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Test Whether Your Poster Can Stand Alone

Module by: The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication. E-mail the author

Summary: This checklist provides criteria for evaluating a poster’s completeness.

Content (no. of panels; 8 to 13 total)

  • Includes title slide (1)
  • Provides objectives / purpose (1)
  • Describes methods (1-2)
  • Presents significant results (4-8 total)
  • Synthesizes results between experiments (1)
  • Uses coherent pattern of organization
  • Explains graphs/figures and labels them with proper units
  • Defines jargon
  • Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation

Visual Display

  • Persuasive headings (“Proliferation Assay” or “Cell Attachment Depends on Surface Treatment”) rather than low content phrases (“Results”)
  • Appropriate number of words and images on panels (not overloaded)
  • Font sizes that can be read easily from 4 - 6 ft. away
  • Figures that focus on critical elements; not excessive in detail
  • Comparisons that make analysis clear and easy to evaluate
  • Backgrounds that do not interfere with text or diagrams
  • Adequate white space to make organization of information clear
  • Consistent formatting
  • Images relevant to purpose
  • Color choices that are easy to view
  • Numbered panels

General Advice to Poster Designers

Table 1
Do Do not
Focus on key results and what you think is important. Give detailed experimental methods.
Use appropriately sized font. Use jargon without defining it.
Number your panels. Try to cram everything from the course into this poster.

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