Short Answer Task
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What is a short answer task?
A short answer task provides the respondent with the ability to answer in paragraph format. This task type is ideal for situations where an open-ended explanation best describes the task at hand. While this task type is named short answer, there is no character limit and voice-to-text can be used instead of typing for longer responses.
Short answer task in the Mission builder
Short answer task on a mobile device
Create a short answer task
There are three ways to create a short answer task in the Mission builder.
- Select Add Component on an empty Mission builder canvas. This button is only available when adding the first task to a new Mission or section.
- Drag and drop Short Answer from the components panel onto the Mission builder canvas. This can be done on an empty canvas or at any stage of Mission building.
- Click the ‘+’ sign above or below any existing task and choose Short Answer from the components list.
Configure a short answer task
- Task title: Title your newly created task in a way that clearly indicates a text-based response is expected.
- Task description: If the task requires specific instruction or further information, add a brief task description to help the user interpret the assignment.
- Set a task mode: Newly created tasks are required by default, meaning the user must submit a response. Tasks can be changed to optional in the Task Mode dropdown. If your company has advanced logic enabled, tasks can also be configured as Read Only. Read-only tasks cannot be answered, rather, they are used to display information to the user.
Add conditional tasks
At this time, conditional logic cannot be added to a short answer task.
Read more on conditional logic here.