Several issues impacted the writing and editing
of the text and photos captions. First, we were limited by the size of the
panels and what visitors might read. It
was a challenge to keep the paragraphs brief when we had so much research to
share. Second, after the first draft we
had to edit to make the language more student friendly – it was too
academic. Finally, for the captions, we
debated whether to simply describe what is in a photo or describe how the photo
helped show the theme. In most cases we opted
to connect the photo to the theme since the specifics of the photo were not
important for our goals.