MS Tasks (by Planner and To Do)

With each submission the user can select one or more of the following Projects:

1. Graphic Design

2. Photography

3. Social Media

4. SOURCE News Story

5. Video

6. Website

7. Other

A separate task will be created on the Communications Project Requests plan/board for each project type selected with the submission.

Assignments are made based on the table under the MS Teams section of the page. *When a person is assigned a task, they will receive an email from Microsoft Planner. They should keep an eye out for these emails! They will also receive an email notification when a task is past due.

Access tasks for submitted project

1. Sign in to MS Teams

2. Click Teams on left

3. Click “CHHS Team: Unit Communications Reps”

4. Click “Project Requests” channel on left

5. Click “Communications Project Requests” tab at top

6. You will see 7 buckets on the board that match the different project types

7. Tasks are created under the project type buckets

Move task from Communications Project Requests board to working project board

1. Hover your mouse over a task

2. Click the ellipse in the upper right

3. Select “Move Task”

Open

1. Select Plan Name from the dropdown (there is a working project board/plan for each area)

1. Select Bucket Name from the dropdown (most project boards are using academic unit names for the buckets)

Open

1. Make any adjustments to the task like assigning additional users within the communications team and most importantly set a DUE DATE so that assignees receive alerts when tasks are due or past due.