Foster Experience

This page is designed to record metrics and observations while an animal is in foster, or once it is returned. It keeps a history of each entry, similar to the Behaviour Assessment page. 

You require access to the Administration menu to add questions to this page. 

To add questions to the questionnaire: 

1.  In the nav bar menu on the Welcome page, click on the Administration link.
2.  Search for and click on the Question and Form Administration link.
3.  Locate Foster Experience Question Administration in the menu options and click to load the page. 

Description of Question Types available

 There are seven different formats that can be used within the questionnaires.

•  Text Field  - This is for a short / limited text answer. Hold 100 characters. 
•  Drop Down Box -  This is to create a list of possible answers to select one answer from. 
• Check Boxes  -This is to create a list of checkboxes in order to select more than one applicable answer. 
• Comments Field  - This is for a comments box for extensive answers. Holds 3000 characters. 
• Form Comment  -  This is for displaying directions, explanations, or labelling areas. It does not require responses of any kind and is information only. It can be set to show on printed forms or not.
• Date Field  - This is for a date box and icon. 
• Field Table   -  This is for creating an information table with lines and columns.

To ADD Questions

 *Note: Enter the questions in the order that they are to appear on the form. They can be reordered, but entering in the correct order in the first instance makes it easier for you.

On the Questionnaire Administration page, there are four primary links: Add, Edit, Order and Delete links. 

1. Click on the Add ­­­­Foster Experience Question link.
2. Animal Type: Click on the down arrow to select the type of animal this question will apply to.  This may or may not be an available field depending on the questionnaire selected.
3. Question Type: Click on the down arrow to select the format the question should be.  See page 1 for examples of each.

• If Text Field is selected: 
  • Question: Enter the question to be added. 
  • Comments: adding an explanation, comment or instructions to the field is optional.  *Note: the information entered into this field will show under the text field itself, not before. 
  • Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting. 
  • Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
  • Click Add Question.
• If Drop Down Box is selected: 
  • Question: enter the question to be added.
• Comments: adding an explanation, comment or instructions to the field is optional.  *Note: the information entered into this field will show under the text field itself, not before.
• Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting. 
• Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to. 
• Answers + -: Click on the + to add answer fields and the – if you clicked the + too many times.  In each field that appears, enter a possible answer to the question that is asked.
• Click Add Question.
• If Check Box is selected:
• Question: enter the question to be added. 
• Comments: adding an explanation, comment or instructions to the field is optional.  *Note: the information entered into this field will show under the text field itself, not before.
• Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting.
• Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
• Answers + -: Click on the + to add answer fields and the – if you clicked the + too many times.  In each field that appears, enter a possible answer to the question that is asked.
• Click Add Question.
• If Comments Field is selected:
  • Question: enter the question to be added.
  • Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting.
  • Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
  • Click Add Question.
• If Form Comment is selected:
  • Comments: enter the comments that are to be displayed.  Examples are instructions for the question to follow, labelling a separate section of the questionnaire, or explaining a situation in which a question applies.
  • Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting.
  • Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
  • Click Add Question.
• If Date Field is selected:
  • Question: enter the question to be added.
  • Comments: adding an explanation, comment or instructions to the field is optional.  *Note: the information entered into this field will show under the text field itself, not before.
  • Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting.
  • Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
• Comments: adding an explanation to the date field is optional.
  • Click Add Question.
• If Field Table is selected:
  • Question: enter the question to be added.
  • Comments: adding an explanation, comment or instructions to the field is optional.  *Note: the information entered into this field will show under the text field itself, not before. 
  • Highlight:  place a check mark if this question is to be highlighted on the questionnaire in yellow.  *Note: if comments were entered, they will also be included in the yellow highlighting.
  • Page:  If applicable, click on the down arrow to select the page the text field is to be assigned to.
  • Fields Add Field-: Click on the Add Field link.  This will generate a pop-up window.
    • Questions Type:  click on the down arrow to select one of the five question types.
    • See the section above that directs how to complete the type that has been selected.
    • Click Submit.  The pop-up window will disappear
    • Repeat as necessary.  *Note: it is recommended that the same question type is utilized within a table field.
  • Click Add Question.

To EDIT Questions

Note: if you edit an existing question and responses exist for this question, it will change the question as it appears on the question form but the responses will remain. Not recommended unless correcting grammar etc.

On the Questionnaire Administration page, the title of the page will depend on what questionnaire you selected to update, there are four primary links; Add, Edit, Order and Delete links.

1. Click on the Edit ­­­­Foster Experience Question link.
2. Animal Type: click on the down arrow to select the type of animal the question applies to.  This may or may not be an available field depending on the questionnaire selected.
3. Question Type: click on the down arrow to select the format the question should be.  See page 1 for examples of each.
4. If Text Field is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary.
   • Click Update Details. 
5. If Drop Down Box is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary. 
   • Answers + -: Click on the + to add answer fields and the – if you clicked the + too many times.  In each field that appears, enter a possible answer to the question that is asked.
   • Place a check mark in the applicable Delete box if an item is to be removed completely.
   • Click Update Details.
6. If Check-Box is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed, the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary. 
   • Answers + -: Click on the + to add answer fields and the – if you clicked the + too many times.  In each field that appears, enter a possible answer to the question that is asked.
   • Place a check mark in the applicable Delete box if an item is to be removed completely.
   • Click Update Details.
   • If Comments Field is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed, the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary.
   • Click Update Details.
7. If Form Comment is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed, the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary.
   • Click Update Details.
8. If Date Field is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed, the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary.
   • Click Update Details.
9. If Field Table is selected:
   • If the Question Type is changed, the fields required will also change.  Edit where necessary. 
   • Answers + -: Click on the + to add answer fields and the – if you clicked the + too many times.  In each field that appears enter a possible answer to the question that is asked.
   • Place a check mark in the applicable Delete box if an item is to be removed completely.
   • Click Update Details.

To change the ORDER of the questions

On the Questionnaire Administration page, the title of the page will depend on what questionnaire you selected to update, there are four primary links; Add, Edit, Order and Delete links.

*Note: document and renumber the order you would like the questions to be changed to prior to this process by actually looking at the applicable Questionnaire.  When you access this area to change the order of the questions, they will list in the order they were entered.  When the numbering is changed, the list will not reorder itself. 

1. Click on the Order ­­­­Foster Experience Question link. 
2. Animal Type: click on the down arrow to select the type of animal the questions apply to.  This may or may not be an available field depending on the questionnaire selected.
3. Order: next to each question enter the numerical order they should be listed in.
4. Click Update Questions.

To DELETE Questions

Important Note: Deleting a question will not remove it from history. If responses are saved against the question, this information will stay in the history of the form in question. If the question to be removed is currently displayed, then the question will remain visible until the questionnaire is next updated, but users will not be able to add or change the responses to this question. 

On the Questionnaire Administration page, the title of the page will depend on what questionnaire you selected to update, there are four primary links; Add, Edit, Order and Delete links.

1. Click on the Delete ­­­­Foster Experience Question link.
2. Animal Type: click on the down arrow to select the type of animal this question applies to.  This may or may not be an available field depending on the questionnaire selected.
3. Question Type: click on the down arrow to select the format the question should be.  See page 1 for examples of each.
4. Click Delete Question.  Click OK.