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B2 · ARC campaigns

Build the application form

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Add your own questions to the form readers fill in when they apply.

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Before you start

  • Have a campaign ready from Launch an ARC campaign.
  • Decide what you want to ask readers and which answers should be required.

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Chapters

  1. Open the application form.
  2. Check what every application includes.
  3. Add a question.
  4. Write the question.
  5. Add a screening question.
  6. Save the screening question.
  7. Change the order.
  8. Preview the form.Current chapter
  9. Save a new version.
  10. See the live form.
  11. Next steps.

Transcript

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  1. In this lesson, you'll add your own questions to the application form.
  2. In your campaign, select the Form tab.
  3. Your campaign is live, so version 1 of the form is live too.
  4. Name and email are already included, and readers can add their review platforms and profile links.
  5. Content warnings and the three participation agreements, including no AI use, are always included.
  6. You don't need to add them.
  7. Under Add a question, choose a type. Let's start with Long text.
  8. The question appears with a default label, and Hamsterra starts an unpublished draft: version 2.
  9. Select the pencil icon to edit the label, and type your question.
  10. Tick Required question if every reader must answer it.
  11. Then select Save question.
  12. Next, add a Screening question.
  13. Ask whether the reader can post a review by the review date.
  14. Under End the form when the reader selects, leave No selected.
  15. If a reader submits the form with No, they see your message and no application is created.
  16. Readers who choose Yes carry on with their application.
  17. Screening questions are always required. Select Save question.
  18. To change the order, drag a question by its handle or use the arrow buttons.
  19. Let's move the screening question to the top, so readers answer it first.
  20. Select Preview form to check your draft questions.
  21. The preview never sends a real application.
  22. Your questions appear under Your reading life.
  23. Select Back to the form builder.
  24. When you're happy, select Save new version.
  25. It's live for new applications straight away.
  26. If readers have already applied, their applications keep the questions they answered.
  27. Here's the live form, signed out.
  28. After the participation agreements, readers can opt in to invitations to your future ARC campaigns, or join your reader list.
  29. Both are optional and unticked.
  30. You can add up to twenty questions and save a new version at any time.
  31. Next, approve readers, manually or automatically.

Written steps (text version of this video)

This walkthrough shows how to add questions to your campaign’s application form, screen out readers who can’t meet your review date, preview the form and save a new version.

  1. Open the application form.

    Open your campaign and select the Form tab. Once the campaign is published, its form is live.

    0:11 Campaigns →

  2. Check what every application includes.

    Name, email, review profiles, content warnings and the three participation agreements are always included.

    0:23 Campaigns →

  3. Add a question.

    Under Add a question, choose a type: Short text, Long text, URL, Single choice, Multiple choice, Required consent or Screening question. Your changes go into an unpublished draft.

    0:39 Campaigns →

  4. Write the question.

    Select the pencil icon to edit the label. Tick Required question if needed, then select Save question.

    0:51 Campaigns →

  5. Add a screening question.

    Add a Screening question and choose which answer ends the form. If a reader submits the form with that answer, they see your message and no application is created.

    1:07 Campaigns →

  6. Save the screening question.

    Readers who choose the other answer carry on with their application. Screening questions are always required.

    1:30 Campaigns →

  7. Change the order.

    Drag questions by the handle, or use the arrow buttons, to change their order.

    1:40 Campaigns →

  8. Preview the form.

    Select Preview form to check the draft. The preview can't be submitted.

    1:50 Campaigns →

  9. Save a new version.

    Select Save new version. It's live for new applications; existing applications keep their original questions and answers.

    2:05 Campaigns →

  10. See the live form.

    After the participation agreements, the public form offers optional emails from you: future ARC invitations and your reader list. Both are unticked, and readers can apply without them.

    2:18 ARCs →

  11. Next steps.

    You can add up to twenty questions and save a new version at any time.

    2:32 Campaigns →

Check you’re done

  • Your questions are saved in the order you want.
  • You have checked the draft with Preview form.
  • Your new form version is saved and live for new applications to your published campaign.

Common questions

Does the preview send an application?

No. Preview form shows your current draft, but it cannot be submitted.

Will changing the form alter existing applications?

No. Existing applications keep their original questions and answers. Save new version makes the new form available to new applicants.

Can a screening question be optional?

No. Screening questions are always required.

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