CS Poster Preparation Guidelines
1. The Poster display event is scheduled for Tuesday April 26. This is part of the KSU ACM Student
Chapter CS Student's Poster Presentations and Guest Speaker Event. Details can be found at
http://acm.kennesaw.edu/
2. Each team in will prepare a poster display about their project, at no cost to the students. The CS
department will manage the printing and provide the Tri-fold boards.
3. The poster should address the following questions: What your project is all about, why it is
significant (motivation for it), implementation/development methodology, and what is your plan for
the developed application beyond the course conclusion.
4. All posters need to be ready for final review and printing at the latest 3 days before the event.
Please send your poster to the instructor by that date. The instructor will forward all posters to Ms.
Wanda to take care of the printing. Each team leader will be in contact with Ms. Wanda in case of
any technical issues with the printing of your poster.
5. The following are CSM guidelines that the poster must adhere to:
 Poster printing is available to KSU CSM Faculty/Staff only.
 Posters for students must be approved, submitted & picked up by responsible faculty, as
well as following all poster printing guidelines.
 Recommended file formats to submit: .ppt (PowerPoint), .bmp (Windows Bitmap Image)*
* Additional .bmp options: 16 bit (depth), Windows (file format) and/or 300 dpi resolution.
 Standard poster size is 48” horizontal x 36” vertical. This size fits perfectly on a tri-fold display
board and does not need any trimming.
 By placing size limitations on CSM marketing material sizes, we can conserve ink, paper,
time and hallway clutter. Additionally, we do understand some conferences require
specific sizes, so for tracking cost analysis purposes, we ask that you please have
approval from your Department chair.
 Keep ½ inch border around the poster as the printer does not print all the way to the edge of
the poster board. You are responsible for cutting/trimming poster.
 Use light colors.
 Please remember to run spell check.
 Appropriate KSU logos must be used in compliance with KSU’s Visual Identity Program.
 Please refer to KSU's styleguide and VIP for additional information.
 Images/text must be legal - Images copied from the web must have written approval by
copyright owner.
 Posters are to be used for educational purposes only.
6. Please visit this page (http://science.kennesaw.edu/faculty/poster.html) for additional hints and
templates.
7. Poster design tips from CETL (http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/resources/poster_printing.html):
 Only use high resolution KSU approved logos.
 Presidential Seal is NOT an approved Logo
 View the University Relations Guidelines
 Use only High resolution Logo's & images preferably 300 dpi.
 Do NOT copy and paste images from the web. Web images are only 72 dpi.
 If you have to use web images, select LARGEST IMAGE from search the drop down
menu.
 Although many of the following websites charge a small fee utilization of stock photo's
will provide you with high resolution and professional looking photos and images.
www.istockphoto.com; www.shutterstock.com,
www.gettyimages.com, www.fotosearch.com
 Try to use solid WHITE backgrounds with minimum gradients. It saves on ink and reduces the
chances of streaking in the poster. Many times with a full colored background you will see
streaks in your poster.
 Creating a Poster from Scratch: To assist those who may want to create their own poster with
different size dimensions, you may download the Design Instructions.
8. Additional hints:
 Posters should be easily understood. The content of each poster should be clearly divided into
sections including introduction, problem definition (or aim of work), work summary, results, and
conclusions. See Item 3 above.

Legibility: The poster should be readable from a distance of at least 5'. Suggested sizes are a
minimum graph size of 10" (25 cm), section heading letters of 3/4" (2 cm), and text and figure
lettering not less than 3/8" (1 cm).
 Heading: A heading label including the project title and team members’ names should be
included.
 Titles: All figures and tables should be titled.