Is it possible to set Articulate Review to hide other people's comments?

Hi there, Rosario.  Thanks for your thoughtful description of your goals!  You won't be able to hide comments among several reviewers on the same content item.  Do you have enough reviewers that it would be unreasonable to publish a new version for each of them?

Hi Crystal,

thanks for your quick answer.

I have more than 30 people involved in this beta testing so, yes, it is unreasonable to publish that many versions. I was hoping there would be a workaround of some sort but surely this one's not an option I can consider.

Thanks anyway!

I don't know if other people have had the same situation before and found another alternative solution, if yes I am all ears.

I wondered if there's been any change in this response? We have about 30 people reviewing a course as well, and want to get individual feedback vs. group consensus. Thanks. 

Hi Jennifer!

We currently don't offer a way to hide other Reviewers' comments when other Reviewers are accessing the course. 

I've submitted a feature request on your behalf so that we can continue tracking this request. I really appreciate you taking the time to share this with us!

Is there a setting that would allow reviewers to see all comments that may have previously been made, as well as future comments until resolved, in the email they receive without them having to go back into project to review all comments.

Hello Jeffrey!

Great question! The comments that have been resolved and future comments won't be included in the email. However, reviewers can see these comments, both resolved and unresolved, by visiting the Review link. I recorded a short demo of what this looks like from the Reviewer and Author's view. Let me know if you have any additional questions!

My organization would appreciate this feature as well! We have many reviewers and would like individual feedback.

I hope this feature gets added soon. Other people's feedback sometimes influence their suggestions instead of coming up with their own.

Echoing this request - it's one of the reasons we've used "Review My E-Learning" rather than the Articulate Review site. Seems like many of us would appreciate this feature being added! :)

My organization needs this badly! Please place a priority request for this as I am sure it is an highly desirable function.  

Count me in too!  Occasionally we have a SME who by nature is negative.  You know the kind who thinks the water isn't wet enough.  We don't want them to influence the group as a whole.  While sometimes we can give a separate link it doesn't always make sense - especially rolling out a large curriculum that has a lot of parts.  

We need this too. I want each reviewer to view the content without being influenced by previous comments. It would be a huge hassle to publish a new version for each reviewer. This could simply be a setting that can be turned on or off as needed for each course.

Adding my vote to this. It would be an extremely valuable addition to a great program.

+1 - this would be a great value add to Review 360

Hello Lauren, 

I clicked the demo link and it said the file is not found. Is there a way that I can gain access to the file? Thanks. 

Hi Katrina! 

While we do not have the original demo from Lauren, I produced a new one for you. 

Let me know if that helps, or if you need additional assistance! 

Going to add my hat into the ring here. I need exactly this - a way to hide reviewer comments from everyone except the publisher's account. 

I as well would like this feature.

Agreed- this is a much needed feature for my team. We need to engage in multiple rounds of external review but we also need to keep our reviewer's feedback hidden from each other, as it must remain anonymous. 

Hi Leah - thanks for recommending Review My E-Learning! Have you found it easy to use/easy for external reviewers to use? 

+1 on functionality to have private and public comments. Its a common UI we're all used to, say in Slack or in a Zoom/Teams meeting, right? "Send a message to only one person or to the whole room".

I'd recommend the UI allow the commenter to designate it (perhaps default to public but can set it private).

Further, assuming the reviewer sets up an Articulate ID, that the course owner or perhaps anyone on the team license can adjust the permissions of a reviewer such as to designate them only private. This could be for the Negative Nancy's or perhaps if someone makes a dark turn in the review process, they could be muted by flipping them to private.

Lastly, comment level adjustment: The publisher (anyone on the team license really) could update a comment already made that's public to 'hide' by flipping it to private. Look at me with all these free UX recommendations. That we may not get lol.

Or maybe even allow an option if the commenter is set to private, they can still comment and request it public. The course owner could accept the public request to open up the comment for visibility or ignore or decline and the comment stays private to owner/team. 

Hi, Chris!

Thanks so much for sharing these points and use cases. I'll certainly relay your comments to our team!

Thanks Kelly, is a private/public kind of thing for Review even on the roadmap?

Hi Chris, 

The feature you're interested in hasn't made its way to our product roadmap yet, but we'll be sure to leave a message here in case we have any new updates to share!

We would also be interested in this feature.  We would like comments from various reviewers on the same review file but for them not to see each others. Can you provide a date for when you think this might be viable? Thanks