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Participation tool management
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   Participation tool types
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Participation tools can be added to your projects to get participants to engage and collaborate. To find an overview of the participation tools available via Civio Engage:

1. While logged in, use the top-level menu to navigate to the **Projects** tab.
2. Select the relevant project; this opens your project overview page.
3. In the left-hand menu, under **Participation**, you see an overview of the participation tools available via Civio Engage.

Here is an overview of participation tools available:

**Tool name****Purpose**[Surveys](/articles/9493679298319-Surveys)Generate simple or complex survey forms to gather qualitative and quantitative data quickly and easily[Polls](/articles/9493707461647-Polls)Conduct a poll to allow respondents to vote on an issue or idea[Map surveys](/articles/9493677771151-Map-surveys)Allow respondents to provide geographically targeted feedback by interacting with maps, including dropping pins[Questions](/articles/9493691637007-Questions)Give your community an opportunity to ask the project team direct questions[Ideas](/articles/9493690289551-Ideas)Give your community an opportunity to share ideas on an ideas wall - both internal and public responses can be shared and discussed[Discussions](/articles/9493681422223-Discussions)Create a discussion board to encourage conversationsAdding a participation tool to your project
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Refer to the following pages for learning how to add these participation tools to your project:

- [Surveys](/articles/9493679298319-Surveys)
- [Polls](/articles/9493707461647-Polls)
- [Map surveys](/articles/9493677771151-Map-surveys)
- [Questions](/articles/9493691637007-Questions)
- [Ideas](/articles/9493690289551-Ideas)
- [Discussions](/articles/9493681422223-Discussions)

Change the order of participation tools on your published project
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You can change the order of your participation tools in the edit tab of your project.

To change the order of your displayed consultation tools:

1. While logged in, use the top-level menu to navigate to the **Projects** tab.
2. Select the relevant project; this opens your project overview page.
3. Click on the **Edit** tab.
4. Scroll to where the **Participate list** block. Hover over the left side of a tool until the **hand icon** appears, then click and hold to drag and drop the tools into your chosen order.
5. Once you've finished re-ordering the tools, click **Save** at the top of your project to save and publish your changes.

Unpublish a participation tool
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You can unpublish individual participation tools from a project without affecting the other content. The tool will be automatically removed from anywhere it is currently displayed or linked to.

To unpublish a participation tool:

1. Navigate to an existing project.
2. In the left-hand menu, under **Participation**, click which participation tool type you'd like to unpublish. This shows all the participation tools of a specific type that already exist for this project.
3. Click on the item you want to unpublish.
4. At the top right of the screen, next to the **Save** button, are your publish options. Choose **Unpublished** from the dropdown menu.
5. Click **Save**.

Delete a participation tool
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You can delete a participation tool from a project if it is no longer needed, or was created by mistake. This permanently removes the tool and all its content and cannot be undone. Proceed with caution!

*Note: you may not have delete permissions as part of your role. If you have any questions about your permissions, contact your Civio Engage administrator.*

To delete a participation tool:

1. Navigate to an existing project.
2. In the left-hand menu, under **Participation**, click which participation tool type you'd like to delete. This shows all the participation tools of a specific type that already exist for this project.
3. Click on the **ellipsis button** to show more options for a page. Click **Delete**.
4. Alternatively, click on the page you want to edit, then click the **Delete** tab.
5. You'll be prompted with a warning to confirm the action. Click **Yes, Delete this Page.**
6. Your page is now deleted.

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