Final Poster Presentation Instructions
- The purpose of the poster presentation is to demonstrate your ability to create a visually appealing representation of your research. Poster presentations allow the class to get a sense of everyone’s research in one class period.
- You do not have to do an actual presentation with your poster. You will be present to answer any questions about your topic.
- Half of the class with present their posters on and the other half will present on .
- The poster should include a title, necessary information about your topic and pictures/figures to make it visually appealing. Limited amount of text is best. As far as text size, it should be easy for someone standing a few feet away to see. I will show an example in class and we will talk about this in more detail during our Effective Speaking lecture.
- Because we will not be meeting on , I recommend that you use that time to go ahead and print your poster and get that off of your plate. It takes approx. 5 min to print your poster and will cost around $4-$5 using your BuckID. Instructions on how to make and print it are below.
- You will upload your poster to Carmen on but you do not have to have it printed until the day you present. Do NOT wait until right before class to print your poster!
- Instructions for making and printing your poster: (again we will go over this in class)
- You can print your poster at several locations on campus but the cheapest is at Thompson Library (room 160)
Preparing your poster
- Your poster will be made on a single slide in PowerPoint
- Set layout to “blank”
- Design tab/slide size/custom slide size
- Select 26 in wide x 22 in high
- Use text boxes to add sections of text (for example, Introduction, Conclusions etc)
- Save as a pdf and take to Thompson Library Room 160
- When you go to print at Thompson you will select the poster size (this seems to change on the computer in Thompson library, any size close to 26×22 will work)
PHR2367: Grading Rubric for Poster Presentation
| CONCEPT | POINTS | OUTSTANDING | PRETTY GOOD | GOOD | NOT SO GOOD |
| Purpose | 20% | Goal/theme is clearly and succinctly stated | Goal/theme is clearly but not succinctly stated | Goal/theme is stated vaguely early in the presentation | Goal/theme is not found |
| Evidence
Conclusion |
25% | Conclusion is clearly and succinctly stated at the end of the poster and supported by evidence | Conclusion is clearly but not succinctly stated at the end of the poster or evidence is not solid | Conclusion is stated vaguely at the end of the poster or evidence is weak | Conclusion is not found at the end of the poster and evidence is weak |
| Presentation
/ style |
25% | Explanation consists of concise take home message followed by quality evidence | Explanation consists of vague take home message or moderate evidence | Explanation consists of vague take home message and moderate evidence | Explanation does not provide take home and/or evidence is lacking |
| Appearance / Aesthetics | 20% | Poster looks nice and each concept contains a main idea in the title and succinct bullet points support the main idea | Poster looks nice and most concepts contain main idea in the title; most bullet points are sufficient with some difficulty to follow | Poster does not look nice or some concepts contain a main idea in the title and bullet points deviate from idea | Poster does not look nice and most concepts do not contain a main idea; bullet points are not succinct and do not support the main ideas |
| Questions | 10% | Presenter understands questions and answers them correctly | Presenter does not understand questions or answers only partially correctly | Presenter does not understand questions or answers incorrectly | Presenter does not understand questions and answers incorrectly |
