One of the first things you should do when setting up Ideation for your community site is configure its settings. The settings determine many aspects of your users' Ideation experience and can influence the degree to which your users engage with the feature.
For example, consider and set:
- what "ideas" will be called (e.g., "suggestions"? "feedback"?) on your site;
- which users can submit ideas; and
- which users can edit, vote for, and comment on ideas.
This article describes how to access the Ideation Settings page and provides helpful information about the settings.
TIP: Some of the settings let you set permissions based on Security Groups, which you can learn about in Understand Security Groups and Manage Security Groups.
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NOTE: This video is a comprehensive look at Ideation. Ideation settings are discussed starting at 00:11:17.
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Configure Ideation settings
To configure Ideation settings:
- In the Admin Toolbar, click Admin.
- Navigate to Feedback > Ideation > Settings.
- Refer to the table in the next section for help with configuring your Ideation settings.
- Click Save at the bottom of the page to apply your settings.
Ideation settings descriptions
Use the fields, dropdowns, and checkboxes to configure Ideation for your site.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Ideation Name | You can customize the name of the Ideation module. This displays as the tab in the main navigation bar of your site and the title of the Ideation Home page. |
| Idea Name/Idea Name Plural | You can customize the (singular and plural) nomenclature of "ideas" for your site. For example, "Suggestion" and "Suggestions" or "Member Feedback" as the singular and plural. |
| Description | You can specify text (500 character max) to display on the Ideation Home page. This is a great way to explain the purpose of the module and provide submissions guidance to your members. |
| Who can view all submissions? |
Click into the field to choose who can view submissions. Click an entry's X to remove that entry.
NOTE: If the field is clear, no one can view submissions. |
| Who can submit? |
Click into the field to choose who can submit ideas. Click an entry's X to remove that entry.
NOTE: If the field is clear, no one can submit ideas. |
| Allow anonymous submissions | Check the box to have the Submit Anonymously option display to users when submitting ideas. |
| Set Category as a required field | Check the box to make it mandatory for a user to assign a Category when submitting an idea. If uncheck, ideas can be submitted without a Category being selected. |
| Who can vote and comment? |
Click into the field to choose who can vote and comment on Ideation submissions. Click an entry's X to remove that entry. NOTE: The Public option is not available for voting and comments.
NOTE: If the field is clear, no one can vote or comment on submissions. |
| Allow downvotes? | Check the box to enable the "thumbs down" (i.e., down-vote) button on submitted-idea cards on the Ideation Home page. If this is unchecked, the "thumbs down" button does not display but the "thumbs up" button remains. |
| Who can edit ideas? | Click into the field to grant Ideation-management permissions to non-Admin users, by Security Group. You can select more than one Security Group. Click a Security Group's X to remove that group. NOTE: If the field is clear, your Super Admins can still manage Ideation. |
Related articles
- Ideation Overview details how Ideation gathers user ideas and feedback from your Community members.
- Ideation Statuses provides information on how to set up and manage statuses for idea submissions.
- Ideation Reports