LTB Support Page for ICFDHP

ICFDHP is using Learning Toolbox for the ePosters at their 2023 conference. This is the ePoster platform that has been used by the AMEE conference since 2017, so if you have been to previous AMEE conferences you may already be familiar with this innovative ePoster format.

Your ePoster can contain much more than just a PDF file

Learning Toolbox allows you to create a Stack of material that can be used to present and share your work online and onsite. At the simplest level you can just add a presentation or poster file to your Stack, but the platform allows you to do much more. Learning Toolbox Stacks can also contain additional materials such as videos, weblinks, papers and more.

How will delegates engage with the ePosters onsite?

Onsite delegates will be able to browse, search, view and interact with your ePoster stacks on their own devices.

Learning Toolbox will make a mini-poster for each ePoster (you choose the summary text and key image). By scanning the QR code on the mini-poster delegates will be able to view and interact with the contents of your ePoster stack on their own phone.

AMEE will print and display these mini-posters onsite, providing onsite delegates with an easy way to access and explore your work.

All the ePosters will also be published to the ICFDHP Showcase online where onsite and remote delegates can explore, view and interact with them online throughout the conference and afterwards.

From the showcase or from the mini-poster, delegates can open your ePoster stack and explore all the rich content you have added. They can also post questions or comments to your ePoster, to which you can respond. This text chat discussion will be attached to your ePoster and can continue after the event. You can choose to get email notifications of new chat messages on specific ePosters. Delegates can also favourite your ePoster so that they can return to it more easily.

ePosters On Demand

The ICFDHP 2023 ePosters will be ePosters On Demand. This means that you do not need to present your ePoster live, but there will be plenty of opportunities for delegates to explore and discuss your work both during and after the conference. Your ePoster stack will be published to ICFDHP ePoster Showcase and to the mini-poster wall where delegates can explore, view and interact with them throughout the conference and afterwards. Delegates will be able to post comments and questions to your ePoster stack in its own text chat area, which you can answer and this discussion will be attached to your ePoster stack. You will be able to turn on email notifications of new chat activity on your ePoster. You can also easily share the direct link to your ePoster via email, twitter or any other communication channel in which you can paste the link.

Your ePosters will be available for delegates to explore 24 hours per day and after the conference. 5 of the top 10 most viewed AMEE ePosters in 2022 were On Demand ePosters (averaging more than 230 views each).

What support will be available?

You will have plenty of support to use Learning Toolbox before and during the conferences. There will be a webinar for authors in May. An email helpdesk (support@stack.services) will be available to answer your ePoster questions in the run-up to the conference and there will be an onsite and online ePoster helpdesk during the conference itself.

The following dates are important:

• 19th May at 2pm (GMT+1) Webinar Introduction to making your ePoster and how ePosters will work at ICFDHP and AMEE 2023. This webinar is for both AMEE and ICFDHP authors. Zoom link.
• 1st August Final DEADLINE – Finalise your ePoster and mark it as ready to publish. 

All deadlines are at the time 23:59 Anywhere on Earth on the stated date.

This webinar focused on introducing how AMEE are using Learning Toolbox for the conference ePosters and showing how to create an ePoster stack in Learning Toolbox. Participants were able to ask questions throughout and these were also answered during the webinar – the questions and answers are included in the recording. To get a quick overview of what was covered you can also look at the presentation file.

Video recording (50 minutes)

You can play the video in full-screen by clicking on the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar.

Presentation used in the webinar

The ICFDHP ePosters have been accepted by AMEE as ePosters On Demand. So you do not need to present your ePoster live, but there will be plenty of opportunities for delegates to explore and discuss your work both during and after the conference.

5 of the top 10 most viewed AMEE ePosters in 2022 were ePosters On Demand (averaging more than 230 views each). Viewers return to view the ePosters after the conference as well. The most viewed AMEE ePoster from 2017 has accumulated around 4,000 views over 7 years!

Your ePoster stack will be published to ICFDHP ePoster Showcase where delegates can explore, view and interact with them throughout the conference and afterwards.

