As a JR site administrator, I try to make filling out forms as easy as possible for my visitors and new members.
Fields in the Profile and Account forms are automatically provided with a ? help icon, and I can provide advice on how to fill out specific fields in each form.
At the top of the form, next to the form title, it would be useful to have a help button so that a general help statement can be provided.
I would like to answer questions such as: "Why do I need to fill out this form?" and "Do I need to fill out this form now?" "When do I need to update this form?"
Of course, answers to such questions could all be part of a general site FAQ or in Documentation, but that is not so useful as providing the information exactly where it is needed, at the time it is needed.
I wonder if it would be generally useful in the JR system to provide help buttons alongside the title of each form, as well as for each field in a form.
What do others think?
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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
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updated by @researchcooperative: 01/10/18 10:01:12AM
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