Case Studies - Posters with PowerPoint

Dimensions: 36" x 24"
File type: .pdf
Title: 25 words or less (preferably much less)
Authors: Include author(s) and affiliation of each author.
Keywords: Include five, easily searchable key words that characterize your work.
Abstract: Use 250 words or less, following the advice given in Booth et al., pp. 211-12, using the third form, which they refer to as “Summary.”
Introduction: Provide appropriate background to the environmental or social problem you are addressing. Clearly state your research question.
Methods: State hypotheses if applicable. Clearly state the methods that you will be using in sufficient detail. Include a schematic diagram of your research/experimental design.
Results: If applicable, state what your expected results are. (Not everyone should do this as it may bias your results; this depends on your research approach.) If applicable, make figures demonstrating projected results, such as the relationship between variables you are studying. Discuss complicating factors that you might need to consider in discussing your results (i.e., confounding variables, limitations of study, etc.).
Significance: Address broader impacts and intellectual merit.
References: Include references in bottom right-hand corner of your poster.

Gather your poster content in the form of text, images, logos, etc. If you need to scan, scanners are available in the Computer Center.

We will create a single blank slide to hold the contents of our presentation

Launch PowerPoint and choose Blank Slide layout
Adjust the dimensions via File > Page Setup
- Slide sized for: Choose Custom
- Set the width to 36 in and the height to 26 in

View > Guides" let you organize the page layout and snap elements guide lines

Printed graphics require a much higher resolution than graphics intended for the web. When using images from the web,

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