How to Assign a Task to Someone in Jotform Boards

March 25, 2025

Jotform Boards allows you to assign tasks to team members, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and streamlined collaboration. By assigning tasks, you can track progress, delegate responsibilities effectively, and ensure that each task is completed efficiently.


Assigning a Task to People

Assigning a task to people you already shared your Jotform Boards with is easy. Here’s how to do it:

  1. On your Jotform Board, hover your mouse over the task you want to add an assignee to, and click on the Three Dots icon.
  2. Then, click on View Task.
Click the Three Dots icon, and select View Task to manage assignees in Jotform
  1. In the Task window that opens, click on the Assignee field and select one of the existing assignees you’ve added.
Click the Assignee field and choose from the existing assignees in Jotform

And that’s it! The assignee will get an email notification that a task has been assigned to them.

Pro Tip

Double-clicking on the task will take you directly to the task window.

Inviting and Assigning a New Member to Jotform Boards

If you haven’t invited an assignee yet, you can easily do that by adding them as a new member. Here’s how:

  1. On your Jotform Board, hover your mouse over the task you want to add an assignee to, and click on the Three Dots icon.
  2. Then, click on View Task.
Click the Three Dots icon, and select View Task to manage assignees in Jotform
  1. In the Task window that opens, click on the Assignee field and then click on Invite to this Board.
Click the Assignee field, then select Invite to this Board in Jotform
  1. In the Recipient field, enter the email address of the person you want to invite.
  2. Optionally, add a personalized Invitation Message.
  3. Then, click on Send Invitation.
Enter the recipient’s email in the Recipient field, add an optional message, and click Send Invitation in Jotform
  1. Now, they’ll be added to the existing list of shared members. Simply select their name, and you’re all set!
Selecting a New Assignee in Jotform

Notes

  • You can share your board with up to 100 people. Assignees are selected from the shared members, and each task can be assigned to a maximum of 10 people.
  • You can also set your member access settings by clicking the Dropdown menu beside the recipient email field, where you can select Read-Only, Editor, or Collaborator.

That’s it! With these simple steps, you can seamlessly invite and assign tasks to new team members, ensuring smooth collaboration on Jotform Boards.

Jotform Boards

Capture & Resolve Every Customer Request

Discover Now
Contact Support:

Our customer support team is available 24/7 and our average response time is between one to two hours.
Our team can be contacted via:

Help Center: https://www.jotform.com/answers/

Contact Jotform Support: https://www.jotform.com/contact/

Send Comment:

Jotform Avatar
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Comments:

  • Amanda Brandariz - Profile picture