The Forsta Plus Homepage is common to the majority of Forsta’s applications. When you first log in to Forsta Plus this page opens, and it provides access to all the Forsta applications that you are licensed to use. Click the Digital Feedback tile to go to that application. Note that if you are not licensed to use an application, its tile will not be displayed in the page.
Figure 1 - Example of the Forsta Plus Homepage
Note:
Applications that do not yet have a global navigation button have 
beside the application name. These applications will open in a new window, allowing this Homepage to remain open while you are working in the selected application.
Towards the right side of the Homepage is a list of projects you have recently been working on. This provides easy access to those projects; click on a project to open it.
Below the recently used list is a list of news items. These news items provide information on the latest changes, and other features and functionality that have recently become available.
Towards the bottom of the page is a list of new features and functionality that is currently accessible to you under "Limited availability". These items are still undergoing development, but are made available for testing purposes if your company has agreed to trial them. Please note that use of this new functionality for production work is at your own risk.
Starting Digital Feedback
To start Digital feedback, sign in to Forsta Plus, then on the Forsta Plus Home page or in another application’s selection overlay (The Global Navigation Icon), click the Digital Feedback tile.
Figure 2 - The Digital Feedback tile in the Forsta Plus Home page
The Digital Feedback Programs List opens (The Programs List).
Note: Click on Digital Feedback in the toolbar at any time to return to this list.
Figure 3 - Example of the Digital Feedback Programs list
Saving
When you make changes within Digital Feedback, your changes are saved immediately and automatically, so there is no Save button in the system.
Logging Out
When you are finished using Digital Feedback, the normal procedure is to log out. This closes Digital Feedback in the correct sequence, ensuring all work and any changes to settings etc. are saved. To log out, click the User Settings and Logout button in the upper-right corner of the Forsta Plus window and select Logout. The Digital Feedback window closes and you are taken to the Login dialog.
Figure 4 - The User Settings icon and menu
Global Navigation Icon
The Global Navigation
icon in the application’s main toolbar is common to the majority of Forsta’s
applications. Click the icon to open a selection overlay providing access to all the other Forsta Plus applications that you are
licensed to use, and to the Forsta Plus Homepage . If you are logged in to Forsta Plus and you wish to change to a different application, click the Global Navigation icon and select the appropriate application. The current application is underlined and is also named in the toolbar. Note that if you are not licensed to use an application, its icon will not be displayed in the overlay.
Figure 5 - The application selection overlay
Icons with an “arrow” 
beside the product name open Authoring or Reportal, icons without the arrow take you directly to the selected application.
The button beside the Global Navigation icon is always available while you are in Digital feedback, and returns you directly to the Surveys list (The Surveys List).
Browser Back Button
The Back button in your browser saves the history of your movement through Digital Feedback for the current session. This means that if you wish you can go directly back to a page that you were working with earlier.
To open the history overlay, either right-click on the browser Back button or place the pointer onto the Back button then click and hold the left mouse button.
Figure 6 - Accessing the history list
Click on the desired page to go directly to that page.
Sidebar
This toolbar is presented down the left side of the Digital Feedback window. Click a tool to present the selected functionality in the window.
Figure 7 - The Digital Feedback sidebar
The tools are as follows:
- Click the Overview icon to open the Program Overview page. Here you can change the program name, set some properties for the program, and copy the program key and loader script.
- Click the Metrics icon to program metrics.
- Click the Scenarios icon to create and edit scenarios.
- Click the Scenario Templates icon to create and edit scenario templates.
- Click the Containers icon to create and edit program containers.
- Click the Invites icon to create and edit invitations.
- Click the Surveys icon to add surveys to the program.
- Click the Change Log icon to view the list of changes made to the program.
- Click the Permissions icon to add users to the program and allocate permissions.