As part of our commitment to enhancing your consultation toolbox, we are excited to offer the addition of a document annotation method to the range of methodologies for consultation and feedback gathering that we already support.
Through our partnership and integration with Konveio, you can embed interactive PDF documents onto your project phases and invite your stakeholders and users to leave comments directly within the embedded PDF.
Konveio is an extra feature not included in all plans. To request access, please reach out to your Government Success representative.
Note: Make sure to have a Konveio account ready before continuing this article, for more information about this, please reach out to your Government Succes representative.
How to Embed Konveio PDF Documents in Projects
Embedding Konveio PDF documents in your projects is a straightforward process. Follow these steps to enable your users to provide feedback on PDFs seamlessly. To learn more about Konveio’s commenting settings and how to select them for a seamless experience on Go Vocal:
Please note that only 1 Konveio PDF can be embedded per phase
Obtain the Konveio PDF embed code: In your Konveio account (not your GoVocal account), upload and locate the PDF document you want to embed and generate the embed code provided by Konveio.
Copy your document's embed code > you'll need to input it into your Go Vocal project later. You will need to edit this link slightly by deleting the first part of the link that includes the text <iframe = ... src=“ and deleting the last part of the link (starting from " frameborder=)
3. Access your engagement platform. Navigate to the phase settings, and from the list select “Collect feedback on a document” method
4. Paste the embed code in the designated of your Go Vocal project setttings.
5. Access rights: Navigate to the ‘Access Rights’ tab and configure the participation requirements for that phase.
6. Preview and test: Save the changes and preview the embedded document. Ensure that the Konveio PDF is displayed correctly and that all interactive and collaborative features are functioning as intended.
When the commenting on PDF phase of your project closes, the document will disappear from the UI space under the timeline bar. To continue showing the document, you can choose to embed de document in the project description instead. Or you can embed it in a follow-up information phase, via the report builder.
7. Head over to your Konveio space to access a summary of the feedback received and download the raw participation data.
Keeping the Konveio PDF and comments visible to the public after the phase is over
Once the phase is done the Konveio document and the comments will disappear and a message letting users know they cannot participate anymore will appear.
If you want to keep the Konveio document public with the comments but make sure that no new comments are added, you need to embed the document in your project description and turn off comments in the settings of your Konveio account:
open the Project Settings on your platform and go to "description" tag.
turn on "Use Content Builder for description"
use the "embed" function on the left and add the Konveio embed link there
in your Konveio account settings make sure that "Archived: commenting closed, comments visible" option is selected
5. you should now see your Konveio document public with comments but no new participation can be made.