Top pick reviewing allows reviewers to choose and rank their preferred applications. Reviewers assign a ranked order to a limited number of applications.
Top pick works best when:
- There are many reviewers, or
- There is a small number of applications
This helps ensure enough overlapping picks for meaningful results.
Good Grants uses the single transferable vote (STV) method to calculate results. STV is a ranked voting system designed to produce proportional outcomes. Learn more in Single transferable voting explained.
Top pick reviewing requires three items
- A score set
- A reviewing round
- One or more panels
You can configure this manually or use Reviewing fast start.
Create a score set
- In the Manage workspace, go to Reviewing > Settings > Score sets
- Click New score set and choose a form
- In the 'Details' tab, enter a score set name
- Select Top pick as the reviewing mode
- Configure Top pick rules:
- Winner calculation: choose to calculate winners by category or across all categories
- Quantity of winners: set the number of winners to be selected
- Quantity of preferences to allocate: set how many ranked picks each reviewer can make
- In the 'Display' tab, set your desired options including:
- Layout
- Category quick filter
- Application order
- List length default
- Commenting options
- Attachment display options
- Referee display options
- Share scores
- Slideshow
- Cover image
- Click Save
To learn more about score sets, read the Configure a score set guide.
Create a reviewing round
- In the Manage workspace, go to Reviewing > Settings > Rounds
- Click Add round and choose a form
- Select Reviewing as the round type
- Set the start and end dates and times
- Select Save
To learn more about rounds, read the Ultimate guide to rounds guide.
Create reviewing panels
- In the Manage workspace, go to Reviewing > Settings > Panels
- Select New panel and choose a form
- Choose Top pick as the reviewing mode
- Select the score set
- In 'Applications', select the categories, chapters, and/or tags
- In 'Who', choose who can pick applications
- In 'When', select the reviewing round
- Click Save
To learn more about panels, read the Create a reviewing panel guide.
Good to know
- Top pick is most effective with many reviewers or fewer applications.
- STV calculations are based on ranked preferences.
- The quantity of winners affects STV calculations.
- Reviewers can only make the number of picks you allow.
- Top pick button colours are controlled by your theming configuration:
- Hover: Primary button
- Selected: Secondary button
- Unselected: Tertiary button