1. Advantage16 Getting Started
For Assistance Us

2. Websites & Their Main Features
Administrative Site: 16.advantage16.com
Create Walkbooks & Call Lists
Access data & create universes
Create Surveys
Manage Users
See Reports
Volunteer Website: advantage16.com
Access links to mobile app downloads
Access walk books (if not using an Apple or Android device) Download and print walk books
Access call lists and call via manual dial
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3. Creating Walk Books
Go to the assign work and select Walk Book on the admin website.
Click on New Walk Book.
Select your survey.
Select your jurisdiction (usually county).
Select desired precincts and click “Show Map”
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4. Selecting Houses, Creating a Route
The first view on the map will be a high level. All the map points in your selected precinct should look well organize / clumped together as shown here.
Zoom in to get a better view of the area.
Find a logical place to start your walk route and click on the on that map point.
Next click “Set Start Point”
User your mouse clicking around the map to select your walk area. On the first click, you will “drop” a flag on them map. Once you’ve select the area you want, click on the flag to complete the selection.
At the bottom of the screen you will see how many houses have been selected.
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5. Name & Assign the Walk Book
Last steps…..
Select your volunteer(s) for the walk book.
If you select more than one volunteer, you can check the box “Divide the list among Volunteers, to automatically divide the list between them.
To give two or more volunteers the same walk book, leave the box unchecked.
Important Note: We do not recommend assigning more than 300 houses to any one volunteer.
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6. Walk Book Details From the Walk Book Details page you can…
Print the walk book (see following page)
Edit the volunteer(s) assigned.
Review and print map view of the selected area.
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7. Printing Walk Books
Selecting print on the Walk Book Details page will direct you
To the “Print Walk Book with QR Code/Bar Code” page shown here.
If you have more than one volunteered to the walk book, you can select and print the list only for the volunteers needing a paper copy.
Data can be entered from paper walk books by:
Go to the walk book lookup page
Search for your walkbook by name or other options
Selection the walkbook and find the “enter results” button on the walkbook summary page.
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8. Printing Mass Walk Books
On the navigation bar (black bar on the left side of your screen), under “Assign Work” find and select the “Print Mass Walk Books” option
Give the mass walk book you are printing a name.
Select all walk books you would like to print
Click print mass walk book
Following the prompts to combined into one downloadable PDF.
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9. Downloading the Mobile App
Go to:
Links to the mobile app downloads are on the home page
Or go to your app store and search for “Advantage Mobile”
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10. Mobile App: Getting Started
Login Credential Assigned by Staff and you will receive an for your username and password
After Login, for Door-to-Door Select:
“Assigned Walk Book” for pre-assigned walk lists
“Walk Route From My Location”
to create a walk list Or
“Cancel”
For Non Door-to-Door
Field Activities
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11. Assigned Walk Book After login select
The walk list will load within about 30 seconds
Select Map to see your location.
Tap on the blue right turn arrow for directions to the start of the list.
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12. Creating a Walk Book on the Fly
Select “Walk Route
from My Location”
Select your Survey
From this step, there are two options:
Select the number of houses and tap submit. The app will find your location by GPS and assign you a walk list. OR
Enter the jurisdiction and precincts where you want to walk.
Not sure which jurisdiction/precinct you are in? Tap “Where am I?” to find out.
If you selection Propensity to Vote or party affiliation and get “no records found” after submitting, remove those selections and try again.
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13. Using Walk Books
Keep the list of voters in the house available until you see who answers the door. Then select the person and the appropriate voter response
Tap on the voter’s name on the list or a point on the map to bring up information on who lives at each house.
Note 1: The software will always default back to the list not the map to preserve your battery.
Note 2: The map will only update if you have an internet connection.
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14. Using Walk Books & Sync
If you have an Internet connection, please Sync your device to the database every 2 or 3 houses. Simply select Sync on the menu bar. If there are surveys or new voters pending, tap the red sync button and follow the screens.
If you do not have Internet access or have a weak connection (1 bar or less), please sync when you return home or another location with Internet service.
When you have finished with each voter, tap “Back to Voter List” on this screen.
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15. taken without an assigned walk list.
“Find Voter”
Tap the campaign button at the bottom of the screen.
Enter the voter’s last name, home state and zip code, tap submit.
Confirm the voter’s information, tap submit.
Take the survey, tap save.
Tap “Back to Voter List” to return to the Look Up Voter screen.
“Find Voter”
allows surveys to be
taken without an assigned walk list.
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