The "Get Voted For" task allows users to vote for their favourite submission on your site. Votes can then be used to decide if a user should or should not be moved further along in the application process.
- How to Create a Get Voted For Task
- Basic Information
- Stage & Group
- Behaviour
- Voting
- Gallery Page Text
- Visibility
In order to create this task:
- Click on Edit your Site
- Go to Workflow Designer
- Locate the bottom of the stage you wish to add the task to.
NOTE: If you haven't added any stages to your site, Add a New Stage - Select the dropdown icon located in the "Add a new task" field.
- Select the applicant group you want to add the task for.
- Select "Get Voted For"
- Select the "Create Task" option.
- Go to Basic Information and Set a Name for your task
- Go to Stage & Group and set the applicable settings
- Go to Behaviour
i. Decide if your task will be Required
ii. Decide if your task will have a Deadline - Go to Visibility
i. Decide if this task will be visible to your reviewers or recommenders in the site. - Save the task
The Basic Information tab provides a quick overview of the elementary descriptions (Title and Description) associated with the task.
| Setting | Description |
| Name | The name of the task - how it will appear to Applicants within their submission. |
| Set a Description | This description is shown to applicants who complete this task. Specifying a description is optional. When checked, the Visual Editor is displayed, which allows the content to be formatted accordingly |
The Stage and Group tab allows the administrator to select which stage the task will be in, as well as the group the task should be applicable to.
| Setting | Description |
| Stage |
The specific stage the task should be affiliated with can be selected from this drop down menu. NOTE: This will be set by default based on the stage the task was created in |
| Group |
The Group this task should be assigned to can be selected from this drop down menu. NOTE: This will be set by default based on the group the task was created for |
| Access Level |
Who should have access to this task. NOTE: This setting will be available if you had an Add Members task within your site. |
| Submission Categories |
Select Submission Categories to ensure that only submissions within those categories are able to view and edit this task. NOTE: This setting will be available if you have created submission categories within your site. |
| Assign to All Current and Future Awards |
In an awards site, select to ensure that this task will appear in the Workflow of each award NOTE: This is only available in an Awards platform |
| Awards |
When the above option is disabled, select the specific award(s) that this task should be available for. NOTE: This is only available in an Awards platform |
The Behaviour tab presents critical options that affect the visibility of the task, as well as its importance.
| Setting | Description |
| Required |
This option makes the task required to progress further in the contest. It is not possible to submit the application if a required task has not been completed. You can also refer to our article on What is the Difference between Required Tasks and Pre-Requisites? |
| Viewable upon completion |
This option will determine whether the user can view their task after completing it. |
| Allow Deletion |
When selected this option will allow the applicant to clear completion data of their tasks. |
| Set a deadline |
Deadlines dictate when a user must complete this task by NOTE: For more information in regards to this you can refer to How to Set Deadlines within your site |
| Set a start date |
Start dates dictate when a task can be completed. |
| Prerequisites |
The prerequisites option allows an administrator to dictate that an applicant must complete other tasks before being allowed to complete the current task. These tasks can be selected within the box under 'Prerequisites'. You can also refer to our article on What is the Difference between Required Tasks and Pre-Requisites? |
All of the voting options can be configured from this tab - including who can vote, how often, and under what circumstances.
| Setting | Description |
| Who Can Vote |
This option allows you to select those groups who should be granted permission to vote. If necessary, you can select multiple options. |
| Authenticate Anonymous Voters By: |
If enabling anonymous voting, select the type of authentication - if any - you'd like to use. Available options include email confirmation as well as Facebook and Twitter authentication. |
| Voting Style |
This option allows you to select the type of voting an applicant will use: Single vote, up and down (positive and negative), 5 Star Rating (rate between 1 and 5). Unchanged, the default is single vote. |
| Default Voting Page: |
This option allows you to set what page voting will take place on. |
| Voting results should be visible to: |
Choose who should be able to view the current results - everyone, registered users only, or administrators only. |
| Voters should be able to vote |
Choose access restrictions that should be placed on voters - 'session' refers to one instance of a user being logged in. |
| Default Sorting Order |
How those that can be voted for are viewed - alphabetically, random, most votes, newest. |
| Allow voters to change their votes after voting |
Check if you'd like votes to not be finalized, and changed by voters. |
| Show links to submissions public profiles on the voting page |
If checked, each candidate will have a link to their FluidReview profile on the voting page. |
| Show social media sharing links |
Check if you'd like links to popular social media sites listed on the voting page. |
| Show a “Popularity Index” along with the submission |
Shows voters how each submission compares to all those within the same category as a percentage (can optionally be represented by a user-defined image). |
| Allow users to revoke their votes: |
If checked, voters will be allowed to take back any voting they may have done. |
Use the text area to add instructional/help text on the Gallery page.
The Visibility tab allows the administrator to specify which groups this task will be visible to.
| Setting | Description |
| Modify Visibility |
This option will allow you to hide this task from users in specific groups. |