Text highlight is a task type in which participants read a text and mark the passages that stand out to them, classifying each passage with a tag (for example, positive or negative).

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 “Text highlight” 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, paste the content participants will analyze into the Text field.

6. Turn on “Custom tagging” to create the Tags. Each tag has a code, a name and a color; turn on “Required” if the participant must use it at least once. Under “Number of highlights”, set the minimum and maximum number of marked passages.

7. Optionally, fill in the “Comment statement” to ask the participant for an extra comment, and turn on “Required comment” to make it mandatory. You can also turn on word count or character count validation for the comment.

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

How participants see this task

The participant sees the statement, the tag buttons and the text. To mark a passage, they select it and choose a tag. On the side, they see the minimum and maximum number of answers and the passages already marked.

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 > “Text highlight” and click “Apply”. The same chart appears in the “Chart” tab when viewing the activity.

For Text highlight tasks, a word cloud for each tag is generated. The colors and size show how many times each word was marked, according to the Number of mentions legend. Use “Customize” to adjust the chart and the “Chart” button to download it.