Assign reviewers or abstracts

A new page has been added to the Review module called the 'Assignment' page, containing two tabs, namely the 'Abstract Assignment' and the 'Review Assignment'. This page and these two tabs allow you to more easily assign abstracts to your reviewers, or reviewers to your abstracts, depending on which tab you are using.

To use this page, first click the 'Assign' button at the top of either tab, which will take you to a more expansive page, providing you with an overview of the assigned reviewers, abstracts and/or topics.
You will then be able to select multiple abstracts or reviewers in the list, and use the bulk action at the top of the table to either unassign all abstracts or reviewers, or manually assign abstracts or reviewers to your selection.

When you've selected various abstracts, the system will check which topics these abstracts have, and then present you with a list of reviewers that have been assigned these selected topics. Alternatively, when you've selected various reviewers, the system will check which assigned topics are shared between your selected reviewers, and then present you with a list of abstracts that contain one of these topics.

If you do not want to assign your reviewers or abstracts manually, you also have the ability to click the 'Assign Randomly' button at the top of the page. You will then be able to select which topics you want to randomly assign, and additionally how many abstracts you want to assign per reviewer, or how many reviewers you want to assign per abstract. The system will then unassign the abstacts and reviewers for the selected topics, and assign them for you automatically.