CREATEd Co-Design Toolkit
from the Center for Research Use in Education
Getting started the Co-Design Toolkit
This toolkit includes:
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An introduction and overview of the process
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A facilitation guide for each stage
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Supplemental facilitator resources for each stage
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Team tools, including graphic organizers to prompt discussion and decision making. These are provided as both PDFs and editable Google Docs.
The toolkit does not specify:
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Team members – but we'll help you assemble the right group for your project
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Timelines – but we'll help you estimate and plan
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Recommended "final products" – together with your team and users, you'll determine the best fit for your project as a part of the co-design experience. (We've provided a few samples in our gallery.)
Is Co-Design right for you?
We recommend the following steps to help you decide whether co-design makes sense for you:
1. Read the introductory materials, our introduction to the Toolkit, and the guides for each stage to get a sense of the process.
2. Assess whether or not this process is a good fit for your goals:
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Could co-design help bridge a gap between research and practice?
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Will collaborative design help achieve your goal or improve the outcome of the work?
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Are the goals and purposes of this toolkit a good fit for this work?
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Is there likely to be sufficient interest in and commitment to the project?
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Do you have sufficient time and resources (financial and human) to do codesign?
3. If there is a good fit, start by identifying a potential facilitator. If you best identify with the researcher, practitioner, or policymaker role in this process, consider finding an independent facilitator to lead the team and share this toolkit with them as part of your early conversations. If you best identify with the facilitator role in this process, review the materials more closely for your roles and responsibilities.
4. You’re ready to get started!