Before launching your project, you'll apply for beta review. Please take a look at our project review process, timeline, and best practices document in addition to the description below.
Through the "Visibility" tab of the project builder editor interface, you'll review the Zooniverse policies and best practices document and acknowledge review. Then the 'Apply for Review' button will become enabled. Click that button to initiate the review process.
Once you've applied for review, the Zooniverse team is notified and one of our team members conducts an initial review. This reviewer will reach out to provide initial feedback on your project. Once the project is ready for the beta review, a Zooniverse team member will set up a beta feedback form, and schedule a date for your beta testing.
For the beta review, we send a newsletter to 10,000s of our Zooniverse volunteers who have signed up to be beta reviewers for new projects. As the beta reviewers participate in your project, they will fill out a standard Google form to provide feedback and suggestions. You'll then update your project based on the insights from the volunteers. The beta review feedback from volunteers has been critical to ensuring the quality and robustness of Zooniverse projects. Once you've implemented your changes, you'll send the internal Zooniverse team a summary of the volunteer feedback and the changes you've made based on that feedback. You'll also summarize the results from your analysis of the beta classifications and the evaluation of your retirement limit. Once that's done, we'll work with you to schedule your full launch.