How Classes Work
When spectators and judges interact with the mobile view of your event, they can see the classes you create. Spectators see competitors/entries within a class and accompanying scores. Judges, see the judging factors and controls to grade these factors. In both cases, everything revolves around the classes you set up in the admin area.
Class Setup
We will start you out with a sample class (or more) when you first create your organization. After that, you are free to create and modify your own classes. These classes will remain available for your use across different events you host.
Class Attributes
Each class contains multiple attributes that let you tailor everything to the methods you use to judge your competitions. The screen below illustrates the basic information for my EMS Flight class. You can see the weighting of each factor. An "M" means the factor is a mandatory element of the class. The "F" means that the factor is a freestyle or optional element. For freestyle/optional factors, the contestant will be able to complete a brief description of their element within the app and save it so the judges can see what to expect during the competition.
Clicking the "Additional Attributes" link at the bottom of the class tile will reveal additional details about that class' setup.
What Attributes Can You Set?
Name & Description. The name is required and the description is useful for fans and for your reference.
Team Class. The team function allows multiple contestants to compete as a team. The display on mobile will be adjusted to reflect the team name (which the contestant captain must setup when signing into the mobile view).
Mobile View - Judging. This control allows you to specify how the judges enter scores from their mobile devices. In most cases, the Single Standard view is recommended because it provides judges with a single screen interface. For events that require the judge to be "heads up" during the competition, the "Heads-Up Tap" option gives judges a no-look way to decrement scores with a game controller styled screen.
If your class has judging factors with MULTIPLE standards for each factor (e.g. Performance as a factor might have three standards, like "Precision, Timing, Execution"), the middle option may be the best. You can change this setting at any time and see which works best for your judges.
Mobile View - Scoring Display Tile. This control appears in entry-based events only (e.g. car shows, science fairs, and any other event where the contestant can have one or more entries that are judged). The options on this screen allow you to give primacy to either the contestant or the entry in the mobile view. You can also hide the contestant's name if you wish to maintain strict privacy. This control is hidden for individual events (like dance, cheer, etc.).
Contestant-Centric View
The Scoring Display Layout controls shown above, result in different views, based on your chose to focus on the contestant or the entry. In classes where the contestant's performance is being judged, use the contestant-centric display. Notice that the contestant's name is prominent on the score tile. (In individual-based event types, like dance, cheer, snowboarding, etc., all views will be automatically set to contestant-centric).
Entry-Centric View
In classes where the entry is being judged (like a car show), use the entry-centric view. In classes that permit more than one entry by the same individual, use this view because it treats the entry as the contestant and the individual's name is subordinate.
Time Limit. This is a reference number only for judges.
Judging Factors. By clicking the pencil icon, you can add or remove judging factors for this class.
Default Attributes. You may set the max entries per contestant and the total number of rounds for this class. These values will prepopulate the "Class Assignments" for your event, which lets you change max entries and round settings from event to event without having to create more classes.
Assigning Classes to Your Event
Your class library will be available across all of your organization's events! To learn more about assigning a class to an event, read this quick article.
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