Rounds control when specific actions can occur in Award Force, such as entry submission or judging. You can create as many rounds as required and adjust the start or end times whenever needed.
Award Force supports three round types.
Entry round
Entry rounds allow entrants to:
- Create entries
- Edit entries
- Submit entries
If no entry round is currently open, entrants cannot create, edit, or submit entries.
Judging round
Judging rounds allow judges to evaluate entries.
If no judging round is open, judges cannot:
- View entries
- Submit scores
- Cast votes
- Record judging decisions
Judging rounds can operate in two modes:
- Scoring: judges can submit scores, votes, or decisions
- Viewing only: judges can view their assigned entries but cannot take any judging action
Feedback round
Feedback rounds allow entrants to view feedback on their entries.
During an active feedback round, entrants can see:
- Scores
- Comments
Feedback rounds include options to:
- Show or hide judge comments
- Show or hide scores
- Anonymise judges
- Display category average scores
Scores displayed during feedback represent the average score across all judges, not individual judge scores.
Create a round
- In the Manage workspace, go to Settings > Entries > Rounds
- Click Add round
- Enter a round name (for internal use only)
- Select the Round type
- Set the Starts and Ends dates and times
- Click Save
Good to know
- Round times are absolute and apply simultaneously to all users worldwide.
- Start and end times are optional. If no end time is set, the round remains open indefinitely. If neither start nor end times are set, the round remains open at all times.
- Award Force uses the 24-hour clock for round times. To close a round at midnight, set the end time to 00:00 on the following day.
- Entrants can submit entries only to active categories during an active entry round.
- Judges can mark comments as internal, which prevents them appearing in feedback.
- If multiple VIP judging score sets exist, all score set averages appear in feedback.
- Some entrants can be given additional time by configuring a custom entry deadline.
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