Recently we introduced a few new features into Cozimo to make it easier to integrate a collaboration folder into other project management or groupware applications such as Basecamp and Clarizen. While most project management applications have functionality for attaching and distributing files to project messages, milestones or tasks, few of them offer their team members the capabilities for viewing the files online, let alone annotating them. So project team members typically have to fall back to downloading and marking up the files and then uploading the markups for another cycle of review and distribution. By linking to a Cozimo collaboration folder instead of attaching files, you can significantly streamline the review process for visual media files. Team members have the convenience of reviewing files online and seeing and responding immediately to comments and notes made by other team members. You also have the option to review files together in live review sessions and unlike web conferencing all the annotations are persistent and can be reviewed at any time as the project progresses.

Using Cozimo in conjunction with a project management application is a straightforward process:

1. Create a Cozimo workgroup that includes the people who have access to the project.
2. When you have a set of files that you want reviewed, create a collaboration folder and upload the files (reorder them if desired).
3. Click on the “Collaborate” tab of the folder to access the first file and then click on “Link” to display the URL



4. Copy it and then paste it into the message, task or milestone of your project management application.

When the specified team members receive notification of the new message, they click on the Cozimo link and the Cozimo workspace will open in a new window. They can use the thumbnails to navigate through the files that have been uploaded and leave their comments and markups.

Reviews can also be conducted in real-time by clicking on “Start presentation”. Team members can return at any time to review all the annotations that have been made by themselves and others.