When you begin judging, you must link judges to entries for evaluation. These judge–entry pairings are called assignments.
You can view all assignments in the Manage workspace under Judging > Settings > Assignments.
This includes assignments created via:
Create assignments using panels
Panels are the most common way to create assignments. A panel determines:
- Who judges
- Which entries they judge
- When judging is available
Panels allow you to assign judges to entries in bulk, typically by category, chapter, or tag. When you create a panel, assignments are automatically generated.
For full configuration steps, see the guide: Create a judging panel.
Create assignments manually
Manual assignments allow you to pair judges with entries individually. This method is useful when:
- Only specific entries need assigning
- Exceptions to panel logic are required
See the guide: Manual assignments.
Create assignments using random allocation
Random assignments allow you to:
- Assign a set number of entries per judge
- Assign a set number of judges per entry
This avoids creating pairings manually.
See the guide: Random assignments.
View entries assigned to a specific judge
- In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Settings > Assignments
- Click Advanced
- Use the Judge filter to select a specific judge
- Click Search
The results will show all entries assigned to that judge.
View which entries have assignments
Under Judging > Entry assignments in the Manage workspace, you'll see a list of all entries with dedicated columns for each score set. These columns show the total number of assignments the entry has in that score set.
- A dash (—): no assignments for that entry in the score set
- A number (for example, "1 of 5"): manual or random assignments have paired this entry with judges
- "RBP": the panel is role-based and will increase as users with the assigned role access the platform
- A combination (for example, "3 of RBP / 1 of 5"): the entry has both role-based pairings and manual or random assignments
- Voting score sets will display the number of votes on the entry
- Galleries will display the number of judges assigned to the panel
Good to know
- Assignments are created automatically when panels are saved.
- Individual assignments created via panels cannot be deleted directly. To remove a panel-based assignment, remove the judge from the panel.
- Manual and random assignments can be deleted individually.