Visual Design and Presentation in Education

Our brains don't process visuals 60,000 times faster than text. It's just a fallacy. So check your sources carefully.

Don’t fret, we’ve all been there: You’re up late the night before Thursday and you have to teach a lesson at 8 AM the next day. So, what do you do

Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program.  Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion. 

The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.

We are now in the age of visual information where visual content plays a role in every part of life. As 65 percent of the population are visual learn

In this video about how to make a presentation by Visme, we will review all the important design considerations to alignment various elements of design such as

Creating engaging visual content doesn’t have to require a financial investment. Sure, at one time graphic designers needed expensive software and even more costly images to craft a winning visual campaign. But thanks to a host of free online resources, anyone can design high-quality visual stories with ease.

Of course, navigating the sea of online images and editing tools is easier said than done. Some require membership, others charge royalty fees, some require advance permission and others charge for high-definition.

Fortunately, we’ve scoured the Web for the most complete, the easiest to use and the most innovative resources to aid even the most amateur designer in crafting stunning visual content.

Check out these 60 totally free design resources for non-designers:

In love with colors, since 2002. A designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well. Formerly known as Color Scheme Designer. Use the color wheel to create great color palettes.

Adding visuals to step-by-step instructions can focus your readers into details that may otherwise not have been communicated with text alone.

[The tools available to creators allow increasingly sophisticated manipulations of mediated reality; this story from the UC Santa Barbara Current describes an interesting new one; follow the links …

Is your slide deck template the wrong dimensions for widescreen video projection? We answer the 4:3 vs 16:9 aspect ratio question, once and for all, here.

Over the last 5 years, the popularity of infographics in marketing has continued to climb.  We just can’t resist because….

Infographics are ENGAGING!

According to an article on Venngage, a little over 40 percent of marketers said in a report that infographics and other original graphics were the most engaging:

Create a stunning interactive maps with simple-to-use user interface. Save it as image or JavaScript code for easy publishing on your own website.