Adding Members to a Card

Quick reference

• 00:05 Now that we've added a few members to our Trello board let's take a look at
• 00:09 some of the benefits of having people join our board, and
• 00:13 how we can assign them to individual cards.
• 00:17 Now the very first benefit should probably be obvious.
• 00:20 Anyone that now has access to this board can view everything that is going on.
• 00:26 They can see the contents of each and every card, and
• 00:30 they also have the ability to edit cards and move them into different lists.
• 00:36 This makes Trello such an ideal tool for collaborating with others.
• 00:41 But of course, we may wanna go one step further, and instead of just giving them
• 00:45 access to view and edit, but to actually assign them to individual cards.
• 00:52 Now assignment to individual cards can mean
• 00:55 different things depending on what you are managing within Trello.
• 00:59 In this example I have assigned myself to these two cards.
• 01:04 And I'm indicating that I'm the owner of these two particular tasks,
• 01:09 I'm the one who needs to get them done.
• 01:12 But let's say I'd like to assign this task to someone else,
• 01:16 how do I go about doing so?
• 01:19 Selecting the edit icon, I can select the Chance Members option.
• 01:24 And this will give me a list of each and every member who has access to this board.
• 01:29 And if it's a very lengthy list, I can also search for
• 01:32 that member by name or username.
• 01:36 Perhaps I'd like Jane to take on this task.
• 01:39 So I'm gonna select her name and
• 01:41 here you can see that her picture now appears on the front of that card.
• 01:46 Now what else changes when I've made this assignment?
• 01:50 Well perhaps the most important one is that going forward,
• 01:54 Jane will receive notifications of all changes made to this card.
• 02:00 So if I go and change the due date or if perhaps I add another attachment,
• 02:06 Jane will receive an email notification and
• 02:09 she will also receive a notification here within the Trello board.
• 02:14 Here the Trello notification icon will turn red
• 02:18 letting her know that there are new notifications for her.
• 02:22 So regardless of who makes changes to this card,
• 02:25 whoever is assigned will receive an update as to what changes have been made.
• 02:32 Now of course, you can assign more than one individual to an
• 02:36 individual Trello card.
• 02:38 If I select the Change Members option again, I can also add Jenny to this card.
• 02:45 And I can add as many members to a card as I wish.
• 02:49 If you would like to remove someone from a card, you can simply hover
• 02:53 over their name, select it, and then select remove from card.
• 02:59 And these options are also available from within the card,
• 03:02 here you see near the top we have a members section
• 03:06 showing us all of the people who are assigned to this card.
• 03:10 And I can select the plus button to add additional members here.
• 03:15 You will also see the Members button in the top right-hand corner which
• 03:19 gives us the same functionality of adding members to this card.
• 03:25 So in summary, adding members can be a powerful way
• 03:29 of collaborating with other people on your team.
• 03:33 And by assigning people to individual cards, they will receive updates and
• 03:38 notifications of any changes made to that card.

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