Digital Kanban Board
A visual task board that makes every contribution visible, timestamped, and impossible to dispute.
How the board works
Each project workspace has one Kanban board with five columns: Backlog, In Progress, In Review, Blocked, and Done. Task cards can be dragged between columns by any Contributor. Every move is recorded with the exact timestamp and the username of who moved it. This creates a tamper-evident audit trail of the entire project history.
Task cards in detail
Each card contains: a title and rich-text description, one or more assignees, an effort estimate (in points, 1 to 8), a due date, file attachments (images, PDFs, code files up to 25MB each), a comment thread with @mentions, and a link to a roadmap milestone. Cards can have subtasks that contribute to a parent card completion percentage.
- Effort points translate directly into contribution score
- File attachments are version-controlled (upload a new file to keep history)
- @mentions trigger real-time notifications to the mentioned user
- Subtasks show a progress bar on the parent card
The fairness monitor
The AI fairness monitor runs in the background and calculates the distribution of effort points across all team members. If one person is assigned more than 40% of the total effort with more than 3 days remaining before the deadline, the system sends an automated alert to all workspace members and flags the imbalance on the board sidebar. Educators can configure the sensitivity threshold.
Filters and views
You can filter cards by assignee, due date range, effort range, or label. Switch to List view for a spreadsheet-style breakdown. Switch to Calendar view to see tasks plotted on a weekly grid by due date. All views reflect the same underlying data and sync in real time.
Exporting contribution data
At any point, any workspace member can export a contribution report. The report includes each members total effort points, number of tasks completed, average time from In Progress to Done, and number of review comments given and received. Export formats: PDF, CSV, or JSON (for institutional systems).
ELI12: The Simple Explanation
Imagine a whiteboard with sticky notes in three groups: To Do, Doing, and Done. You drag your note across when you start and finish work. Espeezy takes a photo every time someone drags a note so nobody can pretend they did more than they really did.