Creating a Custom Form Challenge

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✓ Project Owner ✓ Project Administrator

Custom Form Challenge is a multi-field Challenge, where Admins can put together different field types. To create:

Select a Topic that you wish to create the Custom Form Challenge in.
On the Topic Manager page, locate and click on .
Click on Challenge in the pop-up panel.
You will be directed to select from a range of Challenge Types. Select CUSTOM FORM CHALLENGE.
Go on to insert the Challenge information - icon, title, and description (learn more here).
Under "Fields", create at least 1 Field by:
1. Selecting a Field Type from the dropdown - text, whole number, number (with decimal places), date, time duration, or multiple choice. (learn more about each below)
2. Insert a Field Title (e.g. a question you would like to ask)
3. Insert the points to award when the Field is completed
4. Selecting or deselecting (specific to each field)
You will also see several other options:
1. Points Settings
2. Assigning extra points for Challenge
3. Assigning team bonus points for Challenge
4. Determining how often Players can complete the Challenge
5. Set maximum completions allowable before Challenge expires
6. Scheduling the Challenge to publish and expire
7. Entering post completion message
8. Allow private completions and Admin-only completions
9. Customize photo upload setting (learn more below)
10. Locking the Challenge
11. Embedding Content
12. Embedding a Map
After you are done setting up the Challenge, click .

Key highlights about Custom Form Challenge

Text: text-based answer; minimum 2 characters; no upper limit.
Whole Number: e.g. 1, 100, 1033. Negative number is not allowed.
Number (with decimal places): with no limit to the number of decimal places, e.g. 1.1, 2.22, 3.33.
Date: select a date, within a date range (if any). As the Admin, you have the option to limit the date range you would like the Players to select from.
Time Duration: select time in 1-hour and 5-minutes interval
Multiple Choice: select one from the list of options. As the Admin, you can create unlimited options and assign different points to each.

Make photo upload optional: the option to upload a photo is present but not required for Challenge completion.
Make photo upload mandatory: the option to upload a photo is present and is required for Challenge completion.
Photo upload is not required: the option to upload a photo is absent

NOTE: Avoid changing the options within the Field or Option Title after completions have been made, as this may cause inaccuracies to the data.

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