Academic Poster|COP3

One of this module requirements is to create an academic poster. After presentation I did a quite google search to find a template for the poster and gain more understanding of why and how to make one.
This website came very handy, as it got templates shown to us during presentation.
Academic poster (also known as a conference poster or chart) is a large-format piece of paper (or a wall-mounted monitor) that presents all the research to the vast number of peers. Text should be somewhere between 500 to 800 words, clearly arrange and possible to read in 5 minutes.
There are few categories that should be included. Obvious one is the title header, that will inform the audience of what your research is about and will use biggest font. Title shouldn't be longer than two lines. There are 7 other categories that should be included:

• Introduction - a brief introduction to the topic of the research, which will inform the audience about what you are doing;
• Materials and Methods - brief explanation of tools and approches used;
• Results - visual and written explanation of the research outcomes, can show development stages (in case of my poster it presented a stages in designing a character concept);
• Conclusions - a summary of the results and goals achieved, can also include the mention of the future direction;
• Bibliography - a small list of books that were used, especialy important if some content within the poster was cited;
• Acknowledgements - any special mentions to the people that help during the research;
• Further information - can be in a form of QR code or a link to the website that will direct audience to the additional research/information.

Other thing that should be kept in mind when creating poster is the use of correct font - it should be easy to read ( Helvetica for header, Palatino, or other serif font, for body text; don't use anything like Comic Sans or Curlz) and spacing (it makes poster easier to read and understand).