Creating an EMA and ESM Project

1. Start on your "Projects" dashboard.

2. Click on the "+" button.

3. Choose a platform for the project.

Web: Create and schedule web surveys for participants. [This feature will no longer be available March 31, 2023]

Email: Create and schedule emails (with web survey links) for participants. [This feature will no longer be available March 31, 2023]

Mobile: Create and schedule in-app mobile surveys for participants. This is the feature almost all researchers use.

4. Enter a title or an access code for the project.

To add a custom access code, click the box next to  "Use Custom Access Code." This is the code that participants will use to access the project on the Android and iOS apps, and it prevents other app users from accessing the project. If an access code is not entered, a random access code will be automatically generated for the project.

Note: Sometimes custom access codes may be taken by another creator's existing project; if this is the case, the code cannot be used and will produce an "error" screen.

5. Click "Create" button to create project.

Once you have created your project, you will see the project dashboard that guides you to 

1. Build your surveys - these can be baseline or daily surveys
   
2. Build your project screener
   
3. Schedule your schedules
   
4. Decide on how to distribute your project
   
5. Finalize the project and activate
   

*For the next steps on creating a survey go to Survey Creation. 

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