Each round's settings control when people can submit, when evaluators can score, and what participants and evaluators can do. Here's how to find them and what each one does.
Open your round settings
Go to Programs in the top bar, find your program, and click Manage.
2. Click the round's tab at the top of the program page. Each round tab shows its number and name, for example 1 First Round.
3. Open the round's Settings tab.
The settings are grouped into six sections in the left sidebar: General Settings, Submission Settings, Evaluation Settings, Qualification Settings, AI Screening Settings and Proctor Settings. Click Save Settings after changing each section.
What each setting does
General Settings
Round Title | The round's name. |
Round Type | For example, Submission Round. |
Timezone | The timezone for all of this round's dates. Timezones use fixed UTC offsets and don't change for daylight saving. |
Submission Dates | The Start Date and Deadline for submissions. The Apply Now and Continue buttons appear while these dates are open. |
Evaluation Dates | The Evaluation Start and Deadline. Evaluators can score while these dates are open. |
Submission Settings
Allow participants to submit multiple submissions | Participants can submit more than one entry. Set the maximum number. |
Allow participants to edit their submissions until submission deadline | Participants can update their submissions before the deadline. You can also tick Allow qualified and disqualified submissions to be edited. |
Enable submission tracks | Run separate categories in one program (for example Fintech and Sustainability), each with its own submission form, evaluation form and evaluators. |
Allow participants to change tracks | Participants can move their own submission to another track. |
Enable external letters request | Collect recommendation or referee letters (see Collecting Recommendation Letters). |
Enable paid submissions | Charge an entry fee through your Stripe account. Click Connect Stripe first (Platform Settings → Integrations → Payment Integration). |
Allow qualification to other programs | Qualify submissions into another program. |
Evaluation Settings
Allow evaluators to edit their evaluations until evaluation deadline | Evaluators can update scores and feedback until the evaluation deadline. |
Enable admin judging | Admins can evaluate any submission. |
Reveal the submission status to participants | Participants see Qualified, Disqualified or Pending in their account. |
Reveal evaluators feedback to participants | Participants can see evaluators' comments. |
Enable public voting | Adds a Voting area to the round. |
Disable submission preview for evaluators | Hides the submission preview from evaluators. To hide only some fields, see Choosing What Evaluators See. |
Enable quick score mode | A faster scoring experience for evaluators. |
Evaluation views | Choose Table View, Card View and/or Live Judging, the default evaluator view, how many submissions show first, and the default order. |
Qualification Settings
Turn on auto-qualification and set rules to qualify submissions automatically. This feature is marked Experimental. Need a hand? Message us in chat.
AI Screening Settings
Let AI score submissions against a threshold. See Screening Submissions with AI.
Proctor Settings
Monitor participants during timed assessments. See Proctoring Online Assessments.
Tips
Set your dates first, then come back to fine-tune participant and evaluator options before you publish.
Using paid submissions? Connect Stripe before the round opens.
You can turn on several evaluation views. Pick one default that matches how most of your evaluators will score.
Plan your round order first. See Adding Submission and Evaluation Rounds for what you can change later.
What's next?
Your round settings are ready. Next, set up automated communications to keep participants informed.