Notifications for submitted forms

[wdoug]

As a CAVP volunteer, I would like to get a notification when a survivor submits a form so that I can do any necessary follow up.

[wdoug]

Email notification option: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/form-notifications/bbpdeojefjfhaelgljjcadpcckdfcdod?hl=en-US

[switzersc]

email as MVP; text would be great.

[brettevans]

Notes

• Notifications can be set in the Master Intake Spreadsheets
• Can choose between form submission notifications or change notifications
• When signing up for notifications, it sends notifications for both forms in the same spreadsheet

Questions

• Text notifications
• Separating notifications by form

[haydenevans]

For any existing phone number on popular carriers, @txt..net (etc) is usually the email address that can be used to send a number an SMS via email. This email can be used in Google Forms notification rules.

For multiple numbers notified through one email address, a Zapier integration between Email and Twilio can be set up.

[haydenevans]

Twilio has a nonprofit initiative called A Billion Messages for Good: http://www.twilio.org

They give $500 worth of Twilio credits if you apply and are eligible.

[switzersc]

Willy is investigating hooking up twilio with app script to allow the current hotline volunteer to set a trigger to send an sms to their phone when a form is submitted.

[haydenevans]

Code for America has also made open source projects with Twilio in the past: https://www.twilio.com/blog/2014/03/open-source-nonprofit-tools-twilio-org-rapid-response-kit-nt.html

[switzersc]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bncJIFc7PRqMqnSEU3J6Mj4z_33eqGECVqYKLvQ4HBU/edit

^ documentation for a notification process

[Ditofry]

I think this is perfect. Should we just add this to the documentation that we pass off to them on project completion?

[Ditofry]

Also @dviramontes created an IFFT recipe that will enable text notifications for emails that come from the notification system.