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St Alberts Day Posters

Symposium Poster Creation Instructions

Welcome! As you prepare for the annual St Albert's Day poster symposium, let Digital Media Services be your guide for poster templates, submission and on-campus printing for ease of pickup within Cuneo Center SSOM room 180.

POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All posters must be submitted no later than Sunday, November 3rd at midnight

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1. Download Poster Templates

Download and use one of our four available PowerPoint template files for your design:

2. Design Requirements

Be sure to include all of the elements in your research poster:

  • Title of Research Project, Your Name, and Your Institution
  • Introduction: Explain the purpose of the study
  • Objectives: The objective(s) of your research project/poster
  • Methods: Describe the research methodology and research design of this study
  • Results: Describe and explain the results from your data analysis
  • Conclusion: Discuss the conclusions of your study and impact on future research
  • References: Be sure to list all relevant references and citations
  • Images and Charts: Using images, charts, diagrams and other related graphics to help support your research and make a compelling design

Visit University Marketing & Communications pages for Creative Standards and Brand Components for more design considerations such as official University colors, usage, and more. For use of Loyola's Logo, students must request this from UMC directly or as provided by a Faculty or Staff sponsor.

Design Tips! With many options on how to design and present your material, consider these recommendations:

Use a white background to ensure readability/accessibility
Use standard, easily readable fonts like Arial, Aptos, Calibri, Times New Roman, Helvetica, etc.
Use boxes to delineate sections or blocks of text
Use color consistently, lots of colors can be hard to focus, use colors sparingly to help highlight important aspects
Use high-resolution images to compliment the text. When inserting images, don't copy and paste. Instead, save your image first to your desktop, then use Insert to directly insert and include that image at it's original resolution.
Leave at least 0.5 inch margin around your poster to avoid text or images being cropped
To preview your poster, open the file using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, under the View/Zoom, select Actual Size. Make sure there are no pixilated images or quality issues. 

3. Save Often

Make sure to save your .PPTX file regularly as you continue to design it to avoid losing any unsaved work. We encourage you to save your OneDrive or similar cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc) to easily access and continue updates

4. Save as PDF

When your poster is completed, save it as a PDF to help retain any custom fonts used. Select File > Save As PDF (or from PowerPoint online select File > Save as > Download as PDF) to export it as a PDF for submission.

Make sure your PDF file is saved with Your Name or UVID first. For example, StevenTudent_MyResearchProject2024.pdf or student_postertitlehere.pdf. As we receive hundreds of orders, this helps to avoid any confusion when processing and printing your order.

5. Submitting Your Poster

Once you have designed your poster, you can then follow our HSC Poster Submission Form accordingly to submit your order. Please be aware our standard turn-around time is 3-days, however due to symposium poster sessions, all submissions must be received by the indicated deadline at the top of this page. Posters submitted after that may not have enough time to review, process and print.

With regards to cost, Matte posters cost $0.01 per square inch while Glossy posters cost $0.02 per square inch. For example, 1 order of a 42 x 42 inch poster on Matte will cost 1 x 42 x 42 x $0.01 = $17.64.

You will receive an email confirmation for your submission and your poster order number. Posters will be rolled and stored in plastic sleeves for our ease of storage, and your ability to easily transport. We do not offer poster tubes, but if you are interested in better protecting your poster for subsequent presentations, consider retaining the plastic sleeve and/or looking to stores like Walgreens, UPS, Kinko's or art stores like Blick or Utrecht Arts. 

Digital Media Services thanks you for adhering to this guide as it will help us quickly process your order. If you have any further questions about our Poster Printing services, please contact us at digitalmediaservices@luc.edu.

Welcome! As you prepare for the annual St Albert's Day poster symposium, let Digital Media Services be your guide for poster templates, submission and on-campus printing for ease of pickup within Cuneo Center SSOM room 180.

POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All posters must be submitted no later than Sunday, November 3rd at midnight

Be sure to include all of the elements in your research poster:

  • Title of Research Project, Your Name, and Your Institution
  • Introduction: Explain the purpose of the study
  • Objectives: The objective(s) of your research project/poster
  • Methods: Describe the research methodology and research design of this study
  • Results: Describe and explain the results from your data analysis
  • Conclusion: Discuss the conclusions of your study and impact on future research
  • References: Be sure to list all relevant references and citations
  • Images and Charts: Using images, charts, diagrams and other related graphics to help support your research and make a compelling design

Visit University Marketing & Communications pages for Creative Standards and Brand Components for more design considerations such as official University colors, usage, and more. For use of Loyola's Logo, students must request this from UMC directly or as provided by a Faculty or Staff sponsor.

Design Tips! With many options on how to design and present your material, consider these recommendations:

Use a white background to ensure readability/accessibility
Use standard, easily readable fonts like Arial, Aptos, Calibri, Times New Roman, Helvetica, etc.
Use boxes to delineate sections or blocks of text
Use color consistently, lots of colors can be hard to focus, use colors sparingly to help highlight important aspects
Use high-resolution images to compliment the text. When inserting images, don't copy and paste. Instead, save your image first to your desktop, then use Insert to directly insert and include that image at it's original resolution.
Leave at least 0.5 inch margin around your poster to avoid text or images being cropped
To preview your poster, open the file using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, under the View/Zoom, select Actual Size. Make sure there are no pixilated images or quality issues. 

Make sure to save your .PPTX file regularly as you continue to design it to avoid losing any unsaved work. We encourage you to save your OneDrive or similar cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc) to easily access and continue updates

When your poster is completed, save it as a PDF to help retain any custom fonts used. Select File > Save As PDF (or from PowerPoint online select File > Save as > Download as PDF) to export it as a PDF for submission.

Make sure your PDF file is saved with Your Name or UVID first. For example, StevenTudent_MyResearchProject2024.pdf or student_postertitlehere.pdf. As we receive hundreds of orders, this helps to avoid any confusion when processing and printing your order.

Once you have designed your poster, you can then follow our HSC Poster Submission Form accordingly to submit your order. Please be aware our standard turn-around time is 3-days, however due to symposium poster sessions, all submissions must be received by the indicated deadline at the top of this page. Posters submitted after that may not have enough time to review, process and print.

With regards to cost, Matte posters cost $0.01 per square inch while Glossy posters cost $0.02 per square inch. For example, 1 order of a 42 x 42 inch poster on Matte will cost 1 x 42 x 42 x $0.01 = $17.64.

You will receive an email confirmation for your submission and your poster order number. Posters will be rolled and stored in plastic sleeves for our ease of storage, and your ability to easily transport. We do not offer poster tubes, but if you are interested in better protecting your poster for subsequent presentations, consider retaining the plastic sleeve and/or looking to stores like Walgreens, UPS, Kinko's or art stores like Blick or Utrecht Arts. 

Digital Media Services thanks you for adhering to this guide as it will help us quickly process your order. If you have any further questions about our Poster Printing services, please contact us at digitalmediaservices@luc.edu.