Just like Groups, submissions are completely configurable, so you may know them as Ideas, Proposals, or Suggestions. This is where you get to add your contribution to solving a particular problem or submit your great ideas to better your workspace.
There are a few ways you can share your idea with everyone. The easiest, is to hit the green 'Add ______' button on the top right of your screen (this text can be changed in your company settings)
You can also add a new Submission from the Group profile page
A screen similar to the example below will be displayed, giving you the opportunity to enter your Idea and submit it for assessment.
Adding a submission
‘Title’ and ‘Description’ are mandatory – you cannot save your idea until these have been added.
Whilst your ‘Title’ is limited to 50 characters, your ‘Description’ can be as long as you like – in fact the more descriptive your idea is the better!
If your Description is quite long, you can make it more easy on the eye by using the various formatting options to break things up a bit.
If you want your submission to be anonymous, and company settings allow for it, choose the Tick to be Anonymous option. Note that this option will hide your identity from standard Crowd members, but not from users with the Moderator, Assessor, Group Owner and Admin roles.
After entering your ‘Title’, you can choose the Show Similar option which will help you find out if someone else has already submitted something similar. This avoids duplicate additions
You don’t need to add an associated item image, but a well-chosen image can really help spark interest in your idea! To save an image, just choose the + Choose Image button to find and select an image that you have already saved to your device.
If you do add an image, the best shape to choose is a horizontal rectangle (longer width, shorter height)
If you want to add supporting documents and/or web links for your idea, you can add as many as you like using the + Add Link or + Attach File options.
When you are happy with your idea, choose Save to submit it.
If you choose Cancel, your Idea will not be saved.
Accessing Ideas
Since smartcrowds is all about adding ideas and making change happen, at some point you're going to want to take a look at lots of ideas (including your own!) in more detail.
To browse ideas ideas that have been added, take a look at the following article.