We're excited to announce multiple released and upcoming features for Q1 2025! These are some notable releases that have happened in the new year, and multiple other features that are planned for the coming weeks.
Released Features
New Idea Sorting Options: Views, Votes, Stage Score
In order to provide more dynamic sorting options for ideas, we are adding 3 new sorting options accessible to all users: Idea Views, Net Votes, and Stage Score. Idea Views and Idea Votes will be accessible on the Community Home and Campaign Ideas pages, and accessible in all stages. The Stage Score option will only be accessible on the Campaign Ideas page when sorting by a specific stage.
- Idea Views: Sorts Ideas by most viewed to least viewed, with most viewed being at the top
- Net Votes: Sorts Ideas by the total net votes. The ideas with the highest net score will be shown at the top
- Stage Score: Stage score will sort ideas based on the stage function related to the selected stage. Stage score will be supported with the following stage functions:
- Ideate Stage: Stage score will sort by the ideas with the highest net votes (same as the "Net Votes" sorting option)
- Estimate Stage : Stage score will sort by highest ROI
- ReviewScale Stage: Stage score will sort by highest Impact Ratio
- Fund Stage: Stage score will sort by the most funded Ideas
- Assessment Stage: Stage score will sort by Ideas with the highest Overall Rating
- Stage score will not be supported in the Build Team, Refine, and Reserve stages.
Changing App Titles
In an effort to simplify our product for our users, we're making some basic changes to the names of the various apps users (mainly admins) have access to. The functionality of these apps will be exactly the same before and after this change. The following app titles will change accordingly:
- Incoming Moderation > Moderator Dashboard
- Idea Portfolio > Idea Management
- Reporting & Analysis > Reporting
Adding a 2FA reset tool to Member Management
Often there is a pain point where members lose access to their account because they don't have their credentials or their 2FA access. In this case, we will add a "Send 2FA Reset" option in Member Management. Using this tool when selecting a user(s) will send them an email with new backup codes to use to gain access to their account. Once they have gained access, they can reset their password or 2FA credentials from Profile > Settings > Security.
Upcoming Features
Updates to the Comment Section layout
In an effort to simplify the commenting experience for users, we're making a series of changes to comments starting with separating the ability to switch between comment sections from the "Comments" tab button that navigates users to the comment tab. This should make it easier for users to quickly navigate to the comment tab while still offering an easy option to switch between Community and Stage comments.
In addition to this change, we will also be moving the Comment Entry box to the top of the comment section rather than the bottom. Once selected, users will be able to add comments with all of the existing customization options, but those will only be shown after selecting the Add Comment box to type a new comment.
Updating Idea interactions to be more prominent
We're excited to announce some major improvements to our Idea Tiles. We're restructuring the information available on the idea tiles to prioritize simplicity and engagement. Tiles will now show two main actions – Comment and Share, with the rest of the actions moved to the secondary 3 dot menu. Selecting "Comment" will take the user directly to the comment section, while selecting "Share" will open the Sharing modal for easy ways to share an idea. In the future, we'll also look to add "Quick Commenting" from this Comment box to provide an even easier touchpoint for adding comments to ideas.
These changes will also apply to the List and Compact views.
Expand Label Application in Idea Management
We're planning on adding some additional functionality to the Idea Management tool by enabling users to bulk add Labels. This will function similarly to bulk adding tags, but users will be able to bulk add Labels to ideas where the label is accessible to use throughout the community.
Enable customization for community tile image
In order to provide additional customization options to the workspace home page, we're adding the ability for admins to edit how the Workspace Tile appears by customizing the Community Tile image. The "Community Tile" image is currently taken from the center of the "Community Banner" image. We will be adding a screen to customize which part of the banner image is selected to be displayed on the Community Tile. This setting will be found by navigating to: Community Home >> Edit Mode >> Advanced Settings.