New to GLOW Tracker? Here’s a quick tour of what you’re looking at, section by section.
The hero banner. The first thing you see on the homepage, a short headline and subtext explaining what GLOW does, plus quick stats.
The stats bar. Three numbers at a glance: how many projects are being tracked, how many verified reports have been published, and how many states are covered so far. This updates automatically as more citizens use the app, it’s not a fixed number.
The tab bar. Two pill-shaped tabs: “Projects” (the main browsing view, where you already are) and “Leaderboard” (the governors/legislators scorecard, covered in a later post).
The filter bar. A search box and a state dropdown, side by side. Type a project name, a sponsor’s name, or a keyword, and/or narrow to a specific state, then hit Filter.
Project cards. The heart of the page, one card per project, each showing the sponsor’s name and role, the location, project type and budget where known, a colour-coded status badge (Not Started, Ongoing, Completed, Abandoned), the source of the listing, and, if any citizens have already reported on it, an average rating.
The “Report on this project” button. On every card, and on a project’s own full page. This is how you start the reporting flow covered in an earlier post.
That’s the whole interface, deliberately simple. Nothing here requires training; if you can use a search bar and read a card, you already know how to use GLOW.
Next up: How to Add a Project That Isn’t Listed Yet.