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Guide 3.5

Enter and amend scores

Key in a score for a judge who cannot use their own device, or correct a score that was entered wrong.

Who can do thisSuper AdminAdminModeratorAuditorTabulator

Every scorecard a judge submits appears on the round's Scorecards tab, one row per judge and entrant. Everyone listed above can read the tab. Only a Super Admin, an Admin or a Moderator can add or change a score. Auditors and Tabulators see the list without the buttons. Tabulators see it only for rounds they are crewed on.

Find the Scorecards tab

  1. Go to Rounds and choose View on the round
  2. Scroll down to the row of tabs and choose Scorecards
The Scorecards tab of the Question and Answer round. A table lists each judge, the entrant, when the score was submitted and its source. An Enter score button sits above the table and each row ends with an Amend button.
  1. Scorecards tab: the list of every score handed in for this round.
  2. Enter score: adds a score on behalf of a judge (Super Admin, Admin, Moderator).
  3. Column picker: choose which columns to show.
  4. Amend: corrects a score that is already in (Super Admin, Admin, Moderator).

The Source column tells you how each score arrived, for example from the judge's own device or entered by staff. When a score has been corrected, the Amendment reason column shows why. Only the current version of each score is listed.

Enter a score for a judge

Use this when a judge has no working device, or you were given a paper scoresheet to key in. It does not work once the round is locked, which happens when it is computed; an error message tells you if so.

  1. Choose Enter score above the table
  2. Pick the Judge and the EntrantOnly judges on this round's panel and entrants in this round are listed.
  3. Type a number for every criterionEach box accepts only the range the criterion allows.
  4. If the round has judge deductions, fill in the Deductions box too
  5. Choose Submit
The Enter score window. Two drop-down lists labelled Judge and Entrant sit above two empty number boxes labelled Content and Delivery, with Submit and Cancel buttons underneath.
  1. Judge: whose score this is.
  2. Entrant: who was scored.
  3. One box per criterion. The names come from the round's criteria.
  4. Submit: saves the score.
A judge can only have one score per entrant. If that judge already scored that entrant, Tallybox keeps the existing score, saves nothing and shows a Scorecard already exists message. Use Amend on the existing row instead.

Amend a score

An amendment does not overwrite the old score. It adds a corrected score that replaces it and keeps the old one on record, together with your reason.

  1. Find the row on the Scorecards tab and choose Amend
  2. Change the numbers that are wrongThe boxes start with the current values.
  3. Write the ReasonIt is required and goes on the audit trail, so say what was wrong.
  4. Choose Submit
The Amend window. Content and Delivery boxes are filled in with the current score, 6 each. Below them is an empty Reason box with the hint that the reason is written to the audit trail, then Submit and Cancel.
  1. The current scores, ready to change.
  2. Reason: required. It is kept with the correction.
  3. Submit: saves the corrected score.
After a round is computed, compute it again. Amend still works on a round that has been computed, for a correction found later. The placements are then out of date. A red message on the round says so. Compute the round again, see Compute results.

To follow scores as they arrive, see Follow the live scoresheet.