Sessions (Manage Reviews)

This page is accessible only when the Speakers and Sessions Speaker Portal and the Speakers and Sessions Reviewer Portal have been configured for the event.

Here you can accept or reject sessions, or move them to review (on a tier), in bulk or individually. You can also drill down to a session's reviews, or even edit approved sessions, perhaps to change their status.

Access path

Access via: Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Session Reviews > Manage Reviews

Hints

First select the list of sessions to view: Submitted, Under Review, or Approved.
To approve a session, click the Accept icon in the Submitted or Under Review list.
To reject a session, click the Reject icon in the Submitted or Under Review list.
To send a session for review, click the Send to Review icon in the Submitted or Under Review list.
To process recommendations for sessions, click Recommendations in the Under Review list.
To see the reviews for a session, click the Score in the Under Review list.
To view a session, click the session in the Approved list.
To edit a session, click the session in the Approved list.
Note: If Automatic Processing is configured for a session's tier, the session's recommendations may be processed automatically after their criteria are met.

Buttons

The Mass Actions button in the upper right corner is similar to the one on the Sessions page.
Mass Actions – Disabled until you have selected sessions to process in bulk.
Mass Actions – Run Mass Actions on selected sessions. These are the same three Actions described below for individual sessions.

Lists and filtering

The three buttons at the top right of the list of sessions determine the list displayed:
SUBMITTED – List the sessions that have not yet been qualified (status Submitted).
REVIEW – List the sessions with a status of Under Review.
APPROVED – List the sessions that have been approved (status Qualified, Published, or Scheduled).

Submitted Session List

A list of sessions with a status of Submitted.
These are usually those submitted via the online Speaker Portal and not yet passed to a tier for review.
A planner may change a session's status back to Submitted from a more advanced status using the Session Edit page.
Note: Selected by default if Submitted is greater than zero.
Filter
By default, all submitted sessions are listed.
To filter, enter values in the fields and click the magnifying glass.
Click the X to clear any filters applied.
What happens if I filter on more than one selection? See Track, Type, and other filters described below.
Track – Select one or more of the Speakers and Sessions Tracks defined for the event.
Type – Select one of the Session Types: Keynotes, Hands-on Labs, Breakout Sessions, Interactive Sessions, or one added for this event.
Session Name, or Code, or Description – Enter any part of a Session Name, Session Code or Session Description.
List

The sessions are listed with the following columns:

Session Name
Session Code
Session Type
Track
Actions
Icons include Accept, Reject, Send to Review
Mass Actions
The Mass Actions button applies actions to multiple sessions.

Under Review Session List

A list of sessions with a status of Under Review.
This list shows sessions that a planner has passed to a tier for review.
Note: The planner would have used the Reviewer Portal to review these sessions.
Note: Selected by default if Submitted is zero.
Recommendations
Click Recommendations to see how many sessions have met any of the recommendation criteria set for the review tier.
In the pop-up window: Show Me — View a list of those sessions; Process — Process those recommendations automatically.
When a session on the final tier has a recommendation to advance it to the next tier, that equals a recommendation to approve it. In that case, Process would move the session to Qualified.
Filter
By default, all Under Review sessions are listed.
To filter, enter values in the fields and click the magnifying glass.
Track, Type, Min Score, Max Score, Review Percentage, Session Name, Tier
List
The sessions are listed with the following columns: Session Name, Session Code, Session Type, Track, Tier, Score
Actions include Accept, Reject, Send to Review
Tier
If multiple tiers exist, there is a tab for each tier.
Click the tab to see sessions currently under review by that tier.
See also: review-related configuration and help topics.

Approved Session List

A list of approved sessions, meaning all those with a status of Qualified, Published, or Scheduled.
Qualified sessions have been accepted on this page by ticking in either of the lists described above.
Published sessions are those published for one or more attendee types on the Sessions page.
Scheduled sessions have one or more instances scheduled for a date/time/location.
Filter
By default, all approved sessions are listed.
Track – Select one or more of the Speakers and Sessions Tracks.
Status – Select one or more of the statuses described above: Qualified, Published, or Scheduled.
Type – Select one of the Session Types: Keynotes, Hands-on Labs, Breakout Sessions, Interactive Sessions, or one added for this event.
Session Name, or Code, or Description – Enter any part of a Session Name, Session Code or Session Description.
List
The sessions are listed with the following columns: Session Name, Session Code, Session Type, Track, Session Status
Actions include View (in Read mode) and Edit (in Edit mode).