  The DTC textbook discusses the how and why of posters


    –  Advice about content, purpose and audience
    –  Advice about formatting, page layout, fonts, and images
    –  Links to online examples from other schools
    •  These slides explain the details of preparing a poster
    –  Acknowledge grant support (RIC projects only)
    –  Prepare photographs, scanned sketches, and other materials
    –  Set the page (slide) size to 24” x 36” in PowerPoint Add text and
    graphics
    –  Avoid problems
    §  Missing fonts, cropped images, file problems, poor color contrast
    –  Upload the file to Canvas in .ppt format
    §  Use this naming convention: section_team.ppt (example: 07_01.ppt)
    –  Print your poster on the large format printer
    §  Available in both Main and Mudd Libraries
    Acknowledge grant support (RIC projects)
    •  Include the following statement on your poster

    The contents of this poster were developed under a grant from the Department
    of Education, NIDRR grant number H133E130019. However, those contents do
    not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you
    should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    •  Format the statement to make it unobtrusive


    – Use a smaller than normal font size
    Prepare your materials
    •  Crop and scale digital photographs
    –  Keep copies of originals
    –  Edit images to control size: see next page for image editing details
    •  Scan hand-drawn sketches
    –  300-600 dpi, line art (b/w only) mode
    –  Edit resulting image files to control the size
    –  WARNING: scanning a b/w page in grayscale mode will make a huge file
    filled with nothing
    •  Use built-in drawing tools to make simple shapes
    –  Arrows, callouts, boxes, circles, etc.
    •  Use clip art and word art sensibly
    –  Avoid unprofessional, clichéd, or cheesy images
    •  Use NU and McCormick artwork responsibly
    –  NU publications guidelines
    §  http://www.northwestern.edu/logo/guidelines.html
    –  McCormick guidelines:
    §  http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/marketing/brand/index.html
    Prepare digital photographs
    •  Save copies of original images for future use
    –  Create smaller, specific-purpose images from originals
    –  Save edited file as a new file
    •  Edit your photographs BEFORE inserting them into file
    –  PowerPoint’s built-in image editing tools are limited
    –  Resizing images inside PowerPoint leads to unnecessarily huge files
    •  Use image editing software: PhotoShop, MS Photo Editor, etc.
    –  Adjust brightness, contrast, color levels
    –  Resize image by cropping, resizing, changing resolution
    •  Do not resize images copied from the Web
    –  Images that look fine on the screen will look pixelated when printed
    –  Trying to make an image larger almost never works

    Fuzzy logo copied from NU website and stretched—yuck!


    Setting the page size in PowerPoint

    •  Set the page size to 24" x 36


    " (portrait format) using the
    Page Setup dialog
    Inserting graphics in PowerPoint

    Use the Insert > Picture


    command.

    NU Logo

    Scanned sketch
    Digital photograph
    Use McCormick and NU artwork responsibly

    •  Follow university guidelines for using logos


    •  Use high quality versions intended for print, not the web
    •  Copies of the print versions are available on the NU and McCormick
    websites, respectively.
    –  Northwestern
    –  McCormick
    Creating text boxes in PowerPoint
    •  Insert text boxes in PowerPoint
    –  Command on the Insert menu
    –  Button on drawing toolbar
    •  Use large fonts for titles and headings
    –  96 points is a good size for the title
    –  48 points works well for headings
    –  24-36 points is adequate for body text and bulleted text
    –  Text smaller than 24 points is illegible

    Use large fonts for titles


    and other key information
    Using guides to arrange objects in PowerPoint

    •  The dotted lines


    that appear on the
    slide are guides.
    •  Create new ones
    by Ctrl-dragging
    an existing guide.
    •  Moving any object
    over a guide will
    anchor it.

    © 2009 Engineering Design and


    Communication
    Aligning and distributing objects in
    PowerPoint

    Multiple objects can also


    be placed by using the
    Align or Distribute
    command, Draw menu,
    Drawing toolbar

    © 2009 Engineering Design and


    Communication
    Avoiding common problems
    •  Missing fonts
    –  Remember that the library may not have the same fonts you have on your
    computer.
    –  Preview your file on-screen one of the computers in the Main Library Plotter room
    before printing final poster.
    •  Cropped images
    –  Leave adequate margins on all four sides
    •  Files that are too large to be opened or printed
    –  Crop and scale digital photographs before inserting
    –  Do not make a poster that is a single bitmapped image (e.g., a single PhotoShop
    file converted to a PDF)
    –  Check file on print station computers
    •  Poor color contrast
    –  Avoid black or excessively dark backgrounds for posters
    §  Uses more ink and requires longer to dry
    –  Avoid putting pastels against pastels
    §  Screen color not the same as print color
    Printing your poster

    •  Save copies of all your original files


    •  Upload your poster file to your section’s final deliverables folder
    –  Name your file as follows: “20_4.PPT” (section_team.ppt)
    •  Print and review draft versions of your poster (8.5x11) before final
    printing
    •  Final copies of the posters can be printed on campus
    –  Large format printers are available in Main and Mudd Libraries
    –  TA may be available to help: look for announcement
    –  http://libguides.northwestern.edu/plotter
    –  Create a PDF version of your poster if you used a different page
    layout program
    –  Page size must be 24" x 36"
    •  Print your final poster by the 11.2 class session
    Questions?

    •  Ask your instructors for feedback on the design of your poster!

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