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A Very Brief Intro to Working with Data
For a very brief intro to data collection, analysis and visualization, please use this link.
Scientific Poster Templates
Posted are dome template options in both Keynote and PowerPoint . Please be sure that your template is a good choice for the types of content that you plan to show (photos, charts, graphs, maps) and that the overall design incorporates the elements of a good poster discussed in your class.
Scientific Poster Template for PowerPoint
New York City Data and GIS
Maps provide an excellent tool to represent your research visually and perform spatial analysis. In addition, NYC provides a wealth of neighborhood-level datasets and other resources that are available to the public and are compatible with GIS software. These slides provide:
1. a brief introduction to geographic information systems (GIS)
2. information on where to access NYC datasets, and
3. and a tutorial on a Mac compatible GIS, MyWorld, using NYCDOHMH's Community Health Survey data.
Intro to GIS slides and workshop resources
Link to Baruch's GIS Library (an incredible GIS resource!!!)
Scientific Poster Design
Scientific posters are a visual medium used to communicate your research work to an academic or professional community. Often, you have less than ten minutes to convey your work, so the aesthetics and structure of your information is key!
These slides provide some general guidelines for creating scientific posters.
Multimedia Presentations
Prezi: Images with Voice-Over
Adding images with voice-over in Prezi is a little tricky. Prezi suggests changing file formats to insert sound into your presentation (see here).
But here's one way that worked for me:
In GarageBand,
(1) Make a Podcast
(2) Share Podcast with iTunes (Share>Send Podcast to iTunes)
(*NOTE* You could also record voice-overs in iMovie, although you'll have less control over your recording than in GargaeBand. In iMovie, simply click on microphone icon & record!)
In iMovie:
(3) New Project>Name & Choose Background>Create
(4) Drag & Drop image(s) from iPhoto (from camera icon on right side of screen)
(5) Drag & Drop Podcast from iTunes into background (from music icon on right side of screen)
(6) Share iMove with media browser (Share>Media Browser)
In Prezi
(7) Insert "Image"
(8) Select your iMovie file (usually found under Media>Movies)
Additionally, screenshots made in Quicktime also work in Prezi.
To make a screenshot:
In Quicktime:
(1) File>New Screen Recording
(2) Hit Record button (it will record audio & computer screen)
(3) Hit Stop button to end recording
In Prezi:
(7) Insert "Image"
(8) Select your Quicktime screenshot file (usually found under Media>Movies)
Creating a Podcast in GarageBand
Images in Posts
Follow the steps below to add an image to your post.
- Type up your post and then place your cursor at the point in your post where you’d like to insert the picture.
- Click on the rectangular button next to “Upload/Insert” just above the tool bars at the top of the post box (if you hover over the button you will see the text “Add an Image”).
- Click on “Select Files” (next to “Choose files to upload”). If you are choosing a file from your computer, you can then browse for it (the same you would if you were uploading an attachment to an e-mail). Once you find the image you want, click “Select.”
- You may then re-title the image if you would like (to make it easier to manage/find later on). You may also add a “caption” that will appear under the image.
- At the bottom of the screen you can change the “Alignment” and “Size” of the image. FYI: if you have a large file and opt to have it show up as small or thumbnail size in order for it to fit better in your post, when you click on the image once the post is published, it will take you to a screen with a larger image.
- Don’t forget to click “Insert into Post” (just below the “Alignment” section) before clicking “Save Changes” at the bottom. If you don’t click “Insert into Post,” it won’t show up in your post when you publish it.
- You can always click “Preview Changes” (upper right hand corner) before you click “Publish” or “Update” to see what the post will like like after the images are added.
- Remember, if you don’t like something, even after it is published, you can go back and change it. Just click “edit” below the post and work away. If you want to change the image, hover over the image you will see a red circle with a line through it, which will let you delete the image, or you can select the small image icon next to the red circle in order to edit the image.
If you are copying and pasting a link from youtube, just paste the link directly into the post; WordPress should recognize the link and embed the video directly in the post. You can check to see if the embed worked by going to “Preview” (or “Preview Changes” depending on whether or not you’ve already published the page) in the upper right hand corner.
