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Mobile Tasks, Goals, and Polls
Mobile Tasks, Goals, and Polls

Learn about tasks, goals, and polls in the mobile app.

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Written by Jocelyn Gombos
Updated over 8 months ago

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Goals

II. Polls

III. View Tasks

IV. Create Tasks

I. Goals

Note: Goals can only be viewed from the mobile app, and not created or edited

Goals that are not archived can be viewed in the mobile app.

There are two ways to view the full list of active goals:

  1. From the Home screen

    1. Near the bottom of the Home screen next to Goals, tap View All

      1. From the list of goals displayed, tap the goal name to view details

  2. From the bottom menu

    1. Tap More to reveal a side menu

      1. Note: users with the role of Observer do not see the Docs option

    2. Tap Goals

      1. From the list of goals displayed, tap the goal name to view details

To view a quick summary of the goals, swipe through them on the Home screen by lightly pressing your finger on the Goals section and swiping left. To view details, tap any goal displayed.

II. Polls

Polls can be viewed in the mobile app. The ability to respond to a poll is also available.

Notes:

  • Polls can only be viewed from the mobile app, and not created or edited

  • Due date and comments are not visible in the mobile app

  • Unpublished or closed (past due date) polls are not displayed in the mobile app

  • Polls are displayed on meeting pages, and not on group pages — all polls are visible through More > Polls.

  • Incomplete polls are polls the viewer has not yet voted on; complete polls are open polls the viewer has responded to

  • Only polls the viewer is assigned to are visible on the mobile app; admins cannot see polls assigned to other users

To access and respond to polls:

  1. Tap More from the bottom menu

    1. Note: users with the role of Observer do not see the Docs option

  2. Tap Polls

  3. Incomplete polls are displayed by default - if a description was added to the poll, it are visible under the poll name

    1. To view completed polls, tap Complete

      1. The answer you provided is displayed

      2. The percentages on the side of the answers adjust as voting continues, but it does not display how many more votes are pending

    2. To go back to incomplete polls, tap Incomplete

      1. The polls that you personally have not completed are listed

  4. To respond to a poll

    1. Tap the desired response

    2. Tap Submit

    3. The poll then moves to the Complete tab

  5. Tap the back arrow at the top of the screen to go back to the Home screen (or the meeting page if the poll list was accessed through a meeting page)

To create polls:

III. View Tasks

Notes:

  • Task comments are not visible in the mobile app

  • Due dates for tasks are only displayed on the Home screen

  • Only tasks assigned to the viewer are visible on the mobile app; admins cannot see tasks assigned to other users via the app

  • Incomplete tasks are tasks the viewer has not yet completed; complete tasks are those the viewer has completed

  • The status of tasks not assigned to the viewer are not displayed

Tasks can be viewed and marked complete on the app.

There are two ways to view the full list of tasks:

From the Home screen

All incomplete tasks assigned to the viewer are listed on the home screen. The following details are included:

  • Task description

  • Task deadline

To view task list, including the option to open complete tasks, tap any task or tap View All.

From the main menu panel

Viewing tasks from the main menu panel makes it possible to view both complete and incomplete tasks. This view also supports changing the status of tasks from incomplete to complete, and the reverse.

  1. Tap More

    1. Main navigation panel opens from left side of screen

  2. Tap Tasks

    1. Incomplete tasks are listed by default

    2. To view complete tasks:

      1. Tap Complete

  3. To change the status of a task:

    1. Tap the checkbox next to its title

      1. Tasks with filled checkboxes are marked complete

      2. Tasks with empty checkboxes are marked incomplete

IV. Create Tasks

Note: only admins can create tasks

To create a task on the mobile app:

  1. Tap More

    1. Main navigation panel opens from left side of screen

  2. Tap Tasks

  3. Tap the + button at the bottom right side of the screen

  4. Tap in to the text box labeled Say Something

  5. Type the task description / title

  6. Tap the field labeled Due date

  7. Tap the desired due date from the date picker this pops out

  8. Set assignees as wanted

    1. To add assignees:

      1. Tap the field labeled Select user/group

      2. Tap the Search text box this drops down

      3. Type the desired assignee's name

      4. Tap their name from the menu this drops down

        • The user selected during step iv is listed beneath the Select user/group field

    2. To remove assignees:

      1. Tap the X next to a user's name beneath Select user/group

    3. By default, the creator is assigned to the task; remove them as described above if wanted

  9. Tap Create Task

    1. The task is published and added to the Incomplete task list

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