Training

This page will provide information about tools to improve precinct official training. To recommend a training tool used in your county, use the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page. 

Design Infographics, Presentations, and Printables

 Piktochart: www.piktochart.com
Infogram: https://infogr.am
Canva: www.canva.com
Adobe Spark: spark.adobe.com
PicMonkey: www.picmonkey.com/


Potential Uses
  • Voter education
  • Candidate information
  • Precinct official training/newsletters
  • Budget/County Manager presentations
  • Website/social media posts




Online Training Class Registration

Sign Up Genius: www.signupgenius.com
Doodle: https://doodle.com/en/

 Potential Uses
  • Allow precinct officials to sign up online for training classes, supply pick-up, and more
  • Prevent class registrations from exceeding the maximum number of seats available




Online Training Programs
Articulate: https://articulate.com/

Potential Uses
  • Precinct official training interaction
  • Create online courses
  • Create exercises for online training
  • Demonstrations and simulations of software
Adobe Captivate: https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html


Potential Uses
  • Precinct official training interaction
  • Create online courses
  • Create exercises for online training
  • Demonstrations and simulations of software

Online Classes
Zoom: https://zoom.us/

Potential Uses
  • Conduct online classes
  • Pre-record classes 
  • Introduce new concepts to Precinct Officials


Capture and Record Screen Actions

 RecordIt: recordit.co/
Record and share actions on your computer screen. Share your recording as a web link by right-clicking on it to download it as a video or .gif and insert in PowerPoint or other types of presentations.

 Potential Uses
  • Demonstrate SOSA/OVRD actions
  • Share issues with tech support personnel
Make Training Classes More Interactive

 iClicker: www.iclicker.com (used by Wake County)
Turning Technologies: turningtechnologies.com (used by Cumberland County)

Potential Uses
  • Precinct official training interaction
  • Determine how well training audience is learning the content
  • Options to use handheld devices provided by the company or audience members' own smart phones
EasyTestMaker: https://www.easytestmaker.com/

Potential Uses
  • Quiz your precinct officials or early voting workers during/after training
  • Test your knowledge quizzes for staff

Examples of Wake County Uses




Create Animated Videos

Vyond: www.vyond.com

 Potential Uses
  • Voter education
  • Precinct Official training videos
  • Still images for handouts or training slides
  • Website/social media

You can create videos that contain music, conversation bubbles, or spoken dialogue. Use GoAnimate's text-to-voice tool or record your own audio narration.


    

Use Gifs
GifMaker.me: https://www.gifmaker.net/
EZGIF.COM: https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif


Take Free and Low-Cost Online Training
GCFLearnFree: www.gcflearnfree.org
Lynda: www.lynda.com







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