Hannon Hill provides a Task feature in Cascade which is ideal for organizing the maintenance of your website. Tasks let you delegate work on a per-asset basis and provide the status of ongoing work, so everyone in your office always knows what they need to do.
There are four ways to get started creating a task on Cascade:
- Click your user icon and select Tasks.
- Use the My Upcoming Tasks widget on your Dashboard.
- Click My Content in the top-right, then Tasks Assigned to Me.
- Right-click the asset you want associated with your task and select Tasks.
First, select New Task or Add a Task (depending on which menu you're using). Once the Create a Task window is open, creating a task is simple.
Start by inputting a name and description. You can then assign the task to a user, choose its priority level, set a due date and add any relevant content for the task. Once the task is created, you can assign additional users to participate in the task, though they cannot edit or delete it.
When creating a task, you can associate it with a specific asset such as a file(s), page(s), folder(s), etc. For example, you might create a task to update a specific event page which has to transition from description to recap once the associated event has passed.
Tasks can work in conjunction with the Comments, Content Review, Stale Content Report and Workflow features, among others. We will be creating a post regarding Content Review in the near future.
Please reach out to the Office of Digital Communications at digimaint@fiu.edu if you're interested in setting up Workflow on your Cascade website.