Poster Formatting Checklist

Report/Poster Formatting Checklist

A poster is for seeing, not studying. Do not prepare a poster as a one page report. It is for visual communication and you are there to explain and give the details. Do not stuff it with text. It should communicate very concisely and effectively.

Here is a checklist:

Layout

Student name

Student number

Title

Date

Proper type setting (not use multiple fonts, varying paragraph spaces, forget to justify…)

Figures

Figure numbers

Figure captions

Graphs

Axes on graphs should have labels

Axes on graphs should have units

Use appropriate scale to avoid too much whitespace

Series should be distinguishable from one another

Data should be presented appropriately (right type of chart: scatter, bar, pie…

Tables

Table numbers

Table captions

Column headings

Units

Proper precision of numbers

Equations

Number the equations

Define nomenclature

Data Presentation

Give units with numbers

Give numbers with appropriate precision

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