The Big Picture: Designing Discipline-specific Poster Assignments
The Big Picture: Designing Discipline-specific Poster Assignments
Join the Event
Date: 15th Oct 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm (HKT)
Venue: Learning Lab (RRS321, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Building, Main Campus)
Contact: cics@hku.hk
Abstract
A good poster in education can look very different from a good poster in civil engineering. So what exactly are we asking our students for, and how do we know when they’ve delivered it?
This hands-on workshop explores how to design and assess poster assignments that suit your discipline. It draws on real student work from across HKU and on what the Communication-Intensive Course’s Visual and Digital Resources (VADR) team has learned from helping students turn rough drafts into posters that work.
About the Speakers
Dr. Michelle Raquel is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English Studies. She possesses over two decades of higher education experience and directs HKU’s Communication-intensive Courses initiative. Her distinguished research in language assessment and acquisition explores innovative pedagogies and diagnostic assessment, notably including co-editing Routledge’s Quantitative Methods for Language Assessment.
Mr. Wim Vergult is an Assistant Lecturer at the Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), where he specializes in English teaching and assessment. He teaches English in the Discipline courses and plays a key role in HKU’s Communication-intensive Courses (CiC) initiative, coordinating the Visual and Digital Resources (VADR) team.
Mr. Ilo Japar is a Year 4 student majoring in BEng and serves as a VADR Peer Consultant.
Ms. Celeste Cheung is a Year 4 student majoring in BBA and serves as a VADR Peer Consultant.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at cics@hku.hk
See you at the event!