If you want to record a respondent's phone number in a survey, you can use the Phone question on Collect. You can pre-set the country code for a phone number question to save the time spent in manually entering or selecting the country code.
In this article, we will discuss:
- How to create a Phone question on Collect web
- How to answer a Phone question on Collect app
A. Creating a Phone Question
A phone question has multiple elements like question title, question keyword and description. To understand them better, we will take a sample choice question and create it on Collect.
Example: We want to get the phone number of every respondent as a unique identifier. For this, we will add a phone question on Collect.
To create this question on the Collect web dashboard, we will add the following details:
- Question Title: "Enter your mobile number"
- Mandatory Question: Yes (Check-marked)
- Question Keyword: "mobile_number"
B. Answering a Phone Question
When you open this question on the Collect app, it will look like the image below. To answer the question:
Step 1. Go to the phone question and tap on it. A screen will pop up where you can record the phone number.
Step 2. Record the phone number using the keypad and save.
Step 3. If you have answered all other questions, click on "Submit" to submit the complete response.
Note:
In addition to signature question, Collect supports 25+ other question types like image, location, signature, etc. You can read more about them in this detailed guide.