All participants in a Co-motion session have the ability to print their own Official Co-motion Report. The reports serve as tools to organize and prioritize all of the ideas created during a session.
There are three report types, the Selection report, the Catalog report, and the Picture report. The Selection report prints a report organized by idea category and poll results. The Catalog report prints an alphabetical listing of all or some of the ideas and poll results, and optionally includes notes. The Picture report prints a picture of the Session window.
Printing a selection report
The Selection report default options are set to include the top five ideas in each category, sorted by the highest average level of support.
To print the default Selection report, choose Report Options from the File menu. Click OK, and choose Print from the File menu.
You can also specify how the ideas will be sorted, the sort direction, the idea type, and the number of ideas to include.
To customize the Selection report, follow these steps:
Choose Report Options from the File menu;
Select the Selection report type;
Select a Sort By and Sort Direction option;
Select one or more of the Idea Types to include (Click to select or deselect);
Enter the number of ideas per category;
Click OK; and,
Choose Print from the File menu.
Selection report options
The Sort By option provides you with two different ways of organizing your group’s results: by their averages or standard deviations.
Average: Indicates on a scale between one and one hundred, where the group rated an idea.
Deviation: Indicates the degree of disparity in the group’s response. The lower the standard deviation, the higher the level of agreement.
The Sort Direction option allows you to sort the ideas from highest to lowest or lowest to highest. In the case of averages, the highest averages demonstrate a positive level of support.
In the case of standard deviations, the lowest results indicate a higher level of consensus.
The Idea Type options allow you to refine your information needs by including runners, targets, and/or shovels in your report.
Printing a catalog report
This report lists the ideas alphabetically with poll results. You can optionally select the idea types the notes to be included.
Choose Report Options from the File menu. Select the Catalog report type. Choose Print from the File menu.
Printing a picture report
The Picture report captures the Session window. You can use this visual tool for a general assessment of the ideas and the discussion.
Choose Report Options from the File menu. Select the Picture report type. Click OK. Choose Print from the File menu.
Quitting
Choose Quit from the File menu.
If you are a participant and you have not saved a Link file previously, you will be prompted by a Save dialog box. Likewise if you are hosting and there are any changes to the session after the last time you saved.
