2.1 Create a Project

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2.1 Create a Project

When you login as a business user for the very first time, you will be seeing the following screen:, which is the default opening screen for Cliquidity "Business", and which is viewed if you were to click on the Projects button button in the menu bar. The Help button button accesses the online help (from which the pdf help manual is created).

 

1st screen after login

 

 

Taking a closer look at the Projects screen. we can see 4 important functions available for selection:

 

Projects area

 

So, adding a project begins with clicking on the add_a_project_icon icon. This shows a dialogue asking you for a project name. I'm using "Test project 1" ..

Project name

I then click on "Next" and open the dialog which allows me to specify which assessments are required from candidates who will be constituent members of this project. This definition will apply to candidates not just invited now, but any future ones, until I change these specifications.

Also, note I can now create the message I wish to be included in my email invitation to candidates for this project.

Project assessments

 

My completed information looks like:

Project assessments - completed

 

When I click on "Next", I see:

Add candidates-1

 

Information

Note, you must add at least one candidate here. You cannot proceed further in the project creation process until you add one or more candidates.

 

Clicking on the Add candidate button button allows me to add a single candidate to my project:

Candidate add screen

 

Information

Be very careful here because if you misspell the candidate name or make a mistake in entering the email address, the system will nevertheless accept your information and proceed onward irrespective of any entry errors, as the example below shows. The system does not report email failures.

bad candidate details

 

So, back to my valid entry .. Clicking on Save shows ...

Candidate added

 

Information

The Import candidates button button is for the addition of multiple  candidates listed in a Comma Separated Value (.csv) format file, which is explained in detail in the Import Candidates section of help.

 

So, clicking on "Next" shows:

send emails

 

Since I want Cliquidity to send the emails on my behalf, I just click on Done button and the process concludes:

 

Project conclusion

 

 

critical

When adding candidates to a new project (as above), as soon as you proceed beyond the "How do you want the emails delivered" screen, choosing "Let Cliquidity send the emails, a notification email will be sent to your account listing the candidates you have invited. E.g.

 

 

 

multiple candidate notification

 

When adding candidates from then on, using the "Add New Candidate" icon button:

Add new candidate

Every individual candidate entry will generate a separate email to your account if you complete the entire process each time, notifying you that an invitation email is being generated. If you invite 100 candidates this way over the course of a day, (one by one , with a final  "Save" command between each), you will receive 100 notification emails.

 

Every "Final Save" command initiates a notification email.

 

But if you enter candidates one-by-one without initiating a "Final Save", then the system will send you a single notification email containing a list all candidates being sent an email invitation. E.g.

single candidate invite email

invite multiple candidates

 

The "Final Save" process is demonstrated in this brief video:

 

The "Final Save" procedure

 

 

 

Clicking on Return to projects button shows:

 

Returned to Projects

 

So. we can now see the name of the project we just created. But, because we have not selected the project by clicking on it, the candidate I added is not displayed. But note that now, three new icons have appeared on the Projects Screen Project icons

As I run the mouse cursor over them you'll see the descriptions:

Project Icon definitions

Clicking on Nomination icon button shows the nomination code screen. See the Nomination Button section for more details.

Clicking on Project information button shows the Project details screen:

Project details_1

where you can change the assessments required of candidates invited to this project:

Project details_2

or check on the Overall Progress/Status of the Project:

Project details_3

Information

You will note that selecting any of these icons also shows the candidate information associated with the project. The same information is displayed if you simply clicked on the project name itself.

 

Project & candidate status screens

 

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