For your final project in this course you will work in a group to create a poster presentation to explain the relevant background and important findings from a specific paper. A software tool that can be helpful in creating posters is Adobe Illustrator.
Adobe Illustrator is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, available for free to registered UC Berkeley students from Software@Berkeley:
As a UC Berkeley student you also have access to software and computer manuals and videos through O'Reilly for Higher Education. After clicking the link, select University of California Berkeley from the drop-down menu and then click the Sign in with my institution button:
Some Adobe Illustrator manuals you may find helpful are listed below. You are not limited to these; you can search O'Reilly for Adobe Illustrator and choose the resource and format that work best for you, or use another resource entirely.
Creating Infographics with Adobe Illustrator: Volume 1: Learn the Basics and Design Your First Infographic by 
Adobe Illustrator Visual QuickStart Guide by