Are you using the farmOS integration with SurveyStack? If so, you may notice some recent updates to make your user experience better than ever. The biggest change is that there are now more notifications via email when the status of a user’s farmOS integration changes. Previously, there were no notifications sent out in most instances– …
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New Feature: PDF survey outputs! We’ve heard requests and built an all-new feature that many of you have asked for – the ability to create PDFs of surveys. If you’re in the process of drafting a new survey and want to see what it would look like on paper or pass it around for collaborative …
Icons of cooperative construction – Feature Photo by Shelby Cohron on Unsplash It’s been nearly a year since we first posted about the Common Profile. Since then, we’ve gotten so much excellent, experienced feedback from our partners & community members that we wanted to bring you an update. Thank you for working with us to build …
Happy spring! Here are some recent developments we’ve made at Our-Sci, based directly on feedback from the OpenTEAM fellows. The fellows program began in 2022, with a goal of “embedding systems of support to connect land stewards to the OpenTEAM technology ecosystem, simultaneously refining tools.” Genna Fudin, the fellow working with Quivira Coalition and Point …
If you missed the most recent farmOS community call, you can catch the recording here: farmOS Conventions Schema Discussion Greg and Octavio from the Our-Sci team presented the recent work they’ve been doing with systematizing conventions for farmOS using json schemas. If you’re interested in documentation, interoperability, or the nuts and bolts of making your …
Feature Photo by mk. s on Unsplash We’re pleased to announce some new survey options developed through community input: When we originally designed our interoperable survey tools like the Common Profile and Hylo Onboarding, we were focused primarily on the needs of farms and farmers. As our community has expanded and worked with these tools …
Survey version management, a new Help button, plus updates to the SurveyStack x Hylo integration survey. Version Management Creating a great survey often involves lots of changes, edits, and improvements. The downside is that after a long building process, you can end up with a bulky survey with dozens of past versions that slow down …
In contrast, this is an example of an uncommon profile. Feature Photo by Marin Tulard on Unsplash If you’ve been keeping up with the Question Set Library, one particular set stands out: the Common Profile. It’s used by a range of groups, has hundreds of entries, and came from an ongoing multi-stakeholder Collabathon– but how …
We’ve heard your feedback: when building surveys, users want a way to add images, diagrams, and supporting files. Now you can, right in the survey builder! Image Upload Image upload allows the user to upload one or more images from their computer. This feature has a variety of applications- it could be used to see …
SurveyStack’s newest development in flexible, replicable data collection. What is the Question Set Library? Since the earliest days of Our-Sci, we’ve pursued a central goal: “How can we create more democratic ways for communities to answer a common question about the world?” SurveyStack developed out of a need to make multiple methods of data collection …
