Admin Extras: Creating starter projects for standard users
Creating starter or "shell" projects for your team members
- Suggested next article: Admin Training & Certification
How to set up Standard Users for success
Here's a simple step-by-step on how to create a starter project for a Standard User—super quick!
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Choose Create a new project from your Admin account’s Projects Menu
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Choose the desired survey type
🎶 While it’s easier to get the survey type right from the start, if you pick the wrong type, the project can be deleted and you can start over.
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In the absence of a specific request, you can pick any distribution Platform for a starter project. Click “Set up” to make your choice
🎶 Our recommendation is the Link platform because it is super easy to set up. Your Standard users can quickly add any platform they like later on, so it’s not really an issue
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When the Customize appearance screen appears, enter a temporary name in the Brand/product name box. This will become the name of the project
🎶 Invent a code of sorts. A simple shorthand can help you keep track of which starter project goes to which Standard user, touchpoint, or team within your org, such as NPS 2 (Created for Beta)
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Scroll down and choose "Skip to finish." Your Standard user will come back and actually customize the survey
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All done! You'll be taken to the link settings page.
You’ve created your Starter project! Now it’s time to share it with your Standard user.
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To get to the Users page so you can assign and invite a user to the project, click Account and then choose the Users tab.
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- Enter the Standard user's email address
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Choose Standard user status, and click "Select projects"
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Assign the newly-created starter project to its new owner by clicking the box adjacent to the project's temporary name. Do this with all starter projects they should have access to
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Choose Send invite (or Save changes if you’re just editing their project access)
🎶 The starter project’s new designer will receive an invitation to join the project as explained above in the previous section, Accepting invitations
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Standard users will have access to the Projects Gear in the Projects menu, which allows them to change the name of the project
🎶 If Beta changes the project name, the change will show up in your Admin Projects menu. (Very nifty.)
You did it! Now it’s time to pass the torch to your Standard user who will customize the survey and get it ready for distribution! Share Admin Extras: Finding and customizing starter projects as a Standard user with them if they need a bit of assistance.