Written research reports are the meat and potatoes of most companies who produce surveys for K-12. These reports tend to be voluminous – anywhere from 50 to 150 pages (or more). The alternative to these massive tomes is the digital dashboard.
The term “dashboard” comes from its similarity to the dashboard, or instrument panel, of a car. Where your car’s dashboard provides the navigation for your car, a digital dashboard provides an at-a-glance navigation of your data.
Generally speaking, digital dashboards offer the following benefits over reports:
- Arrange data into manageable parts, allowing users to quickly grasp the main findings and features of the data set.
- Are interactive, allowing users to filter the data and see it in different ways.
- Allow for easier incorporation of future (or past) surveys for data comparison.
- Are designed and customized with the organization – and its users – in mind.
- Can be quickly shared with multiple users through a personalized URL.
- Reduce report production time – and, ultimately, the cost.
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