Your ePoster will also be showcased on the onsite mini-poster walls. Delegates will be able to open your ePoster by scanning its QR code and can then explore all the contents of your ePoster stack on their phone or computer.

Delegates will be able to post comments and questions to your ePoster stack in its own text chat area. You can answer them and this discussion will be attached to your ePoster stack. You will be able to turn on email notifications of new chat activity on your ePoster.

You can also easily share the direct link to your ePoster via email, twitter or any other communication channel in which you can paste the link. Many authors use this as a way of letting people know about their work and encouraging them to explore their ePoster and post questions. You will be able to share your ePoster in this way after the conference as well.

Your ePosters will be available for delegates to explore 24 hours per day – not just when the conference venue is open and not only during the conference days.

For more information on all the different ways that people can engage with your ePosters please see the exploring, sharing and engaging sections of the FAQ page.

Here you will find links to the key emails we have sent to the ICFDHP ePoster support mailing list. As an ICFDHP ePoster author you should be receiving these emails. If you have not received them then please check your Spam folder. If they are not there then please contact us (support@stack.services)

This video gives you a very quick introduction to the Learning Toolbox editor. We recommend that you play this video in full screen.

Press the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar to play in full-screen.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

This video is a longer introduction to Learning Toolbox which shows a fuller ePoster being created.

Press the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar to play in full-screen.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can also access the video here.

We know that some people prefer to follow a written guide, so we have produced this short guide that takes you through the key steps involved in making a simple ePoster/stack for a conference.

Getting started – Create an LTB stack for a conference v2.0 (updated 23rd May 2020)

This 25 minute video is a session that Ken Masters ran at the AMEE 2021 Conference. In the session he presents some examples of great AMEE ePosters from 2021 and gives his advice on making effective ePosters.

Many conferences are now using Learning Toolbox to present, share and discuss research. We have seen some great examples of ePosters/stacks created by authors attending these conferences. The 3 minute video below explores some of the great ePosters made by authors using Learning Toolbox.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

You can see and interact with these great ePosters (and more) on the Learning Toolbox Showcase. These ePosters are live and still being used by authors to present and share their work. You will see that they vary in terms of what content they include and how they are structured, but they have all made great use of the platform to present their work.

Of course your own ePoster/stack does not need to be as sophisticated as these examples – a simple and effective ePoster/stack may just contain the abstract, a presentation and a link to a website for example. But we hope these examples may give you an idea of what is possible and some ideas of the type of material you could include to give people a richer view of your work.

We would like to thank the authors of these ePosters/stacks for agreeing to their excellent work being showcased here. If you have come across any brilliant Learning Toolbox ePosters that you would like to see added to this showcase then please let us know so that we can contact the author and ask for their permission to add them.

Thousands of ePoster authors are using Learning Toolbox to share and present their work at conferences and events. The ePosters can be as simple as an uploaded PDF file, but can also include more interactive and engaging material, as well as background information.

Below are short videos with 4 of our authors in which they talk about what they chose to include in their ePosters. Thank you very much to Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytske for making these videos. We hope they inspire and help new authors.

Quick overview of what Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytkse found useful about using Learning Toolbox

This 5 minute video highlights what Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytske found most useful about using Learning Toolbox. It helps to show the different ways in which authors and conferences are using Learning Toolbox to help present and share research work effectively.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Amy Creaser’s ePoster for Future Physiology

Amy gives a short introduction to her work (on wearable activity trackers use by children and adolescents) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Amy explains what she chose to include in her ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:10

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Komal Atta’s ePoster for AMEE

Komal gives a short introduction to her work (on the impact of social media on professional identity) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Komal explains what she chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:20

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Nathan Kucko’s ePoster for NASS

Nathan gives a short introduction to his work (on developing a bone graft for spinal fusion surgery) and shows us his ePoster. In the ePoster tour Nathan explains what he chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:03

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Sytske Lub’s ePoster for AMEE

Sytske gives a short introduction to her work (on science communication when talking about genetics) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Sytske explains what she chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 4:06

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.