Improve your team communication and make research discussion easier and more accessible.
There are several ways in Labguru to communicate with other team members:
1. Write a remark on a specific sentence using inline comments in an experiment or a protocol's page.
You can add comments directly attached to a certain sentence within a section in an experiment or a protocol, any team members with view permission would see the comment and be able to reply.
You can also assign the comment to a specific members who will receive an e-mail notification.
To create an inline comment, highlight the text you want and click on the chat icon in the tool bar.
A pop-window opens to the right, write the comment body and add notifications if needed.
The text that relates to the comment is highlighted in blue.
2. Start a research conversation using the discussion section of any of Labguru's modules pages.
Each module page in Labguru has a comment section - ELN entries, items, stock, reports, etc. To find it just scroll down to the bottom of the page.
All comments will be visible to all members that have viewing permission for the page, and they are able to participate in the discussion.
A comment can be specifically sent to a colleague, who will get an e-mail notifications with a direct link to the page that hosts the comment.
Once a comment is posted, it is time-stamped, and can't be edited or deleted.
Comments can be posted even if the experiment is signed and witnessed, allowing you to continue collaborating on reviewed data.
Previous comments appear below.
Don't forget to click "Post Comment" once you finish!
3. Work with Tasks and assign them to colleagues.
Tasks are actions that need to be taken care of right away. They can be sent from every module page in Labguru - experiment, protocol, item, instrument, etc.
Tasks are great in helping you manage daily activities, setting reminders, or distributing workload.
A member with open or overdue tasks assigned to them, will be notified on Labguru's main page in 'Actions require your attention'.
When creating a new task, you can also set a timed email notification.
To learn more about tasks, how to create and manage them, click here.
4. Write general posts using the Whiteboard, that can be deleted or archived by any of the account's members.
This is the place to write general temporary posts, such as the need to prepare solutions, notifications to the whole lab and so on. The whiteboard posts are accessible from all members dashboard under the tab "Whiteboard".
Post that are not relevant anymore can be archived if you want to keep a trace of them and can be viewed by clicking on "View archive".
5. Sending private messages to chosen members.
Labguru offer the possibility of private messaging.
Go to "Messages" under the Labguru icon on the right. Write a message and select the names of the members you want to send this message.
The receiver will get an e-mail notification that includes the content of the message and a link to reply in Labguru.