Getting Started

Searching for project inspiration using the templates and examples library

If you're looking for projects and surveys similar to yours, you can search the templates library from your admin dashboard.

Written by Jay Dawkins
Updated over a week ago

How do I log in to PublicInput.com for the first time?

How to I get my PublicInput.com password?

Written by Amanda Irvin
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How to add a question

How to add a question to your survey or project

Written by Warren Foushee
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Creating your first project in PublicInput

A first time user's guide to creating a project or survey

Written by Amanda Irvin
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How to add content to a project

Adding and editing text or image content to a project

Written by Warren Foushee
Updated this week

What can I do with Advanced Options for Questions?

Learn how to make questions required, change placeholder text and more

Written by Amanda Irvin
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Custom colors, CSS styling, headers, and footers

A quick overview of how to cuztomize the look and feel of your pages by adding your logo, changing your accent color, and CSS customization.

Written by Amanda Irvin
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How to change your survey to draft mode

How to make a draft project

Written by Amanda Irvin
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How to publish a survey (make it live)

How to make your project live from draft mode

Written by Amanda Irvin
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Project Metrics

Written by Amanda Irvin
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What do each of the tabs do?

Written by Amanda Irvin
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How to create a matrix question (likert scale)

Setting up your matrix question in publicinput.com

Written by Amanda Irvin
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I've closed my project. Now what?

Best practices for following up with respondents and closing the loop.

Written by Amanda Irvin
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A primer on engagement formats

PublicInput offers a wide array of engagement formats, designed to be flexible and useful for your specific outreach. Here's a quick primer.

Written by Jay Dawkins
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What types of questions and engagement activities can I add?

Question types and engagement activities

Written by Amanda Irvin
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Creating an open ended question

Written by Warren Foushee
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What is the demographic module?

Adding several demographic questions to your project at once

Written by Amanda Irvin
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What is a project page?

Written by McKenzie Bennett
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What are archived projects?

Written by McKenzie Bennett
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What are responses?

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What are participants?

Written by McKenzie Bennett
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What is the Engagement Dashboard?

Written by McKenzie Bennett
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What is participant anonymity?

How to change or set your participant sign in requirements

Written by McKenzie Bennett
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What are project groups (topic pages)?

What's the difference between a project group and a project?

Written by Warren Foushee
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What is a sidebar?

Written by Amanda Irvin
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What is the Public Portal? (formerly the "Hub")

Learn how to display projects from across your organization on a centralized portal for participants to participate in.

Written by Amanda Irvin
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What is a step?

Written by Amanda Irvin
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What is a Segment?

Written by Brad Johnson
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What is a dynamic report?

Report your results in a dynamic way by adding graphs, comment banks, insights and content and share with the world.

Written by Brad Johnson
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What is skip-logic?

How to use skip-logic

Written by Amanda Irvin
Updated over a week ago