Messaging Center

Design

Business Rules

Left-Hand Navigation

• There will be an icon for the messaging center on the left-hand navigation menu

Left-Hand Navigation

• The Messaging Center will be visible to all user roles
• Clicking the message icon will open the messaging center.
• The messaging center will show Inbox, Announcements, and Discussions

Inbox

• There will be three sections on the screen:
  • The left-hand panel will show the menu:
    • Inbox
      • number of unread messages will show to the right
    • Announcements
    • Discussions
    • Pinned Discussions
  • The middle panel will show:
    • Search box
    • create new message icon
    • Previous conversations
      • Blue dot will indicate an unread message
      • Conversation highlighted in blue indicated current conversation
  • The right-hand panel will show the current conversation:
    • Name/role of individual a user is messaging
    • Time stamp of last message sent or received
    • Conversation
    • Message text entry field
    • Attach file button

Inbox

• This is the default view when opening the messaging center.
• The default view for the inbox will show the most recent conversation highlighted in middle panel and open in right-hand panel. If no messages have been received, the default view will be new message screen.
• Search Box
  • Allows users to type in key words to search conversations by name of contact or by content of message.
  • Search results auto-filters the list of conversations.