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How do I create a team?

1. Select the "Create a Team" button on the home page. 2. Enter your team's information (Guidelines are an optional field) and add a cool graphic to represent your team space. If you don't have a graphic yet, a placeholder "Team Space" graphic will be used, which you can replace later.

How do I invite people to my team?

1. Within the team space that you want to invite people to, select the "Manage Team" button. 2. Select the Team Members tab. 3. Click the "Copy Invite Link" text, and a custom invite link will be copied to your computer's clipboard. Paste that link into a message for whoever you want to join the team, and when they click the link you sent and either sign up or log in to Creative Critique, they will automatically be brought to your team space and be added as a member of your team.

How do I remove people from my team?

1. Within the team space that you want to remove people from, select the "Manage Team" button. 2. Select the Team Members tab. 3. Click the carrot icon next to the team member who you would like to remove, and then select "Remove Team Member"

How do I leave a team?

1. Navigate to the team that you want to leave, and select "Leave Team". Note that you can't leave a team that you created.

How do I filter projects by a specific team member?

1. Within the team that you want to filter, click the "Filter Projects By" dropdown to select team members alphabetically. You can also type the name of the team member who you want to select after clicking the "Filter Projects By" dropdown and then select their name.

What are prompts, how to create them, and how to use them?

Prompts are custom filters that team admins can create within their teams that team members can tag their projects with.
1. To create a prompts as a team admin, go to the team that you want to create a prompt for and select "Manage Team" 2. Select the Manage Prompts tab. 3. Click "Create New Prompt" to create a new prompt (note that prompt descriptions are not visible to team members at this point). You can also edit/delete existing prompts. 4. Once a prompt has been created, you can tag your project with that prompt when uploading a project after selecting the team that you want your project to be housed in. To upload a project, click "Ask for Critique" in the header bar from any page. Then select the prompt you want to associate your project with, based on the prompts that are available in the team you select.

How do I make multiple people admins in my team?

Admins have the ability to post announcements, change team details, add/edit/remove team membes (including other team admins), and add/edit/delete prompts. 1. Within the team space that you want to add a new admin to, select the "Manage Team" button. 2. Select the Team Members tab. 3. Click the carrot next to the team member who you want to promote to an admin and select "Add Admin Status"

How do I filter by critiques vs filter by projects?

Below the announcement bar in your team space, you will see a tab for critiques and a tab for projects. The projects tab will show you the projects each team member has posted, and the critiques tab will show you the critiques that each team member has posted on all the projects. You can use the Team Member and Prompt filters on the right side of the screen to filter in either the projects or critiques tab.

How do I ask for a critique?

1. Select the "Ask for Critique" button in the header bar 2. Enter your project details, including up to 3 different attribute characteristics and up to 3 target audience descriptors. 3. Note - if you aren't a part of a team yet, you won't have anywhere to post your feedback request. You will want to create a team first and invite your creative friends to join the team before asking for feedback. Learn how to create a team in the "Teams" tab of this FAQ.

Where do I see my projects that I have requested a critique on?

1. Select the "Projects" tab below your profile, and you will see all the projects you have created across all the teams that you are a part of.

How do I give a critique?

1. Select a team space (if you aren't part of any team spaces, learn how to create one in the "Teams" tab of this FAQ). 2. Within the team space, select a critique request you would like to learn more about. 3. Review the critique request details, then provide actionable written feedback on what works well, and what can be better (learn more about our feedback standards HERE). 4. You can also draw and/or type directly on the graphic to supplement your feedback by selecting the "Annotate Image" button. Once you're finished annotating the image, select "Save Annotation" at the bottom of the pop-up. 5. You can also record your audio and/or screen to communicate your critique by selecting the "Record Screen" button. Once you're finished recording, select the "Stop Sharing" button at the bottom of your screen. 6. After reviewing your written and/or annotated and/or screen + audio recorded feedback, select the "Submit your feedback" button, then scroll down to review the critiques that other team members gave as well!

How do I edit or delete a project I have posted?

1. Select one of your projects by going to the projects tab 2. Click on the project that you would like to remove from a team space. 3. Select the "Edit" or "Delete" button from the top right of the project page.

How do project iterations work?

When you upload a project in a team and get critiques, you can then upload a second iteration of the same project if you want to showcase how you implemented that feedback. To add a second iteration, go to the project you want to update, then click "Manage Project" and select "Add Iteration", as seen below: Upload and submit the new graphics, and you're good to go! Note that your most recent iteration will always be the first iteration that you see when you click into a project, but you can review previous iterations and critiques of those iterations by clicking the iteration number at the top left of the graphic.

How do I create a new account?

• Go to: https://app.creativecritique.community/
• Fill out your basic information, agree to our terms and conditions, and select "Sign Up" at the bottom of the page. Or, sign up with a Google account, if you have one, by selecting "Sign up with Google" at the top of the page.

How do I customize my account?

1. After logging in or signing up, select the "Edit Profile" button, as seen below: 2. Enter your information, then select "Save" in the bottom right, your profile will be updated!

Give me a big picture overview, how does this platform work?

Thanks for asking! Watch this video for a quick overview of the main functions of our platform.

What's the link to create an account/login?

https://app.creativecritique.community/

Does Creative Critique work on all browsers/screen sizes?

We are focused on making sure Creative Critique is compatible with the latest versions of the Google Chrome browser on a desktop computer.
Some features may not work as well on Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer, and the platform is not formatted for mobile devices yet, but we're working on it!

What type of teams should I create?

Great question! Check out some common team space themes HERE