Abstracts can be assigned to reviewers using any of these four methods mentioned below:
Method 1
Simply enable automated assignment to let system assign abstracts to reviewers automatically. Go to this tutorial to see how to enable automated assignment.
Method 2
Go to Manage/Assign abstracts, select abstracts in the list, then click on Assign Reviewers. This would list all the reviewers in the system. Simply select the reviewers to whom you want to assign the selected abstracts and then click on Save.
Method 3
Go to an abstract, click on Reviewers & Reviews tab and select the reviewer to whom you want to assign this abstract. You have the option to display all reviewers in your system or only the reviewers who have similar topics as the abstract.
Method 4
Go to abstracts & Reviews > Import abstracts, click on Update abstracts tab. Download the sample file, open it in your computer and follow the steps below:
Once each import is completed, the reviewers would be notified about the newly assigned abstracts.
Please make sure to not remove any existing column or add any extra column in the import file.