Creating a custom activity

Updated May 15, 2025 19:05

Custom activities give you the flexibility to create engaging, interactive experiences that go beyond standard polls or quizzes. With multiple question types and options for visibility, custom activities help foster collaboration, creativity, and connection within your Employee Groups.

Permissions

Custom activities can be created and managed by Program Administrators and Group Leaders.

Adding a custom activity

Go to the Group Management section and select the relevant group.
Select the Activities tab.
Select the Add Activity dropdown menu and choose Add activity.
On the New Activity page, complete the following fields:
- Title: Visible to group members; use a clear and engaging title.
- Description: Provide a short explanation of what participants are expected to do.
- Notes: Internal field for program administrators or group leaders to provide extra context. These notes are not visible to community members and are intended for internal communication only.
- Image: Upload an image to appear on the activity tile and activity page.
- Access: Choose who can see the activity—everyone, only group members, or only group leaders.
- Display activity on leader calendar: Toggle this setting if leaders need visibility for planning.
- Response button text: Customize the call-to-action (for example, "Participate" or "Share your opinion").
- Indicate activity is private: Enable this to display a lock icon and keep responses hidden from other members. Only program admins and group leaders will see answers to private questions.
- Max number of submissions per member: Set a limit if needed.
- Member submissions are viewable by other members: Enable this to promote sharing.
- Comments are allowed on submissions: Enable this to support conversation and connection.
Select Continue to begin building the form.

Building a custom activity form

Custom activity forms are built using a Page > Group > Input structure. Each form must include:

At least one page
At least one group per page
At least one input (question type) per group

Each activity starts with default inputs:

Submission Title
Description
Featured Image

You can edit, remove, or add questions depending on your goals. As you build your activity, the left panel shows a live preview of the form structure and questions. Select any question in the preview to open editing options in the right-hand panel.

To edit, duplicate, or delete a question:

Select the question.
To edit a question, select it in the left-hand preview panel. This opens the editing panel on the right, where you can make changes. The preview updates as you edit. Use the pencil icon if the question is not already selected. You can also duplicate (pages icon) or delete (trash can icon) a question using the icons in the top-right corner of the question box.

To add a question:

Select the Add question dropdown.
Select a question type.
Fill out the fields with the necessary information.

Choosing question types

You can mix and match the following input types:

Submission Title: Recommended for public activities.
Description: Adds context and appears in submission tiles.
Featured Image: Participants can upload up to 15 images; recommended for public activities.

Other available inputs:

Checkboxes: Allow multiple selections. Optional randomization and exclusivity.
Document Upload: Accepts files like PDFs or presentations.
Dropdown: Single-select from a list.
Image Select: Multi-select with 3, 6, or 9 image options. Crop and label each image.
Image Upload: For uploading images not shown on submission tiles.
Long text: For in-depth responses.
Multiple Choice: Single-select from a list.
Rating: Use icons to create a 1–10 scale.
Short text: For brief answers.
Slider: Interactive response on a scale from 1 to 100.
Video Upload: Accepts participant videos.

Customizing questions

Each input has optional settings:

Help text: Adds extra instructions.
Make this question required: Ensures completion. For checkboxes, set minimum and maximum responses.
Flag field as private: Response visible only to administrators.
Restrict the length of the response: Useful for text inputs.
Hide label on view page: Hides the prompt but displays the answer.
Randomize order of answers: Helps reduce bias. Use "No Random" to exclude specific options.
Set min and max answers to select: Applies to checkbox and image select questions.

Note: Simple Ranking inputs cannot be marked as required. If users do not reorder items, the original order remains in reports.

Applying group logic

Group logic reveals follow-up questions based on a previous response. You must have at least two Groups on the same Page to apply logic. The only question types that support conditional logic are those which offer a discrete answer selection, such as multiple choice, checkbox, dropdown, or image select questions. These questions must be included in Group 1, in order for the Group Logic options to be applied to a follow up question in Group 2.

To apply group logic:

Select Manage Group > Edit Group on the group with the follow-up question.
Under Group logic, select + Add a condition.
Choose a trigger question from a multiple-choice, checkbox, dropdown, or image select input.
Select the answer that triggers the follow-up question.

If your follow-up includes an advanced input, add it in a new group and reapply the same logic.

Publishing your activity

Once your activity has been built::

From the actions dropdown menu for your activity, select “View Public” to ensure questions and logic behave as expected. This is a live view of the activity and any responses you submit will be recorded.
Schedule a publish date or publish immediately.

Once published, the activity appears in My Feed and in the Discussions feed for the group.