Assets: offer possibility to immediatley annotate a video?
Would be great to offer users an immediate way to start annotating.
Two paths suggested:
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Add asset --> after upload users are always asked if they immediatley want to add the video to a timeline and start annotating. If "yes" is selected, user is asked if s/he wants to create a new timeline or add the video to an existing timeline. After the timeline is selected (or created), the video is added and the user automatically ends up in the post-annotator.
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More options icon / kebab menu of video assets offers the option "annotate". If the video is already on a timeline the user is asked if s/he wants to annotate the video on the linked timeline(s) (--> select timeline if it is linked to more than one timeline) or if s/he wants to add the video to another or a new timeline. In case the video is not linked to a timeline yet, s/he is immediatley asked to either add it to an existing timeline or to create a new one. In any case, after the selection process, the user ends up in the post-annotator with the video "loaded".
For both paths it would be possible to ask the user if s/he wants to collaborate right before s/he is redirected to the post-annotator (after timeline is selected or created). If no --> immediatley redirected to post-annotator. If yes --> user is guided through the steps for sharing the timline.
Sidenote: If a user adds a video in the Timeline-Viewer s/he should also be asked if s/he wants to annotate the video s/he just added. In this case it's anyway a bit simpler because the video is already linked to a timeline. The user can be immediatley redirected to the post-annotator.