Create a new Task

You can create a new task in any group within the Shared Tasks section. You can enter the name, description; start/due/finish dates and assign the tasks to any member of the group.

Usage Guidelines

To create a new task, follow these steps:

Click the Groups tab on the left navigation bar. To scroll down, click the arrow button.
Click the Group Memberships icon. The Active Memberships page appears.
Select the group in which you would like to create a new task. The Group homepage appears.
Click the Shared Tasks button. The Shared Tasks page appears.
Click the new task button to create a new task. The Create New Task page appears. On this page, enter the following information, then click the Create Task button to create your task:

Subject	Type the subject name for the task.
Notes	Type general information about the task or any other relevant information in this area.
Start Date	Assign a start date by choosing the month, day and year. If you don't want to assign a start date, you can check the box that says 'no start date'
Due Date	Assign a due date by choosing the month, day and year. If you don't want to assign a due date, you can check the box that says 'no due date'
Finish Date	Once the task is finished, you can set the finish date by choosing the month, day and year. If the task is an ongoing one with no finish date, then you can check the box that says 'no finish date'.
Status	This is a drop down field where you can select one of the following choices: Not begun In progress Complete Waiting on someone else Suspended
Priority	You can set the priority for the project here. You can set it as: High Priority (1) Medium Priority (2) Low Priority (3)
Completed	Select this check box to set the status of the task to 'finished' once it is complete.
Notify Assignees	Checking this option will generate and send an email to all the group members to whom the task has been assigned
Location	You can either create the task in the root folder or you can assign the task to one of the projects in the group using the location drop down.
Assignment	You can see two list boxes. One of the list boxes group users has a list of all the group members. You can assign the task to any/all of the members in the group by selecting them and pressing the >> button. This will move the users to the responsible users box. You can move users out of the responsible users box by selecting the user and pressing the << button. This will move the user(s) back into the group users list.