User Motivation

Long-term motivation in Citizen Science is one of the critical elements for a successful project. Motivational features can counteract the dropout rate, build a vibrant community in Citizen Science Apps, and are supported by a strong focus on design and usability.

Custom Push Messages

Integrated tool for reaching out to every participant in your project's App with custom short messages for news, updates, and project involvement

Badges

Earned by ongoing participation, Badges are rewards for the user for active involvement and are visible to all connections in the user community.

Custom Spot Names

Possibility to let participants input a custom Spot name for their observations for increased identification and information

Timelines

Creating ongoing chronological observations of the same location or object for change-data recording and user data diary

Statistics Panels

Displaying chronological data from Timeline observations in the form of line charts and statistics in the detail-view of a Spot

Top Spots

Option for project administrators to highlight core data entries of the project or user contributions with high quality or importance

Spot Collection Panel

A User-Profile panel with an ever-growing collection of all contributions of a user in the project's App

Dynamic Observation Counter

An increasing counter of all combined data contributions by the community in the top area of the project App

Community Motivation

Due to the integrated digital-social Community Toolkit, users find an active and welcoming environment for participation.

Project-to-User Message Boards

Project administrators and moderators can contact users privately to get in contact and provide feedback.

Short News

  • A new paper titled "Citizen Science Approaches for Water Quality Measurements" has been published by the scientists behind CrowdWater. Find it in the papers section!

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  • A new paper from the Horizon 2020 project IPM titled "Genetic variability of Metarhizium isolates from the Ticino Valley Natural Park (Northern Italy) as a possible microbiological resource for the management of Popillia japonica" has been added to our page. Find this and other Citizen Science related publications on the SPOTTERON Papers & Publications section.

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