In the Introduction to Creator, you can find out how to create "Works". A work can also be part of a "Project".

• Work: something you make in the Creator workspace, containing some or all of text, image, video, and other media.
• Project: the phases a work goes through, from 1) drafting, to 2) feedback, to 3) revision, and finally to 4) publication. In order to give and get feedback, more than one person needs to be connected in a project. You have to be connected to a project if you are going to get feedback.

To see how to get started with a work in Scholar, watch Starting a Work. You will write your work within the Creator Workspace (more on that in the next Update).

When you are part of a project, you can have one of three possible roles, or three ways in which you are connected to a work:

• Creator: someone who is responsible for making a work, and is credited for its making beside the title.
• Publishing Admin: the person who designs a project, sets deadlines, arranges feedback, and publishes revised works.
• Contributors: the other people in who are also involved in the same project and who will be asked to give you feedback on your work.

Creators can start works at any time, but if they do, they will not be connected to a project for peer feedback (which can include any or all of peer review, annotations and a publication recommendation).

There are two ways to connect a work to a project:

1. a publisher-intiated project, where the creator will receive a work request from a publishing admin, with a link to a blank, untitled work that the publisher has provided, or
2. a creator-initiated project, where the creator asks a publishing admin to set up a project for them. (Go to Creator => About This Work => Publish to locate a publisher and make this request.)

Be sure to visit Creator => About This Work => Info to create a title for your work and add other relevant information.

When your work is part of a project, you can also see useful information about that project (Creator => About this Work => Project):

• Status, or where you work is up to in the project.
• Description, or what the members of the project have been asked to do.
• Timeline, showing when things are due, from draft, to feedback, to revision, and finally to publication. Important note: all dates are advisory you can submit drafts, feedback and revisions late. A red dot serves as a warning that you are late, and a record that you were late is kept in the timeline.
• Dialogue, where you can communicate with your publishing admin at any time. This is a better place to connect with your publishing admin than the messages area in the top bar, because it is a special message about this work, that is kept with this work. To see how to use the dialogue tool, see the Dialogue Tab.

Also, if you are part of a project, before you start, go to the rubric to see how your work is going to be evaluated, by other members (peers), or your publishing admin, or by yourself a self-review (Creator => Feedback => Reviews => Rubric).

You can create a new version of a work at any time, as described in Saving/Versions. However, do not do this unless there is something you really want to keep in an older version. New versions are automatically created when a work is sent out for feedback, because we need to keep the version that they have reviewed, before you, the creator, make further changes.

When you are finished a draft of your work and it is ready for feedback, you may submit by selecting the [Submit] button below the work. Once you select this button, the work will go to peer review. You will be able to [Unsubmit] until the first reviewer accesses your work, but not after then.

Comment: If you have a question about Scholar, ask it in the comments box below this update. Another community member is likely to know the answer!