🏅Scoring & Commentary Checklist

You can follow this checklist to ensure scoring & commentary is configured properly for your Marching Maestro event.

• Pick a scoring system for your event
  • A scoring system defines the criteria your registrants will be judged against.
  • A scoring system is made up of caption groups, captions, and subcaptions.
  • Marching Maestro offers a curated set of predefined scoring systems, or you can create your own.
  • Manage your scoring systems in the Marching Maestro event dashboard under Scoring -> Scoring Systems
• Create one or more scoring rounds
  • For each scoring round in your event, judges will be able to enter scores and record commentary for each registrant.
  • Each scoring rounds needs:
    • A name
    • A scoring system
    • One or more registrants assigned
  • You can create scoring rounds for your event in the Marching Maestro event dashboard under Scoring -> Scoring Rounds
• Invite judges
  • Judges will use the Marching Maestro app to enter scores and record commentary.
  • Invite judges to your event under Scoring -> Judges
• Assign judges to a caption
  • In order to use the Marching Maestro app, each judge will need to be assigned to a caption.
  • You can assign judges to a caption by navigating to Scoring -> Tabulation, clicking on the ✏️ icon beside a caption name, and choosing a judge.
• Define awards (optional)
  • If you will be giving out awards at the end of your event, you can define these awards in Marching Maestro.
  • Once all scores have been entered for your event, you’ll be able to see which registrant one each award.
  • Create awards for your event under Scoring -> Awards

By following the steps above, you’ll be all set for your judges to enter scores and record commentary for your event.