University of Salahaddin

Department of Architecture
1st Stage
14-05-2020

Academic Debate and Critical Thinking

Academic Poster & Poster Design

Lecture 7

BY:
HAWNAZ MAGID
MSc. of Housing - USM
WHAT IS a POSTER?
A poster is any piece of
printed paper designed to
be attached to a wall or
vertical surface.

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• Typically posters include both
textual and graphic elements,
although a poster may be
either wholly graphical or
wholly text.
• Posters are designed to be
both eye-catching and
informative. 3
Poster Purpose
Posters may be used for many purposes. They are
a frequent tool of advertisers(particularly of events,
musicians and films)and other groups trying to
communicate a message.

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• There are many types of posters however we
only study Event and Academic Posters.
• Students are required to make an event poster
and academic poster.
• The academic poster is on the debatable report
the students wrote.

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 ACADEMIC POSTER
• Posters are widely used in the academic
community.
• most conferences include poster presentations in
their program.
• Research posters summarize information or
research concisely and attractively to help
publicize it and generate discussion.
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• The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text
mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other
presentation formats.
• At a conference, the researcher stands by the
poster display while other participants can
come and view the presentation and interact
with the author.
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Advantages of the
poster presentation
1. Meeting organization
2. Two-way dialogue
3. Networking for young scientists
4. Visual communication
5. Other advantages for the poster session
audience
6. Other advantages for the presenter
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Typical requirements of an
Academic Poster are:
• Get the academic content right
• Cut the text down to 300-400 words
• Format the type
• Prepare your images
• Design the layout
• Choose a colour scheme
• Check it (very carefully)
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 When design an Academic Poster
consider:
• Poster size, A1 (59.4 X 84.1cm)
• Font type and size (experiment with typography)
• Use colour to attract attention, organize, and emphasize (but don't overdo it)
• Keeps the sequence well-ordered and obvious (coherent flow of information)
• Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
• Organize your poster in columns (easy to follow)
• Remove unnecessary images and texts (say more with less)
• Keep posters visual (images and graphics say much more than words)
• Design composition (how graphics interact with words)
• Keep balance and white spaces (keep the background simple)
• The audience (design for your audience)
• Prepare a 3-5 minute verbal explanation
• Prepare mini size poster handouts
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Structure of academic poster
Like other types of academic writing, an
academic poster should be well organized, with
clear headings and subheadings.
The structure you choose depends on the task
you have been given. Here are two examples:

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1. Reporting on research
If you are reporting on a piece of research, your structure will be similar
to a research report:
• Title
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References

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2. Reporting on a solution to a problem
If you are illustrating how a particular problem was solved, or how a
challenge was addressed, the structure might be:
• Title
• Background
• Definition of problem
• Possible solutions
• Rationale for choice of one solution
• Implementation
• Evaluation

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Remember: The structure depends on your
content, and what you need to communicate.

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 Poster fonts
• When it comes to fonts and font
styles, the possible combinations are
endless.
• The key is not to go overboard and
be sure to follow some basic font
guidelines. Generally, putting
information in "bullet" form is better
than using sentences. 15
• Use sans serif fonts: these fonts are more legible than
serif fonts from a distance.
• Headings and other text having the same level of
importance should be the same font size.
• Avoid excessive text. (Poster should have roughly
20% text, 40% figures, 40% space)
• Text and figures should be legible from around roughly
1.5m to 2m
• Leave breathing space around your text.
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• Do not use a different font type to highlight important
points
• Use the bold face or italics or combinations to
emphasize words and phrases.

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 Posters font size
• In the competitions of Salahaddin University-Erbil, it is
preferred to use poster size A1 (59.4 X 84.1cm).
• Main title (70-90)
• Subtitle headings (48-54)
• Authors and supervisors name (40-44)
• Department, College and University names (36-40)
• Text body (32-36)
• Captions (20-24)
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A poster can be better than giving a
talk and more efficient because:
• you totally bomb at giving talks
• can be viewed while you nap
• can hang in the department for years
• can reach folks not in your field of research
• posters serve as an advertisement of your
hard work

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 Salahadin university –Erbil Prepared by :
Architecture department Muhammed shahrayar
Academic year 2017-2018 & Avan star
Email: hamaheaven10@gmail.com
Supervised by :M.Hawnaz majeed Email: hawnaz_arch@yahoo.com

Introduction: Results:
Analysis : o Human right
Women must have limited declaration based
freedoom in some respects on 45 criteria in 5
such as : categorise.
ØWomens at work o Gallup survey in
Its known that womens do 20 Arabic
face bigger obstacles . countries.
Ø women in religeon o Gender justice
Most of the Womens in the declaration in
Figure 1:Birds have more middle east are different middle east
freedom than women . according to there religion, as countries
Allah said: o In any situation
The consequence of unlimited
Objectives: women freedom. ‫ﯾﺎ أﯾﮭﺎ اﻟﻧﺑﻲ ﻗل ﻵزواﺟك‬ » women's freedom
‫وﺑﻧﺎﺗك وﻧﺳﺎء اﻟﻣؤﻣﻧﯾن‬ must be limited to
Methods: ‫ﻣن ﺟﻼﺑﯾﺑﮭن‬ ‫ﯾدﻧﯾن ﻋﻠﯾﮭﯾن‬ help her stay safe.
‫ذﻟك أدﻧﻰ أن ﯾﻌرﻓن ﻓﻼ ﯾؤذﯾن‬
this poster had experienced by
«‫وﻛﺎن ﷲ ﻏﻔورا رﺣﯾﻣﺎ‬
some methods such as: Figure 4:Data
(QS. Al- Ahzab: 59)
o Researching: such as International
sites of women rights etc…..
ØWomans and sociel sites Conclusion:
Having unlimited freedom at As a disadvantage poster with
o Questioning .
sociel sites can cause serious women‘s freedom, but it doesn't
o Reading.
problems . support the negative section of
and All of these sources focuses
Figure 2: Limited freedom or
on that women freedom should be freedom which is treating women
accepting violence?
limited . as an equipment, and nonhuman.
It's just trying to convey the
Discussion: Figure 5:Limits of expression
reader and audience the fact that
what could be happened if
giving women the whole freedom in what they do might damage the women got more than a proper
society somehow and the reasons are: freedom that should be given.
o physiological and psychology reasons References:
o Women and themselves . Figure 3: • OHCHR 2014,Woman's rights are human rights, United Nations. Available
Obstacles from: www.ohchr.org/Documents/Events/WHRD/WomenRightsAreHR.pdf
o Women and outside world . limits
freedom.
• CWASU 2014,Finding the costs of Freedom. Available from:
solacewomensaid.org/.../SWA-Finding-Costs-of-Freedom-Report.pdf. 21
For More Information About
Academic Poster
http://colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design
https://projects.ncsu.edu/project/posters/

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