How do I use the new 2026 courses and custom reporting?
To access the new reporting functionality you will need to update to version 5.3 of the ppvote CLiKAPAD software. There are other articles for how to update and how to download the courses.
Lee O'Callaghan has created a brilliant set of step by step instructions. Click here to download that.
Short summary:
Ensure that you are running v5.3.1 or later. In the Clikapad menu in PowerPoint the last option is called About and will also give a version number.
Your course folder needs to contain the course presentation, the ppvote Participant list and the custom report template in order for the full report to be generated correctly.
Run your course as normal.
Before running the report, ensure that you have updated the ppvote Participant list with the full info for all trainees.
Run the report as normal but do not choose Export to Excel, ensure that you click the button called Custom Export.
Manually complete the feedback notes per trainee before saving a PDF version of each trainee's report.
Submit the Excel version of the report and the REC file that will have been automatically created when you ran the course to WJA along with photos etc.
Once you are satisfied that all course info has been saved and shared with WJA, you can clear the voting data from your course and delete the REC file.