Looks to me like a simple type error in your code lines for your elements expand and collapse functions, with you using an ` instead of just a ’ or "
Try simply changing your lines from
$w(`#participantbox${i}`).collapse();
To this
$w('#participantbox${i}').collapse();
See the API reference etc for those functions…
Toggle an element’s collapsed state
if( $w("#myElement").collapsed ) {
$w("#myElement").expand();
}
else {
$w("#myElement").collapse();
}