How do you use it

• Key areas in the East Midlands Integrated Regional Strategy objectives are identified on the left side of the screen.  Clicking on one of these will move you to a screen that asks you a question about the potential impact of your proposal.
  
• You are given a number of standard answers to choose from for each question, ranging from a significant positive to a significant negative impact, and including “not relevant” and “not known”.
  
• Your answer will change the colour of an indicator for each key area.
  
• Background information is presented above each question to help you decide your answer.
  
• Buttons will take you to screens that give more detailed information; links to policy documents; and examples of best practice.
  
• A box allows you to enter a justification for your answer.  Your answer may be qualitative or supported by quantitative information.
  
• A list of relevant supplementary questions you may need to address are shown below each question.  Clicking on a supplementary question takes you to a similar screen to help you answer the supplementary question, which may in turn have its own supplementary questions.
  
• Your answers to supplementary questions are presented in a colour-coded summary in a similar way to the main questions.
  
• You will be given an indication at every level in the toolkit whether or not there are more detailed supplementary questions still to be answered that are recommended.
  
• Depending on your answer to specific questions, further questions in the same or different areas may become recommended.
  
• You will have the choice whether to answer more detailed questions that were not initially recommended if you wish.
  
• There is also a button to access a map in its own window that shows all the questions, which are recommended, which you have answered, and the answer you have given.  Clicking on a question in the map takes you to the screen for that question.
  
• Your output from using the toolkit can range from a printout of the recommended questions and additional questions you have answered, their answers and your detailed justifications, to a summary using colour or symbols suitable for printing.