Self-Assignment
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The Self-Assignment feature enables labelers to proactively assign documents to themselves from a pool of available projects. It is especially useful for teams that want to give labelers more control over their work and ensure unassigned tasks are quickly picked up.
An available project is a project with incomplete assignments, either because some documents remain unassigned or the assignment count has not yet reached the consensus number.
Self-assignment is not available by default for projects created before Datasaur v6.90.
Admins can enable Self-Assignment feature through the workspace settings:
Navigate to the Workspace Settings via the sidebar menu on the Projects page.
Go to the Assignment tab and check the option “Allow self-assignment for labelers.”
Click Save Changes to apply the new setting.
Once the feature is enabled, there will be some differences in the Projects page for certain team roles.
Admins and Supervisors will be able to see projects with incomplete assignments marked by the “Incomplete assignment” chip.
Labelers will see a new Unassigned projects tab. There, they will be able to view projects they are not assigned to, and able to self-assign themselves to those projects.
To make a project available for self-assignment, create the project as usual. Then, in the Assignment step of the project creation process, assign only Reviewers.
Once the self-assignment feature is enabled, labelers can self-assign documents from multiple places: the Unassigned Projects tab, the Assigned Projects tab, or directly within the project.
Labelers can self-assign to projects they are not currently assigned to by following these steps:
Open the Projects page.
Go to the Unassigned projects tab to view available projects and the number of documents that can be assigned to.
Click “+ Assign myself…” on the desired project.
Enter the number of documents to assign and click “Assign to me”.
When the self-assignment is successful, the project will open immediately, allowing them to begin work.
If Labelers would like to self-assign to additional documents within projects they are already working on, they can do so by following these steps:
Open the Projects page.
Go to the Assigned projects tab to view the projects and click on the three-dot icon of the desired project.
Enter the number of documents to assign and click “Assign to me”.
When the self-assignment is successful, the project will open immediately, allowing them to begin work.
When labelers have completed the labeling work and marked all the documents they are assigned to as complete, they will be prompted with a dialog asking if they want to self-assign additional documents if the project still has incomplete assignments.
They will be able to choose whether they want to self-assign more documents or simply mark the project as done instead.
If multiple labelers attempt to self-assign the same project simultaneously, it is possible that some documents may not be allocated as requested. For example, if you request 5 documents but another labeler has already self-assigned some, you may only receive 3.
Aside from Labelers, Admins and Supervisors can self-assign as well by following these steps:
Open the Projects page and click on the three-dot icon of the desired project.
Enter the number of documents to assign and click “Assign to me”.
When the self-assignment is successful, the project will open immediately, allowing them to begin work.
