The Kentucky Center for Mathematics invites all KCM
Conference registrants to participate in a poster event
featuring efforts to improve student achievement in
mathematics by Kentucky educators across the
Commonwealth. Posters will be on display at the KCM
Conference in Lexington, KY, on February 25th and 26th.
The KCM will cover the costs of printing and displaying all
posters. Instructions for creating and submitting poster
designs follow. Posters will become the property of the
school/organization that created the poster at the
conclusion of the event.
Deadline for poster submission:
Will be posted at a later time.
Instructions for
Creating Posters
The finished size of
each poster will be 3 feet high and 4 feet wide.
Power Point is the easiest
program for NKU Printing Services to print posters from. In
Power Point, set your page to 3’ height and 4’ width (one
single Power Point slide = 1 poster). This helps to avoid
distortion of images and text that may occur during printing
if other dimensions are used. All posters will be forced to
fit margins for the selected print size of 3 ft x 4 ft.
When creating a poster, use only standard fonts and
simple bullet points.
Standard fonts include Times
New Roman, Arial, Courier New, Comic Sans, etc.
Use font sizes that are easy
to read from a distance of about 3 to 4 feet.
a) 60-96 for main titles
b) 44-60 for paragraph headings
c) 32-44 for informative paragraphs
Avoid using closely related
colors for backgrounds and text color, such as black text on
a blue background or yellow text on a white background.
Always use the largest
image files available.
Use only high quality resolution images.
Clip art does not expand reliably. It should be avoided when
possible.
It is always better scale an image down to size than to
stretch it to fit in the desired space.
When using small graphics such as internet content, print a
test page on normal paper with the image enlarged to fill
half a full page size. This will demonstrate how much the
image becomes pixilated printed on a poster.
Always use the “Insert –> Picture –> From file…” method
of inserting pictures.
Note: This is especially important for Mac users to ensure
that image information is complete and included in the Power
Point file that we receive. The commonly used copy/paste or
click/drag methods of inserting graphics are not reliable in
this environment.
Always keep a copy of any and all images, graphs or charts
used in the poster and include these files in a folder with
the final submission for print in case a display problem
requires re-insertion. When using web graphics, right click
on the graphic and choose “Save Picture As”.
Obtain permission to use Copyrighted material.
a) All digital content is
copyrighted material.
b) Always cite original source and/or obtain permission
to use
copyrighted material.
c) Keep as much information as possible about sources of
images and graphs.
Files can be submitted to
the KCM via e-mail, CD/DVD, or flash drive.
Flash Drives and CDs/DVDs
(CD-R, CD-RW, DVD +/- R, DVD +/- RW) are the most reliable
since poster attachments can fill mailboxes very quickly.
They can be dropped off or mailed to Kentucky Center for
Mathematics, MEP 475, Northern Kentucky University, Highland
Heights, KY 41076.
NKU faculty/staff webmail inbox has a total size limit of
100MB, so if you choose to email your file, please use
http://www.yousendit.com Note: Sending a file
through this service can take up to half an hour to send
depending on your internet connection and the size of the
file.
Please send questions/files to the KCM at
kcm@nku.edu or call at (859) 572-7690.
Suggestions for Poster Designs:
The following should NOT be interpreted as poster
requirements. We expect that the content and design of each
poster may vary.
Information to consider including about your
program/initiative:
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The specific needs that
made this work necessary.
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Goals and strategies (how
the program/initiative addresses the needs).
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Outcomes (improvements or
successes, supported by quantitative or qualitative
data).
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Plans for future work
(sustaining, tweaking, or extending the
program/initiative).
Tell your story visually.
Avoid large blocks of explanatory text.
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Use bullets, images,
quotes, graphs, and charts instead.
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Include your school logo.
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Illustrate with
photographs.
Download Poster Example
Download Poster Event Instructions
