Fill in the blank is a task type in which participants complete sentences with the missing word or phrase.

Contents

• Set up
• How participants see this task
• Charts and tables

Set up

To create tasks, you need Administrator or Moderator access. Tasks are created inside an activity; if you don’t have one yet, see Create an activity.

If the activity is in progress, its content is read-only. Pause the activity to edit its tasks.

1. In the activity list, open the activity you want and click “Add task”.

2. In the “Task type” window, select “Fill in the blank” and click “Advance”.

3. At the top of the task, check the code and give the task a name. The code is generated automatically (T1, T2, T3...) and can be changed. It identifies the question in reports and in the database.

4. Under Statement, write the question and instructions in the Description field. Use the toolbar to format the text or insert emojis, images and videos. Under “Add attachments”, you can include supporting files.

5. Under Settings, write the Sentences and mark the position of the blank with square brackets []. Below each sentence, a preview shows the blank the participant will fill in. Use the + button to add sentences. Optionally, fill in the “Comment statement” to ask the participant for an extra comment, and turn on “Required comment” to make it mandatory.

6. Click “Preview” to see the task as a participant, then click “Save”.

How participants see this task

The participant sees the numbered sentences, each with a field to type the missing word.

On mobile phones, the task is shown in a single column:

Charts and tables

Administrators, Moderators and Observers can see the charts in “Reports” > “Charts”. To show only tasks of this type, use the “Types” filter > “Fill in the blank” and click “Apply”. The same chart appears in the “Chart” tab when viewing the activity.

For Fill in the blank tasks, a word cloud of the typed terms is generated. The colors and size show how many times each word was mentioned, according to the Number of mentions legend. Use “Customize” to adjust the chart and the “Chart” button to download it.

Below the chart, the table lists the words with their mentions as a percentage and as a count.