Add an explanation of next steps when all clips have been assigned

[robby1066]

What's the problem you're hoping this new feature will solve?

When you are working with multiple person messages, it's unclear exactly how to proceed when waiting on others.

Feedback from someone in this situation:

I'd like some way to know if the others have recorded their clips... some sort of notification. I've recorded mine, and now I'm afraid to navigate away from the window because I don't know if I'll be able to get back to it.

Description of feature

Adding a brief explanation of what the most reasonable next step is for various states in the message process would help reduce uncertainty. Specifically in this case, there should be a notice when all outstanding clips are assigned to someone else. This should explain that the message creator just needs to wait, how email notifications work, and what the next steps are once all clips have been recorded.

[robby1066]

The design has a space for the status of the message, but it doesn't allow for much elaboration.

This area could be reworked to include multiple lines and it would be useful in several different scenarios.

• all clips are recorded
• all clips by owner are recorded, but there are some outstanding assigned ones
• the owner is the only one left who needs to record (we're all waiting on YOU)
• there are no clips, you need to create one to proceed
• etc...

[robby1066]

Quick treatment that expands the status bar to include a multi-line description. I'm not sure this is flexible enough, but it would make room to solve this problem. What happens when something really involved needs to go in that space? Does the explanation need to be tied to the status message?

[robby1066]

Thinking through how the status messages could be expanded. Here are a few examples:

Add one or more clips to proceed...

All Keep Posted messages are a collection of one or more clips. Clips can be recorded by you, or assigned to someone else to record. If you use the link below to invite people to join this message, clips will automatically be created when they join.

In Progress...

2 of your 4 clips have been recorded. Click 'continue' to go to the next unrecorded clip.

Ready to Record...

Once all of your 3 clips have been recorded and you are happy with them, you will 'build' them into a single message that will be shared with your team.

All assigned clips have been recorded / Waiting on you to record

The clips assigned to other people are done. You have 1 clip left to record. Click 'continue' to go to it.

Waiting on others to record

You will get an email when the assigned clips are all finished. You can leave this page and come back then.

Ready to build...

Building your message combines your clips and title cards into a single, shareable video. Building a message usually takes 2-3 minutes.

[robby1066]

This message and messages for other states have been added and just need final testing.

All outstanding clips assigned to other people:

When there are NO clips on the message at all:

When there is at least one clip that needs to be recorded by the message owner:

When all clips are recorded and the message is ready to build:

[robby1066]

Fixed on March 15