Trello is an online collaboration tool that allows users to organize projects and tasks into boards, lists, and cards. The Bridge newspaper uses a Trello board to facilitate teamwork and collaboration throughout the publication process, with lists representing stages of progress and cards detailing specific assignments that can be moved across lists as they are completed. Key features of Trello that help with collaboration include commenting on cards, assigning members, adding files, and receiving notifications.

1. SAY HELLO TO

2. WHY TRELLO?
Any environment where
students can collaborate
and organize information
will serve as fertile ground
for the peer review and
other knowledge making
purposes. To facilitate
teamwork in any capacity,
The Bridge is using one of
my favorite online
collaboration tools: Trello.

3. THE BASICS
A. The Bridge Trello board is a living thing. It
represents the publication process of producing
both the online and print versions of the
newspaper. It is the perfect place to organize
your assignments and collaborate as a team.
B. Lists keep cards organized in their various
stages of progress. They can be used to create
an assignment or act as a repository of ideas.
Cards can be moved across lists as tasks go
from start to finish.
C. The fundamental unit of a board is a card.
Cards are used to represent tasks and ideas:
something that needs to get done, like a
grocery list, or to be remembered, like a book
recommendation. There is no limit to the amount
of cards you can add to a board.
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B B
C C

4. ADDING A LIST
Add a list to your board by clicking the “Add
a list” button on your board. Name your list
something that will represent the
tasks/assignments that you are going to add
to it, perhaps “Ideas” or “To Do.” You can add
as many lists to your board as you like.
ADDING A CARD
On your list, click “Add a card,” name your
card and then click “Save.”

5. EDITING YOUR CARDS
Cards can be customized to hold a wide variety of useful information and
facilitate collaboration with anyone, anywhere. Just click on a card to view
the contents within.
A. Card Descriptions - Click “Edit the description” at the top of the card
back. In the description field you can add more specific information
about your card, links to websites, or step by step directions.
B. Comments and Activity - Comments can be added to cards when
communicating with team members about a task. You can also @
mention a member of your board to notify them in a comment. The
activity feed shows the history of actions that have taken place on a
card and creates a timeline of events as progress is made.
C. Add - The add section provides you with more tools for the back of a
card. You can add members, labels, checklists, due dates and
attachments.
D. Actions - A card can be moved around to a new board or list, and it
can also be copied. Any board member can subscribe to a card to
receive notifications for actions that occur on that card, and finished
cards can be archived. Don’t worry, archived cards can always be
retrieved at a later date.
E. Power Ups - Power-Ups turn Trello boards into living applications. The
Bridge’s Power-Up allows us to link Google Drive documents and
folders to a card.
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B
C
D
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6. THE BOARD MENU
The board's menu is where all of the
settings and controls for the board are
located, as well as the members panel
and the board's activity feed.
Within the board's menu you can filter
cards on your board, view the board's
archived cards and lists, enable power-
ups, card aging and voting, and set
the board's permissions and settings.
The menu is also where you will be able
to find the email-to-board
settings, subscribe to the
board, copy the board, and
share, print and export board options.

7. FILTERING CARDS
ON A BOARD
• Card filters allow you to focus on specific labels, members
assigned to cards, due dates and keywords. The filter will
stay in place until you dismiss it.
• Select Filter Cards in the Board Menu. You can filter cards
by term, labels, members and due date.

8. REMOVING THE FILTER
Filters will remain on your board until they
are cleared, even if you refresh the page
or log out. Clear all filters by clicking the
"x" in the green "Filtering is on" indicator
at the top of your board, by clicking
"Clear Filter" at the bottom of the filter
menu or by using the "x" keyboard
shortcut.

9. RECEIVING TRELLO NOTIFICATIONS
When subscribed to a card, you’ll get notifications for…
• All comments from other users
• Adding, changing, and upcoming due dates
• Card moves and archives
When subscribed to a list or board…
• You’ll get the same notifications listed above, but for all
cards in a list or board.
• You’ll also get notifications for all newly created cards
And at any time, you’ll get notifications when…
• You are mentioned in a comment.
• You are added to a card, board, or team.
• You are mentioned in a checklist item.
• One of your boards is closed.
• When someone makes you an admin of a board or team.
Notificationsare representedon the Trello
site with a bell shaped buttonin the top
right corner. When you have notifications
the buttonturns red. Click on the
notificationsbuttonto view your
notifications. Also, by default you will
receive a notification email for any
notificationsthat go unread within Trello.

10. NOTIFICATION EMAILS AND PREFERENCES
You can change how often you get
notification emails in your "Account”
page. You can also set your notification
email preferences by clicking the
Notifications button in the header and
selecting "Change Notification Email
Frequency." Options are "Never,"
"Periodically" and "Instantly." "Instantly" is
the default and any unread notifications in
Trello are emailed out as soon as possible.

11. VIEWING BOARD ACTIVITY
In the Board Menu, click Activity.
Now you can view all the activity on
the Board. You can filter the activity
by All or Comments.

12. MORE
In the Board Menu, Click the More link.
From here you can edit Labels, view
Archived Items, edit Email-to-board
Settings, Subscribe to the Board, Copy the
Board or Link to this board.

13. QUESTIONS?
Louise Jett
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