Create Project
Start annotating your data right away
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Start annotating your data right away
Last updated
This step-by-step guide will walk you through creating a dataset from scratch using JTheta Annotate. You’ll learn how to set up a project, even if you’re new to data annotation.
To create a project in JTheta Annotate, ensure you have an account and are logged in. If you haven’t registered yet, sign up here to get started. Once logged in, you’ll need to create a workspace. For detailed instructions on setting up and managing workspaces, visit the Create a Workspace page.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of setting up projects and beginning to annotate your data.
Let’s dive in!
To get started, simply visit JTheta Annotate and click on Create a Project.
Jtheta Supports Dashboard views for Admin, Annotator & Reviewer.
Support for Workspace dashboard
Support for Project dashboard
Once you click the "Create a Project" button, a new project will be created. From there, you can manage, edit, and begin testing data annotation within the project.
Select the Data Modality Type: A prompt will appear asking you to choose the data modality type. Click on the desired option.
Support for Geospatial projects for satellite images
Support YOLOV8m, YOLOV8x & Faster-RCNN models for satellite images
To successfully create a project in JTheta Annotate, follow these steps:
1. Project Details Provide the necessary details for your project.
Step 2 : Upload Data - Upload the data you wish to annotate.
Step 3 - Add Classes Define the annotation classes for your project. Enable Automatic Annotation - Optionally, enable automatic annotation to speed up the process. Allow Users to Create Classes - Give team members the ability to create their own classes if needed
Step 4 - Add Members : Invite team members to collaborate on the project as annotator and reviewer.
Step 5 - Confirm Project Review the setup and confirm the project creation.
Once these steps are completed, your project will be ready for annotation.
Round Robin Distribution for Annotators and Reviewers
Round Robin Distribution ensures that annotation and review tasks are evenly assigned among available users in a cyclic order. This approach helps balance the workload and prevents any single user from being overloaded with tasks.
When new annotation tasks are created, they are assigned to annotators in a sequential manner.
Example (with three annotators: A, B, and C):
Task 1 → Annotator A
Task 2 → Annotator B
Task 3 → Annotator C
Task 4 → Annotator A (cycle repeats)
If an annotator is unavailable (inactive or removed), the system skips them and assigns the task to the next available user.
After an annotator completes a task, it is assigned to a reviewer using the same Round Robin method.
Example (with two reviewers: X and Y):
Task 1 (Annotated) → Reviewer X
Task 2 (Annotated) → Reviewer Y
Task 3 (Annotated) → Reviewer X (cycle continues)
If a reviewer is unavailable, the next available reviewer takes over.
✅ Fair Workload Distribution – No single user gets an uneven number of tasks. ✅ Automatic Skipping – Inactive or unavailable users are bypassed. ✅ Real-time Adjustments – If a new user joins mid-cycle, they are included in the next rotation.
If all annotators or reviewers are unavailable, tasks remain unassigned until a user is available.
If an annotator or reviewer leaves a project, the system dynamically redistributes their tasks.
For detailed guidance on creating a project for annotation, please refer to the attached video tutorial. This video demonstrates the step-by-step process, including selecting the data modality and finalizing the project setup.
The Project Settings page allows users to view and modify project details.
Project creator can create class during the project creation process and enable/disable annotators to create new classes or during annotation.
Project creator can enable/disable AI-Assist feature for Annotators
