Organizing Judges into Groups

Organizing Judges into Groups

Assign judges to categories so everyone knows what they’re evaluating on faire day.

Before you start

• You need Admin or Owner role
• Required permission: judges:assign
• You should have judges added and categories set up

Steps

1. Go to the Assign Judges page

Navigate to Judging → Assign Judges in the sidebar. You’ll see your categories listed with any judges already assigned to each one.

2. View unassigned judges

Check the Unassigned section at the top. These are judges who haven’t been placed in a category yet. This is your to-do list.

3. Assign a judge to a category

Drag a judge into a category, or click the judge and pick a category from the dropdown. The judge moves into that group immediately.

4. Bulk-assign judges

Select multiple judges using the checkboxes. Click Assign to Category and pick the target category. All selected judges move at once.

5. Reassign a judge

Already-assigned judges can be moved. Click on a judge within a category and choose a different one from the dropdown. Or drag them to a new group.

Good to know

• A judge belongs to one category at a time. Moving them to a new category removes them from the old one.
• The category a judge was given during import or application is a preference, not a hard assignment. You still need to assign them here.
• Judges don’t see their assignment until you create work for them. See Assigning Work to Judges.
• Use flags to mark judges before assigning — it helps when you’re sorting a large pool. For example, flag returning judges and prioritize placing them first.

Related

• Adding Judges
• Using Judge Flags
• Assigning Work to Judges