What is this page about?
Below are videos and written instructions to help you create a poster (using PowerPoint) for the Celebration of Student Writing. We’ve organized them into three stages:
- deciding what to make,
- how to make it, and
- layout and troubleshooting.
What to do now:
- Figure out what action you want to do: for example, “Choosing a Poster Style” or “Insert and Format a Photo”
- Decide whether you want written instructions or a video (we have links for both, in most cases)
- Choose your operating system (as you can see below, we have both Mac and PC links, in most cases)
- Click on the desired link
Stage 1: Deciding What to Make (all of these are links to PDFs unless otherwise specified)
- Choosing a Poster Style based on your Data
- Converting Academic Papers to Posters
- Choosing a Poster Size
- Choosing a Poster Style based on your Data (video)
- Working with Photos: how big to make them and copyright issues
- Why Keep your Poster?
Stage 2: How to Make It | Video Tutorials | Written Instructions (PDF format) | |||
Step 1: Create a New PowerPoint | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 2: Customize Your Poster’s Size | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 3: Format Your Poster’s Background | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 4: Insert and Format a Text Box | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 5: Insert and Format a Photo (NOTE: we highly recommend “working with photos,” too) | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 6: Insert and Format a Chart | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Step 7: Save Your Poster as PDF and Print It at EMU | MAC | PC | MAC | PC |
Stage 3: Layout and Troubleshooting | Video Tutorials | Written Instructions (PDF format) | |||
Arranging Poster Elements | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Aligning Poster Elements | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Distributing Poster Elements | MAC | PC | MAC | PC | |
Grouping Poster Elements | MAC | PC | MAC | PC |