Events & Calendars Constructing Posters for High-Impact Communication (InDesign)

All summer research students are invited to describe their efforts and results at the annual Summer Research Poster Presentation at the beginning of the Fall semester. This class will help you produce a large-format poster that will get your message across here and at many other conferences.

This workshop will build on the principles from the Effective Poster Design workshop to show you how to lay out your poster, including adding text, photos, illustrations, and graphics, and applying special effects. You have two technology options:

• Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular program to build computer presentations, and it can also be used to lay out print posters. It is not the best tool for the job but it is more readily available and perhaps more familiar to you. PowerPoint is part of Microsoft Office, which Amherst students, faculty, and staff can download and install for free. Note that Google Slides is very similar.

• Adobe InDesign is the industry standard tool for creating posters as well as newsletters, brochures, and other print media. Its tools are very similar to Photoshop and Illustrator but it has other features that make it the best tool for combining text and graphics. Students must have InDesign on their own computers, but if it’s not already installed, registration must occur by Friday, July 22 to allow time for licensing and installation.
This workshop is repeated four times, with different tools:

PowerPoint: Thursday, July 21, 2 PM – 4 PM or
InDesign: Wednesday, July 27, 2 PM – 4 PM or
PowerPoint: Monday, August 1, 2 PM – 4 PM

Please register in advance: https://forms.gle/Mn2dTxdzrrxi8Fso6