Send something for review

A review in ANVL is a request attached to the material itself, not a message in a chat. That is the point: the answer stays with the thing it was about, so in three weeks nobody has to remember which thread it was in.

Asking

A presentation is sent from inside its editor. A page or the brand itself is sent from the Review page, where you pick the material first.

Anyone in the workspace can ask. You do not need a special role to want a second opinion.

You choose who it goes to. If you have set up groups, you can send to a group instead of ticking off people one by one — see Workspace and roles.

Who you send it to

Anyone you work with. A colleague, or a group if several people should see it. Whoever you send it to can answer it — reviewing is not a role, it is being asked.

If you do not name anyone, it goes to the workspace's admins. That is the sensible default when you want somebody to look rather than a particular person.

Admins can answer anything in the workspace whether or not you sent it to them, which is what makes them a working fallback when the person you asked is away.

Where it stands

The review page shows what you sent, and — when there is something waiting on you — a second lane for that:

To review

Things waiting on you. If you are an admin, this is your queue.

My requests

Things you sent, and what came back.

The rail carries a count while something is waiting on you, and opening the page clears it.

When nothing happens

Two things you can do without chasing anyone in person:

Remind

Nudges the same recipients about the same request. It does not create a second review, so their queue does not fill up with duplicates of your thing.

Withdraw

Takes your own request out of the reviewers' queue. It stays in your own list, marked withdrawn, so there is a record that you asked. Only you can withdraw it, and only while it is still waiting for an answer.