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To create a Discussion activity, navigate to Activity Builder>Activities & Scheduling using the navigation menu. Open the New Activity drop-down menu and click Discussion.
To learn more about the other options in the drop-down menu, see Activity Builder and Creating Concept Canvas Activities
1: Adding Stimuli
1. Title: Give the activity a short but engaging title. This title will be visible to participants and can be up to 40 characters long.
2. Instructions: The main instructional text instructing participants what to do. There is no text limit.
3. Image: Upload an optional supporting image. Participants will see a scaled version of this image, but will be able to select it to view the full size in a new window.
4. Video: Upload an optional supporting video. To upload a video, you must first save your activity in order to enable the upload button.
5. Translations: Click the language drop-down to see the list of available languages (based on your segments' languages). Select the language that you want to add translated stimuli to. Add your translated text/images/videos and Save.
Translated stimuli will be displayed to participants based on their segment's language setting.
Learn More: Creating a Multi-Language Project
2: Settings
1. Sharing: Determines whether responses should be visible to the participant only after they respond (uninfluenced) or always visible (influenced).
2. Overdue Notice: The period after launch when an activity appears overdue in a participants To-Do list and within the discussion activity itself.
3. Minimum Suggested Responses: Sets a minimum suggested number of responses and helps participants know how many responses they should be providing to the discussion. The participant will see a progress bar with how many responses they have submitted.
3: Scheduling
Discussion activities are scheduled similar to other Digital Diaries activity using the activity scheduler. However, Discussion activities cannot be scheduled across segments. They must be posted individually to each segment. Only participants in the same segment can take part in the same discussion.
One Discussion activity, once configured, can be scheduled to multiple segments individually. This will create separate discussions where only members of the same segment can interact with one another.
As with other activities, discussion activities will automatically display translated stimuli as configured in the Discussion setup in accordance with the segment's language setting.
Learn More: Activities and Scheduling
4: Discussion Frequently Asked Questions
When is a Discussion Activity Marked Overdue?
If the participant has not posted anything to the discussion and the ‘overdue notice’ period has elapsed, the activity will show as overdue in the participant’s To Do list. Once they have posted a response, the To Do will move to the ‘Ongoing’ section and will no longer appear as overdue.
When Does the Discussion Activity End?
Once launched, Discussion activity will run until the end of the project. That is to say, participants can continue to add additional posts and comments to the Discussion until the project ends.
5: Learn More
Learn more about Discussion activities: