Book Scores

Here is how you can add your scores to books on the Southend Big Readers web site

Enter your personal log on credentials which are your initials (for the user name) and a default password of your first name with the first letter capitalised and the first letter of your surname e.g. CR,CliveR; JC,JaniceC; CW,CatherineW etc…. [you can change your own password in the maintenance function if you want to]

Go to the “our choices” page using the links at the top. Notice that your name should now be shown on the top right if you are logged in correctly. Use the Select button to pick the book to add your scores.

Click the Edit button to open up the editing functions for the book:-

Your name should be automatically selected in the drop down list shown at the bottom of the screen.

This looks a bit different on my screen as I am an administrator (also Sarah is an administrator) and can enter anyone’s scores but in your case, your name should be automatically selected for you.

Click the Add Scorer button.

A row with your name should now appear where you will enter your scores for the book. Click the “Edit link” as shown:-

Once you have clicked edit, text boxes will appear where you can enter your scores and the “edit” link will change to say “update”.

Again this may look a tiny bit different on your screen because I have the additional rights to add scores for everyone, so I get a second “Add Scorer” row.

Type in your scores as simple numbers from 0 to 10 for each category and click the Update link. Now you will see the text boxes disappear and the scores are shown as below. If you want to change your mind, click Edit again and the text boxes will reappear allowing you to modify the scores.

Important: Up to this point nothing has been saved, you are just preparing the scores to be saved. To actually add them on the site, click the Update Scores button.

You should see the “scores successfully updated” message as below, confirming that you have saved your scores. If you just want to abandon the newly entered score data, the Revert Scores button clears out the data in the table and goes back to the last saved position.

Use the “Marking Stats” link at the top of the screen to have a look at all your scores, and at everyone else’s scores. You can select averages as well as personal scores for individuals. You can click in the titles at the top of the table to sort it in ascending or descending fashion for any column heading. Play around and have fun. Perhaps this screen will also give you an idea of the kind of books your Secret Santa recipient might like!