The NodesNow mobile app is a powerful tool for both facilitating and taking part in productive collaborations. A part of the NodesNow ecosystem, it enables you to participate and create collaborations within spaces and present them to your team on a NodesNow touchscreen, and much more.
In this guide, you'll start by getting the app and taking a tour around it. Then, you'll learn how to use the app as a meeting participant or a collaborator in a NodesNow space. Finally, you'll learn how to use the app as a meeting facilitator. Let's get to it!
Downloading the NodesNow mobile app and signing up
To get started with the NodesNow mobile app, download it and register for an account or sign in with your social credentials, if you haven't already. Here's how:
1. Get the NodesNow mobile app
1. Get the NodesNow mobile app
The NodesNow mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices on Google Play and the App Store respectively. Download the app here:
2. Register for a NodesNow account or sign in with social credentials
2. Register for a NodesNow account or sign in with social credentials
After installing the app, you should register for a NodesNow account or sign in with your Google, Microsoft, or Apple credentials. This gives you access to the complete functionality of the mobile app.
Register for a NodesNow account
Register for a NodesNow account
From the app's welcome screen, tap LOG IN.
The app will redirect you to a Sign in or register page. On the page, tap Register now.
On the registration page, enter your details, read and agree to the terms and conditions, and tap REGISTER.
Check your email's inbox and follow the instructions in the verification email.
Return to the app's sign-in page page and log in.
You can now start using NodesNow.
Sign in with a Microsoft, Google, or Apple account
Sign in with a Microsoft, Google, or Apple account
On the app's welcome screen, tap LOG IN.
Tap on the social account you want to use to sign in with.
Follow the instructions provided by your social account to complete your setup.
Grant NodesNow access to your basic account information to ensure a seamless sign-in process.
You're ready to start using NodesNow.
Getting to know the mobile app
The mobile app is designed so you can start collaborating as quickly and seamlessly as possible. This section walks you through the various sections and functions of the app.
3. Take a tour of the app
3. Take a tour of the app
The NodesNow app features several pages, which you can reach by tapping the icons at the bottom of the home screen. Skipping the blue + button in the center (which you can use to create a new space), they are from left to right:
Dashboard
Spaces
Updates
More
Dashboard
The Dashboard is like the app's home screen. It's designed to help you conveniently create new spaces, connect to the touchscreen, and present spaces on the touchscreen. If you have created a number of spaces on your account, it even displays the spaces that you have just created or spaces that you have updated recently as well.
Spaces
The Spaces page is where all of your created spaces are stored. Spaces could be searched and sorted if there are a lot of spaces created within the account.
Updates
Find articles, offers, and announcements on the updates page.
More
Get support, learn more about NodesNow and our privacy policies, and log out or delete your account on the More page.
Using the mobile app as a meeting participant or collaborator in a space
All the tools you need to share your ideas in NodesNow spaces is contained in the mobile app. This section describes how to connect to other people's spaces and share content with them in the app.
4. Connect to a space
4. Connect to a space
Most likely, your first interaction with NodesNow will be as a meeting participant. Before you can share notes and media with your collaborators, you'll need to connect to the space where the meeting is taking place. Here's how:
To participate in a space with the app, you need an invitation in the form of a QR code or a URL and PIN.
Note: Currently, if you use the URL on a mobile device, you'll be directed to a mobile web browser, when you can only send notes after you sign in and enter the space's PIN. The directions below are for using a QR code.
Once you have the space's QR code, follow these steps to connect to the space.
Open the NodesNow app and tap SCAN SCREEN TO CONNECT.
Scan the QR code displayed inside the Send invitation dialog box on the touchscreen
Enter the 6-digit PIN displayed on the touchscreen and tap CONNECT TO THE SPACE.
Once in the space, you are now able to send notes and media to it.
5. Send content to a space
5. Send content to a space
Collaboration is all about sharing, and here's how to do it, whether you're sending notes, images or videos from your device's gallery, or even taking a new pictures or video and sending it to the space.
Send a note to a space
Send a note to a space
Ensure that you have connected to the space.
Tap the note icon on the toolbar.
A post-it note window will appear. Type a message and tap a color to change its color if desired.
Tap Send on iOS or the send icon on Android to send the note to the space's inbox.
Send images and videos to a space
Send images and videos to a space
Ensure that you have connected to a space.
Tap the gallery icon and allow NodesNow access to your media files.
Select the images and/or videos you want to send to the space and tap Add. You could send a combination of images and images, videos and videos or images and videos together and you could send up to 5 media.
Tap SEND MEDIA to send them to the space's inbox.
Take a new picture or video and send it to a space
Take a new picture or video and send it to a space
Ensure that you have connected to a space.
Tap the camera or video camera icon and allow NodesNow access to your camera.
After you're done taking a picture or video, tap OK to send it to the space's inbox.
Using the mobile app as a meeting facilitator or presenter
As a meeting facilitator, you'll create spaces, invite people to them, and present your spaces on a NodesNow touchscreen. This section shows you how.
6. Create a space and invite people to it
6. Create a space and invite people to it
Creating a space is the first step towards leading engaging, productive meetings. After you create one, you can set it up, invite people to it, present it on a NodesNow touchscreen during sessions, and revisit it for subsequent meetings or follow-ups.
Let's start with how to create a space, name it, and add a description.
a. Create a space
a. Create a space
Open the NodesNow app and tap the + icon.
On the space's content sharing screen, tap > to open details about the space.
Tap Edit to update the space's name and description.
After renaming the space and adding a description, tap Save.
b. Invite people to the space
b. Invite people to the space
To invite collaborators, return to the space's content sharing screen.
Tap the participants icon.
There, you have three ways to invite people to your space:
Tap Invite to open your contacts and select people to send an invitation to.
Tap SHARE INVITE to send invitations using your device's social apps.
Tap the duplicate icon to copy the invitation details and manually paste them into other apps.
7. Connect the mobile app to the touchscreen
7. Connect the mobile app to the touchscreen
Now that you've created a space, added details about it, and invited people to it, you're ready to present it on the touchscreen. The first step is connecting to the touchscreen. Here's how:
Note: To set up a space before a meeting, see our guide to the NodesNow desktop web app.
On the touchscreen or desktop dashboard, tap Generate QR code.
Back in the NodesNow mobile app, tap SCAN SCREEN TO CONNECT to open your device's camera.
Scan the QR code you generated on the touchscreen to connect your account.
8. Present a space on the touchscreen
8. Present a space on the touchscreen
Now that you're connected to the touchscreen, you can open any of your spaces on the touchscreen. Here's how:
Select the Spaces icon to view your list of spaces.
Tap the name of the space you want to open.
In the space's content sharing screen, tap the > icon.
Tap PRESENT SPACE TO DEVICE to open your device's camera.
Your space will now appear on the touchscreen.
Next steps
Congratulations! If you've finished this guide, you're ready to contribute to productive collaboration in NodesNow.
9. Learn more about the NodesNow ecosystem
9. Learn more about the NodesNow ecosystem
Now that you know how to use the NodesNow mobile app, check out our guide to the web desktop app so you can participate in and lead collaboration from there, and get comfortable on the NodesNow touchscreen by trying this getting started guide.