Out of the Box! Visualize Your Science ONLINE

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This comprehensive workshop offers practice-oriented approaches to visual communication for doctoral candidates and postdocs from all disciplines. In collaboration with a professional illustrator/designer, you will develop design skills to expand your professional portfolio. You get to know a large variety of free online tools for your further design journey.

Kursinhalte

In the theoretical part of the first morning, you will learn which components are needed to create a visually appealing scientific poster and a PowerPoint presentation. In the practical part in the afternoon, you will dive into other participants' research and develop Key Visuals for each other.
On the second day, you will present your poster and revised Key Visual and receive feedback from other participants and the course instructor. In the afternoon, you will get the opportunity to implement the feedback from the morning and to discuss further questions with the course instructor when needed.

Preparation
Send your Poster or PowerPoint to: info@evelyntrutmann.ch

Day 1
- Introduction
- Design basics theory
- Infographics theory
- Design Thinking Exercise (Key Visual)
- Handouts

Homework
- Read the articles and the handouts
- Work on your Key Visual
- Make a comparison of the first draft and your design
- Send to: info@evelyntrutmann.ch

Day 2
- Presentation of posters or PowerPoint and Key Visuals to all participants
- Peer feedback
- Individual feedback with the trainer
- Feedback implementation in your project

Follow up
- Comparison of your final Poster Design and Key Visuals
- Send to: info@evelyntrutmann.ch

Form

Peer Feedback
One on Ones
Design Thinking

Adressatinnen und Adressaten

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Informationen zu den Dozierenden

Evelyn Huber-Trutmann, behance

Leistungsspektrum / Workload

Total of ~30 hours (preparation: ~1 hour, workshop: 2 x 8 hours, homework: ~1 x 8-10 hours, follow-up: ~1 x 3 hours)

Besonderheiten

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.