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Overview of the Admin Start Page
In this tutorial, we'll explain how you, as the Event Administrator, or "EA" for your event, can manage online registration for your competition from the Admin Start Page of the AcuWeb Contest Management System. If you haven't yet done so, we recommend you view the tutorials entitled "Registration Manager Overview" and "Logging into the Admin Area" before continuing. Also, note that for simplicity, we will occasionally refer to Registration Manager simply as "R.M."
The Admin Start Page for your state or region is the central administration point for all of your organization's contests taking place within that jurisdiction. For simplicity, and because most competitions are organized this way, we'll use the term "state" to describe this jurisdiction, although the levels of your organization's competition may be organized differently.
To facilitate quick and consistent set-up of each event within your State or Region, AcuWeb classifies the functional components which govern any Contest in two ways: "Global" components, which affect every level of competition within your State or Region; and "Individual" components -- things that are unique to each individual Contest event.
The Global components on the Admin Start Page are used by State or Regional-level Coordinators to: - Add, edit or remove entire contest events
- Add, edit or remove registration elements common to all contest events, such as letter-writing campaigns to elected officials
- Add, edit or remove originating organization information, such as schools, institutions or chapters which may recruit or sponsor registrants for your competition
In most cases, only State or Regional Coordinators will need to access the Global components, as this information will affect all Contests that have been created within your state's AcuWeb Contest Management System. If you are a State or Regional Coordinator, please see our tutorials on "Creating and Managing a Contest" and "Global Components of the Registration Manager System" for details.
Once your Contest has been created, its name will appear in the list of Contests just below the Global Items. If you're an Event Administrator, or "EA" responsible for a single competition event, you will use this "Contest" link to administer your event. Clicking on your Contest's name will present you with a number of contest registration set-up options. You will want to click on each of the "Registration Items" that pertain to your Contest, and provide the requested information in order to properly configure each item for your online registration process. (Please see the "Managing Contest Registration Details" tutorial for more on this topic.)
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