Library Services

Demystifying the poster:
A quick-start guide for students & faculty of CSUCI
by Tom Emens (Multimedia Specialist for Library Digital Services)

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Due to the large volume of posters we process at the end of the semester (typically over 150), you must allow 3 business days for us to process and print your poster. If you're just now starting to put your poster together, and it's less than 3 days before your presentation, you must seek an alternate vendor for printing - no exceptions. Remember the golden rule: Procrastination on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on ours!

If you're reading this, you've probably been directed here by your instructor because they've assigned you to create a poster for presentation. The purpose of this guide is to explain the process of poster creation as simply as possible.

Like many of you, I don't particularly like to read through pages and pages of directions in order to learn how to do something. That's why I decided to keep this guide to (4) simple steps. Simply read each section completely and by the end of step 4, you'll be ready to design and print your poster.

Go to STEP 1 >