Much of the Resource Area involves managing scoring  the day(s) of the tournament.  Each team goes through a sequence:


    1. supplying the information appraisers need to appraiser the team
      Head Appraisers and Prep Appraisers handle this task using the Resource Area
    2. scoring the team
      More than 90% of tournaments use Mobile Scoring to capture appraiser scores. Mobile Scoring approaches scoring a tournament by running an app called the Mobile Client on mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets and laptops.  Head Appraisers can track the scoring using the Resource Area.


Below is a bit more detail and buttons on the dashboard to gain access to these features.


Head Appraisers and Prep Area Appraisers


Prep is the process for ensuring the information needed to appraise the team is gathered.  The prep process is managed by the Resource Area and discussed here.  2 buttons on the Tournament dashboard (Tournaments=>dashboard) are related to prep.

  • Review Online Forms gives access to online forms
  • Monitor Tournament takes you to the primary page for monitoring a tournament room (Teams by Room)
    The prep column on this page accesses the prep process. (more here)


The Mobile Scoring features for these appraisers are found in the Resource Area.  To access these features the appraiser team will need a tablet or laptop. While you could use a cell phone, most of pages are easier to follow on a larger screen.


Most of the monitoring of a challenge room done by the Head Appraiser is also part of the Teams by Room page accessed using the Monitor Tournament button.


If a Head Appraiser need to adjust what each appraiser is scoring, Edit Appraisers access these features.


Scoring Appraisers


The Mobile Client was specifically developed to meet the scoring needs of these appraisers.  While these appraisers can log into the Resource Area and see the overall progress of the tournament, it is expected that they will spend their time using the Mobile Client on their cell phone, tablet or laptop. 


The Launch Mobile Client button will launch the Mobile Client.  This path to the Mobile Client requires an appraiser know their Resource Area credentials.  Most Scoring Appraisers do not use this path.  Instead they use a link that is emailed to them.  The link contains information that identifies the appraiser and bypasses the login process.


You will find more on the Mobile Client here