At Field Notes, our goal is to give researchers and insights teams the tools to run rich, immersive qualitative projects without getting bogged down in manual project admin.
Today, we are delighted to roll out our latest feature: “Smart Review” – a new AI tool built directly into the Field Notes admin interface.
Designed to streamline fieldwork management and make moderation as easy as ever, Smart Review automatically evaluates participant entries against your task briefs, colour-codes your progress grid in real time, and suggests intelligent follow-up probes.
Automated Task Review: Instant Visual Project Health
When running multi-task video ethnographies or diary studies, tracking whether dozens of participants have fully answered every part of a brief can quickly become a manual headache.
Smart Review does the heavy lifting for you. As entries land in the platform, the system automatically checks participant responses against the original questions.
It then instantly colour-codes your progress grid, giving you a clear, visual overview of project status at a glance:
- Spot incomplete entries immediately: Instantly identify participants who may have missed a key question or prompt.
- Target your attention: Know exactly which respondents need a quick nudge or extra guidance before fieldwork closes.
Smarter, Faster Moderation with Recommended Probes
Great moderation requires asking the right follow-up question at the right moment. But reading through hours of video and text entries to craft custom follow-up probes takes valuable time.
Smart Review acts as your co-moderator in the admin dashboard:
- Contextual probe suggestions: The system analyses incoming entries and automatically recommends tailored follow-up questions to help you dig deeper into participant responses.
- One-click moderation: Accept, edit, or refine suggested probes in seconds to keep participant conversations flowing while the moment is still fresh.
Building on Our Granular Progress Grid
Smart Review seamlessly complements our existing progress tracking capabilities.
You already rely on the Field Notes admin grid for granular visibility – from tracking individual participant activity timestamps and entry counts to monitoring project-wide health metrics like total minutes of video content collected.
Smart Review adds an intelligent layer on top of these stats, turning raw participation data into precise moderation guidance so you can manage your project with total confidence.
More Efficiency, Better Project Profitability
By automating routine task checks and streamlining the probing process, Smart Review dramatically reduces the administrative overhead of running self-ethnography studies.
Fewer hours spent manually managing project grids and drafting probes means your team can handle fieldwork in a fraction of the time – with higher efficiency, and better profit margins.
Available Now Across All Field Notes Projects (Free of Charge)
Smart Review is available on the Field Notes admin interface and is included completely free of charge across all active and upcoming projects.
Log into your admin dashboard today to try Smart Review on your projects, or reach out to our team if you would like a quick 10-minute walkthrough.
