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Reprographics

To create posters, the local options for reprographics include:

To print a poster or to make slides for your work at UCI there are several options about where to go.  First, you should save the poster and size it accordingly.  The following installations are places that will print your poster or help you with digital imaging of slides and other photographic processes:

Science Library, Poster Printing
Posters are printed to fit 36” x 42” on enhanced matte paper.
All posters should be submitted on a USB drive as a PDF file.
Posters are printed within 1-2 business days.
The cost is $50 per poster.
Payment and pick-up happens at the Check Out Desk on the 1st floor of the Science Library and must be paid with a credit/debit card or deposit funds with Venmo, PayPal, or ApplePay, or Print on the go by downloading the Wepa Print app. Available from the App Store or Google Play.

 

Other Options:

One Button Studio in MRC

The UCI Libraries' Presentation Studio is now open in the MRC (room 168). UCI affiliates can book the room to practice and record their presentations for classes, conferences, job interviews, and more in this technologically enhanced space. The reservation request form can be found on the MRC web pages or directly at https://spaces.lib.uci.edu/spaces?lid=6581&gid=13496l. More information can be found on the MRC's web pages or directly at https://spaces.lib.uci.edu/spaces?lid=6581&gid=13496.

Presentation Studio @ MRC

Presentation Best Practices Tip Sheet

Online Presentation Sharing Sites

  • UCI Replay- UCI sponsored service to capture and share audio and screen for instrucation or presentations.

  • Slideshare- Free web-based service that allows uploading and sharing of presentation slides and audio.  Includes tool to sync audio with individual slides.  Has also social features allowing users to follow and comment on favorite presenters, topics, etc.

  • Authorstream- Free web-based service that allows uploading and sharing of presentation slides and audio.  Includes PresentLive feature that lets viewers follow and chat about your live presentations on their own computer. 

Image Presentation Guidelines

Guidelines from UCI:

General Tutorials and Tips:

Overview of presentation tools

The following document provides an extensive overview of presentation tools including a descriptions of who can use each tool, and why you might want to use them, the document also includes the pros and cons for each for each tool.

Presentation Authoring Software

  • PowerPoint - Microsoft Office software for creating and sharing presentations.

  • KeyNote- Apple iWork software for creating and sharing presentations.  Available for Macintosh and iPad only.

  • Impress- Open-source software available in several versions (Open Office, NeoOffice, etc.) for creating and sharing presentations.

  • ARTstor Offline Image Viewer (OIV)- ARTstor-optimized software for creating and sharing presentations. 

Online Presentation Authoring Tools

  • Prezi- Unique online presentation creation and sharing system with easy image and video handling.  Basic features and public sharing are free

  • Pachyderm- Uses forms and templates to create presentations with minimal work.  Intended for institutional use; requires local server and configuration support.  Free to New Media Consortium members; available for a cost to others.

  • 280Slides (beta)- Free web-based presentation authoring and sharing tool.

  • Google Presentations- Free online presentation authoring and sharing tool.  As part of Google Docs, it allows for easy collaboration and sharing with others who have free Google accounts.

  • Zoho Show- Free online presentation authoring and sharing tool.  Allows remote presentations.

  • SlideRocket - Online presentation authoring and sharing tool optimized for high resolution images.  Basic features are free.