Publication Module-Reflections

For this assignment, I decided to create a poster using a PowerPoint slide. It gave me the opportunity to play around in PowerPoint some more and to use it to create something other than a slide show. I created a poster for Information Literacy Awareness month in a fictional library. The poster is 36" wide by 25" tall and is intended to be printed on a large printer like what my library uses to print its posters. The poster is for advertising an upcoming Literacy Awareness program in a public library. I am currently experimenting on creating other publications using Word and possibly Publisher for my Multicultural Materials for Children/YA class. I am creating a program for Hispanic Heritage month about the Mexican-American culture. For this project I have to create materials such as brochures, bookmarks, etc. that I would use for an actual program. Once I am finished with these publications, I will post an example or two to this blog.

One of the things that I did find tricky about creating a poster from a PPT slide is the sizing. I ended up creating the poster before I customized the size. Once I made these changes, it messed up several elements of my poster. I then had to go back and readjust the size of text, placement of decorative elements, and so on so they would be visible on the large poster. So, I learned that if I ever create a poster from a PPT slide in the future, I need to make sure to format it before I begin adding content.

Below is a link to the poster I created. Click on the icon to be taken to Windows Live. Once there, click on the icon again to open the PDF version of my poster from Windows Live.