Thanks for joining me for From Default to Dazzling: Creating Visual Evaluation Reports that Shine!
Here are course resources:
NOTES slide deck (click to download this file for use during the course)
Resources & tools linked here are free unless indicated by ($)
Reports for inspiration:
- Boy & Girls Clubs of America Reports (look at all 3 reports)
- Culture + Community in a Time of Crisis: Key Findings from Wave 1
- Equivolve 2021 Evaluation Report
- From Protests, to the Ballot Box, and Beyond: Building Indigenous Power
- Lasting Solutions 2016 Impact Report
- Northern Ontario Health Equity Strategy
- Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) Idaho Legislature (look for reports & highlights)
- SeriousFun Children’s Network Annual Report (look at reports for 2021 and 2022)
- USA Facts: 2021 Annual Report
- Living and Breathing in California
Miscellaneous Tools:
- BrightSlide
- PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts (Bright Carbon)
- Quick Access Toolbar (Bright Carbon)
- Diagrammer® Visualization System
- NX Powerlite File Compressor Software ($)
- Removebg
Stock photo sites:
- Pixabay
- Pexels
- Unsplash
- LibreStock
- The Gender Spectrum Collection
- Native Stock Pictures
- Jopwell
- Diversity Photos
- Tonl
- CreateHerStock
- nappy
- WOCinTech Chat
- Disability Images
- AllGGo Free Plus Size Stock Photos
- Representation Matters: A Collection of Diverse Stock Image Resources
Icons
Report cover inspiration:
Color Palette Generators:
Colorblindness Simulators & Contrast Checkers:
- aremycolorsaccessible.com/
- VizCheck
- Color Oracle
- Coblis Color Blindness Simulator
- Who Can Use
- Snook.ca Color Contrast Checker
- Contrast Ratio
Editable Maps:
Articles:
- Creating Paragraph Styles in PowerPoint (Nolan Haims)
- One-Pagers: Simple and Engaging Reporting (Evalu-ATE)
- How to make a timeline in PowerPoint (Bright Carbon)
- How to Change Theme Colors in PowerPoint (Richard Goring, Bright Carbon)
- Value for Money Reporting (Julian King)
Style Guides & Magazine layouts (for inspiration):
While you’re here, check out my:
Course: CREATE Your Course: Turn Your Work into a Workshop
Club: CREATE Your Course: Lab
and
Book: Designing Quality Survey Questions.
Cheers,
Sheila
Sheila B Robinson, Ed.D.

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