An Annotation Group is a group of users who are able to perform annotation tasks on one or more of your Projects. In order for annotation work to get done, you'll need at least one Annotation Group, so it's a good idea to get one set up as soon as you can.
Creating and managing Annotation Groups is a breeze—let me walk you through it!
Step 1: Decide who to include
First, you need to know which users to add to the Group! Ask yourself: who is going to label media in my Projects?
Maybe you've invited your colleagues to help you here, or you have some interns who are going to lend a hand. Perhaps you're doing this by yourself, or maybe you've asked Saab to manage this step for you.
Once you know who you want to add to the Group, you're ready to get started.
Step 2: Create an Annotation Group
Click "Annotation Groups" in the left-hand navigation bar, then click the "Create Annotation Group" button next to the search bar at the top. This will bring up the following pop-up.
Give your Annotation Group a name—you'll want to make it something clear and easy to remember, such as All Admins or Summer Interns 2021. But the name is entirely up to you!
Now, click in the Users field. A drop-down of users currently in your account will appear. You can click to select someone or begin typing to search all users in your account. You can add one or many members to the Group this way.
Once you're ready, click Create to save the Annotation Group! It will now show up as an entry in your Annotation Group table.
Manage an existing Annotation Group
You can always return to the Annotation Groups page to manage or delete your existing Groups. For instance, maybe a new team member has joined your account, and you'd like her to help label some data as part of a Project.
From the Annotation Groups page, you can click directly on a Group to edit its name and add or remove members.
You can also check the row box next to one or more Annotation Groups to delete the selected groups. But be careful: there's no way to un-delete them! If you accidentally delete the wrong group, you'll need to re-create that group from scratch.
Step 3: Attach Your Annotation Group to a Project
Once you have created your annotation group of who will do the labeling work on your project, you’ll need to add that group to the specific project you want them to work on.
Navigate to your project from the Projects Tab on the left-hand side of your screen
Click on the project you want to add a group to
Navigate to the Annotate Tab at the top of your screen
Mid-way down on the right side of your screen, you’ll see an Annotation Group box
From there you will start typing in the search bar, the name of the annotation group you just created.
Select the group
Press Start Annotation (you can also pause annotation here if you want to stop labeling)
Now that group will have access to the tasks in that specific project!
Team members that only have “Annotator” access will be able to find these tasks on their Annotation Tasks tab on the left side of the screen.
Note: if a user is only added as an annotator, they will only have access to the annotation tasks tab and will not be able to see the project tab or project overview. This allows for some restriction around who can see what, who can download media/edit media, who can train the model and more.