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Facts about Coventry Tips and Tricks The Homepage When on the homepage of Facts about Coventry (Figure 1), there are links available below the immediate description. provides a brief overview of Coventry facts and figures, using the State of the City report. links to Coventry's latest, end-of-year Performance Reports. There are two types of report: progress against the priorities and targets of the Coventry Local Area Agreement and progress against the full set of National Indicators. From the Performance Reports page, you can return to the homepage by clicking the green Facts about Coventry button. There is also a link to an on the homepage, where feedback can be given about the Facts about Coventry project. There are numerous other links on the left-hand side of the screen which provide access to further information regarding Coventry Partnership. Figure 1 Further down the page, eleven images represent eleven themes under which information is grouped. To access the available information, choose a category (e.g. "People and Place") by clicking one of the images at the bottom of the screen (Figure 2). Once selected, a list of sub-categories is obtained. From here, click the right or left arrow button. The pictures will rotate, moving from sub-category to sub-category (e.g. "Information about Households"). 1 Click on the arrow once the desired sub-category has appeared. This will stop the pictures moving. From here, individual data entries can be accessed under the sub-category. Each entry will be named according to its title (e.g. "Size of Population") and its form (e.g. Neighbourhood Maps). Other forms available include Performance Reports and Survey Data. Selections will then appear in a new window. If preferred, instead of the Flash-based System, a list of all of the entries and categories can be accessed by selecting . Figure 2 Neighbourhood Maps When selecting a neighbourhood map in Facts about Coventry, a screen as in Figure 3 will appear. The name of the data set currently showing on the map appears at the very top of the page. It typically states the Facts About Coventry theme, indicator and time period being displayed. In Figure 3, the theme is "People and Place", the indicator is "Population Estimate- all persons" for the time period "2008". The data set which initially appears on screen is generally the most relevant for performance data. There may be other data available to view, linked to the indicator theme. The other data sets can be accessed by clicking on: . 2 Figure 3 The data is usually mapped initially into wards of Coventry, e.g. Bablake ward, or the lowest level of detail if not available at ward level. Areas are colour- coded according to where their value falls within the distribution of the whole indicator. The default is to split the distribution into five equally-sized groups, or quantiles. The darkest colours represent the highest values. For example, in Figure 3, the darkest blue represents 18,869- 20,510, the highest value data. Here, this comprises three wards. The lightest coloured wards represent the lowest values. Indeed, the white represents 15,136-15,834, the lowest value data, comprising four wards. 3 Index a) Buttons These are situated above the map and provide access to controlling various functions of the neighbourhood map, such as filtering. b) The Map This is the data that has been chosen (e.g. "Population of Religious Groups") mapped into colour-coded form over a Google Map image of Coventry and its surrounding area. c) Legend To the left of the map, the legend box highlights the colour-coding of each value. Here, various editing functions can be carried out d) Data List Box Situated to the right of the map, this box lists all of the indicators available for this data view. e) Time Series The graph at the bottom left of the page is a Time Series, displaying how the highlighted data has progressed over a number of years. f) Comparator Box This is the box above the time series that highlights the values of the comparators being used. g) Pie Chart The pie chart below the legend box shows how the data has been organised into colour-coded scores. h) Information Box This box provides a brief description of what the viewable data is showing. Glossary 4 The data list box, the time series and Histogram are all directly linked to the map. When an area is selected on the map, it appears fluorescent green, a colour distinctive from the rest of the map. Selecting an area causes it to be simultaneously highlighted in the other three sections. Similarly, when an area is selected in the data list box, for instance, it is highlighted elsewhere too. For example, in Figure 4, when the Foleshill ward is selected, it is also highlighted in the other three boxes e.g. the time series for this indicator is shown. Furthermore, when holding down Ctrl, more than one area can be selected to appear highlighted on the map, as well as in the other three associated sections. Figure 4 Each box can be edited. In the top right hand corner of each box, once hovered over, there are three editing options available. Firstly, the box can be maximised to fill the entire screen by selecting the option (Figure 5). Afterwards, the map can be minimised by clicking the option in the top right hand corner. 5 Figure 5 Secondly, each of the boxes, such as the map, can be dragged and resized using the option (Figure 6). This enables the user to customise the data view to meet their specific needs. Figure 6 Thirdly, the boxes can be removed altogether by selecting the option (Figure 7). 6 Figure 7 Furthermore, there is the opportunity to insert your own text or shape onto the page. This could be useful, for instance, if you want to give an alternative title to the map for your own purposes, such as in Figure 8. Figure 8 7 Inserting text can be done by clicking on the button which is at the left of the map, and then clicking on "Add Text". This brings you to a pop-up box called the Text Editor which gives you space to write the necessary text, as well as some basic editing tools, e.g. font/size of text (Figure 9). Simply write your text and click "Add" to make it appear on the page. Select remove all to delete the text. Figure 9 For those with visual impairment issues, the text size in the neighbourhood maps can be enlarged by using the magnifier. This can be found offline under: All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Magnifier. This splits the screen, with the area that the cursor is over being magnified above (Figure 10). Thus, the information box and data box can be better read using this function. Click "Exit" to return to the default view. It is worth noting that the zoom function in Internet Explorer cannot be used for the same effect, due to its incompatibility with Flash. Figure 10 8 a) Buttons All of the box-editing changes discussed can be cancelled by clicking located on the top row of buttons (Figure 12). This will return everything on the neighbourhood map to how it was when the page was first accessed. At any point, a screenshot of the map can be saved by selecting the button, from which the image can be exported. It can be saved in either JPEG or PNG form. Once saved, the image can be edited and/or printed. Either the full screen can be exported, or it can be chosen to export individual components of the report e.g. the legend (Figure 13). It is also worth noting that a screenshot can also be taken of the screen using the usual method i.e. by pressing Ctrl+PrtScrn. Figure 11 Figure 12 The logo for Coventry Partnership at the top-right of the page acts as a link to the homepage of Coventry Partnership. The button just below this is a direct link back to the Facts about Coventry Homepage. The button is used for accessing other data associated with the chosen indicator or theme (Figure 14). For instance, in this example, there are indicators listed linked to unemployment e.g. "% of working age population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance". 9 Figure 13 By clicking on the overall theme (e.g. "Economy, learning, skills and employment", Figure 14), the available data options are opened up. Once an option is selected, this data will then be mapped in place of the previously viewed data. If data exists, individual time series can be selected. For instance, in Figure 15, the data for "% of working age population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance" can be mapped for every quarter from 2004 to 2009, by selecting the required quarter. By re-selecting the Data List button, the window will close. 10 Figure 14 The button limits map access to a particular area of the city. This can be done by Neighbourhood Management Area, Ward or MSOA, depending on its availability for that particular indicator or the level that you are viewing at. For instance, data can be highlighted on the map just for the North East Management Area of Coventry (Figure 16). This also means that the value distribution, which is shown in the histogram and legend, will only use data concerning the filtered area. 11 Figure 15 The button allows access to detailed background information about the data shown, i.e. metadata (Figure 17).

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