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Time to start building!

Learning Objectives

In this part of tutorial, you will learn the following:

  • How to add, delete, and change the order of questions in a form
  • What some of the different question types are
  • How to add Question IDs and what they mean
  • Adding and editing Label Text
  • How to add a display condition using the Expression Builder
  • How to add a validation condition using the Expression Builder

1- Learn how to navigate the Form Designer

After hitting "create" or "edit" on your form, you are inside the Form Designer. The Form Designer is Dimagi's easy-to-use interface for building CommCare forms. As mentioned in CommCare Fundamentals it is possible to use other tools as well, once you are comfortable with the process and structure.

Question Types

Along the top of the screen you will see a number of different icons which represent question types. You can click on the drop down arrows to see which types of questions are in each menu.

There are several buttons, each one for a type of question to add to your form. These will appear in your "Question Tree" in the order they will appear on your device. In order, these buttons are:

  • Text: Inserts a text question or a "label" that does not elicit a user response
  • Multiple choice: Inserts a multiple choice question that can have a single-answer (yes-no) or multiple answers
    • Choice: Inserts the options within your multiple choice question
  • Number: Inserts a question with a numeric response, such as a phone number or age
  • Date: Inserts a date or time question
  • Hidden Value: Inserts a value of one question into another or allows you to perform more complex calculations
  • Group: Inserts a group question 
  • Multimedia Capture: Inserts a question that captures an image, audio, or video file
  • Advanced: a list of more advanced, less common question types

You can hover your cursor over the question button to see what it does. For more information on the From Designer and Question types see our Form Designer Help Site.

 

 

 

2- Add questions

 

3- Add simple logic

 

Your first form is ready- it's time to test your application. Go on to Part 4.

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