Course Description

Connecting Shared Knowledge to Youth Work!

Youth REX

YouthREX’s vision is an Ontario where shared knowledge is transformed into positive impact for all youth and the mission is to make research evidence and evaluation practices accessible and relevant to Ontario’s grassroots youth sector through capacity building, knowledge mobilization and evaluation leadership.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Learn More: Resources

    • Welcome to the Learn More Library

    • Evaluation Certificate Outline: Learn More

    • Canadian Evaluation Society - Ontario Overview
  • 2

    Lesson 01: Understand

    • Ask an Expert: Program Evaluation Basics

    • Evaluation Flash Cards: Embedding Evaluative Thinking in Organizational Culture

    • Better Evaluation: Describe activities, outcomes, impacts and context
  • 3

    Lesson 02: Organize

    • MarketScan: 6 Data Management Tips for Beginners

    • Better Evaluation: Manage Daa

    • Pell Institute: Enter, Organize, & Clean Data

    • Henson's Data Quality Evaluation for Program Evaluators

    • Homeless Hub: Data Collection & Management

    • Evalu-ATE:-Evaluation Data Matrix Template
  • 4

    Lesson 3: Analyze

    • Pell Institute: Analyze Quantitative Data

    • Data Analysis in Excel

    • Analyse This!!! Learning to Analyse Quantitative Data

    • Shapiro & Oystrick's Spreadsheets as a Data-Analysis System for Non-Profit Organizations
  • 5

    Lesson 4: Visualize

    • University of Minnesota: Communicating Evaluation Results

    • 45 Ways to Communicate Two Quantities by Santiago Ortiz

    • Ann Emery’s Depict Data Studio

    • Evergreen Data

    • The Data Visualization Catalogue

    • Using Graphs and Charts to Illustrate Quantitative Data

    • Evalu-ATE: One-Page Reports

    • 17 incredible tools for creating infographics

    • Data Visualizations vs Infographics

    • Infographic of Infographics

    • How to Show Survey Results in PowerPoint : Infographics Series

    • Eager Eyes: Basics

    • FreePik