While Campminder provides you with a collection of questions for your camper application, you might still want to add your own. You can add up to three pages of your own questions, by using the Custom Questions section.
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Header and Section Messages
As with the other sections, you can add a page header and a section header message. These are optional fields.
Adding Custom Questions to the Camper App
Build out custom questions using the Drag-and-Drop editor and field configuration.
💡Tip: Keep your camper app as simple as possible! Having too many questions on the app makes it more likely a parent won't complete it. You can always gather additional information later on using supplemental custom forms.
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Click the Edit Custom Questions link to open the editor.
On the left is a column of question types. To the right is the list of pages and tabs—If this is your first time in the editor it will be blank.
Field Types: You'll first need to decide what type of questions to use to populate the questionnaire.
Text Responses
Text response (single line): used to ask for a short answer, questions like "favorite color", "hometown", etc.
Text response (multi-line): used to ask for a longer answer or essay from your staff applicant, questions like "Why do you want to work at our camp?"
Multiple Choice Responses
Dropdown List: selections will be displayed in a single rectangular box, and applicants click the box to see and select their answer
Slider: applicant answers on a sliding scale (1-10, for example)
Checkbox List: applicants can choose multiple answers to the question.
Radio Selection: applicants may only select a single answer from the selection circles.
Other Miscellaneous Field Types
Signature Field: used to obtain an electronic signature. The date automatically populates, and cannot be changed by the signee.
Divider: used to separate sections of the page, typically for presentation.
Your Text: used to add any additional text. Can be used for headers, instructions, and additional descriptions.
Info/Advisory: similar to 'Your Text', but it stands out more. An Info Box is displayed with a blue background, while an Advisory Box is displayed in yellow.
Section: creates a space on your form for you to group custom fields, if you want to give them the same visibility or conditions.
Table: format questions by creating a set of rows and columns you can insert other fields inside of.
Add your questions to the Application by clicking and dragging it into the blank section on the right. If you have existing questions, drag your new one below the others. You can rearrange them on the page later.
Note that your mouse cursor turns into a + with 4 arrows when you hover over it, indicating that you can now drag and place this field.
Note: It is normal to get a message regarding an 'Invalid Field ID' message at this point. This will go away once you add 'field properties' in the steps to come.
Field Configuration and Question Editing
Now that the question frame has been created, we can edit the custom fields within each question.
Double-click on the words Invalid Field ID. A grey menu with three tabs will slide into the from from the bottom.
Adding a field: If you haven't already created the needed custom field (in Admin > Camper Setup > Custom Fields, for example), then you can add one here.
Add Custom Field
Click the green + button on the right of the Custom Field dropdown menu. This will open up a list of the existing custom fields you've created.
Assuming the custom field you want to add doesn't already exist in this list, click the green Add Custom Field button at the top left. Now you see the custom field creator.
Choose which partitions you want to have this field as an option for. If you're adding this to the Camper Application you'd want to select Camper.
Note: a field can be applicable to more than one. You can create a custom field and add it into camper records, or staff, or alumni records.
Field Name: this is for internal use only, people filling out the questions will not be able to see this.
💡Tip: We recommend coming up with a naming convention that is easily recognizable for easy reporting. Example: A Staff Application question about sibling ages might be named "SA Sibling Age 1."
Data Type: determine what kind of information people may provide in response to your question. Alphanumeric Text is the most used option (allowing people to include letters or numbers in their responses.) Integer will only accept numbers and decimal will only accept things like currency values.
Note: If you choose String, you'll see the option to add values:
Above, we're collecting the number of siblings in a Staff Application. We've added options for 1, 2, and 3, with 1 being the default value.
Note: The value is what people can enter. This would apply in a multiple choice type question. In a text entry field, they're just entering text, so they don't need values to choose from.
Seasonal: here you'll choose if this data carries over during rollup (No), or if it stays in the old season when you roll up (Yes).
Once you've created the field click Save Field below. Now, you'll be back at the list of custom fields with the blue header bar.
Field Properties
Select the custom field you just created from the dropdown list.
Once you select it from the list you'll be able to configure it.
On the right, you can enter a Name, Label, and add a Field Tip.
Name field: not required, but can be helpful if you have a long question that you'd like to simplify on the printed copy of the application.
Label: where you'll write out the question that you want the applicants to respond to.
Field Tip: not required but it provides additional information about a question. Whatever you input in the Field Tip section will show in a grey box under the response area.
Label Overhead: positions the label above the field, as opposed to being on the left of it.
Enabled: checking this box makes the field active.
Validation
Choose the type of data you're collecting under the validation tab. The majority of the time Is Text is selected here.
Select Is Required box for any questions that must be completed to continue the application.
Conditions
The conditions tab on your form lets you manage when a question appears. This feature is useful in various scenarios, including when you want questions to only appear for certain campers or sessions. For more complex uses, feel free to reach out to our support team for assistance.
Example: you've created a custom field that asks "what are your evening hobbies?" This question should only be shown to campers who are applying for two specific sessions. Rather than display it to everyone, we can hide it for everyone except for the specific people you want to see it.
Click the green Add condition button.
To make sure the question only appears for people who've chosen these two specific sessions on our camper app, choose these options:
Field: (G:Session) Session
Comparison: IsOneOf
Value: the two sessions we want
Action: Show
Once completed, the question will not show to applicants who do not meet the criteria.
Another common use for conditions is to ask people to choose from a list, and if they make a specific choice, show them a follow-up question.
Example: on the application, you want to ask applicants if the camper has attended any other camp before. If yes, you want a follow up question for information on which camp to populate automatically.
Create two custom questions and add them both to your form:
Have you attended camp before? (multiple choice)
Did you enjoy residential camp? (single line text response)
Now, you will go into the second question, "did you enjoy residential camp" and make these choices in the Conditions tab:
This question will only show if they choose "Yes, a residential camp."
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