Walk Around Campus

Not so easy

I can see that blogging would be easier if I had a group involved who could all contribute ideas.

It would also make more sense if it had a particular topic or theme.

I like the ease of posting but am not sure if I will use this to disseminate information as new postings take over from old and it seems to be tricky to find previous information.

I’m still learning though and will keep trying ! 🙂

Creating Posters Using Powerpoint

Students, staff and researchers need to prepare posters from time to time and we provide workshops on this.

I attended one yesterday and it was interesting to be made aware of what should be considered even before starting in order to make the poster eye-catching and communicate what you aim to.

The facilities available in PowerPoint make it an easy tool to use for this purpose.

Setting up the size at the start, using grids and guides and zooming in helps for getting the layout right.

Its best to keep it simple and concise, use easy-to-read text and attractive images and look at the flow and balance of the overall poster.

This is a useful site about what makes a good or bad poster:
Example Posters.

Here you can find more information about colours to use, contrast, fonts and typeface for accessibility.

Animation and Green Screen

I heard about the DoInk website last week and saw a demonstration of the Green Screen part being used to make a head teacher look as if he was in a setting completely different from school 😉

It looks like there are useful tutorials and documents on this site about Animation and Green Screen.

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