Creating a Scheduled Row
When a person wants to organize an Online Rowing session in advance and give others a chance to join it, they go to Control Center / Oarbits / Session Studio and create a Scheduled Row. Once it is created, Oarbits adds it to the Session List in Oarbits where others can see it and join it.
The person who creates the Scheduled Row will be the designated Starter, which means they will have the job of clicking the Start button on the Check-In and Start screen to start the Scheduled Row at the scheduled GMT time.
To create a Scheduled Row
• | Decide when you want the Scheduled Row to start and who you want to be able to join the Scheduled Row. |
• | Well before your target start date and time, create the Scheduled Row. To do this: |
• | Start RowPro, open Control Center / Oarbits and click Session Studio. |
• | Make up a Session name for the Scheduled Row (max 25 alphanumeric characters). |
• | Enter the Start date and time, remembering to use GMT. See the Working with GMT Help Topic for details. |
• | Specify whether the Scheduled Row will be Distance or Time and enter the Duration in meters or minutes accordingly. |
• | Specify whether the Scheduled Row will be Open to all or Restricted. If the Scheduled Row is Restricted, Oarbits will refresh the page and you will see a Select Participants tab appear at the top. |
• | Specify whether the Scheduled Row will be for 1x, 2x, 4x or 8x boats. |
• | Click Update to create the Scheduled Row. |
• | If the race is Open to all, you're done. |
• | You can now click Session List to see the session you have just created listed for others to see and join. |
• | From the Session List, you can later click the Scheduled Row you have created and then click the Participant List tab to see a list of people who have joined your Scheduled Row. |
• | If the Scheduled Row is Restricted: |
• | Click the Select Participants tab. |
• | Type the first few letters of each participant's name and click Get Matching Names. |
• | Find the name you want on the list and check the checkbox to the left of the name to select that participant. |
• | Repeat until you have all the participants you want (max 8 per race). |
• | Now click the Participant List tab to see a list of the participants you selected. |
To edit a Scheduled Row
• | Start RowPro, open Control Center / Oarbits and click Session List. |
• | Select the session you want to edit. This opens the session in the Session Studio. If you are the person who created the Scheduled Row, you will be able to view and edit it, otherwise you will only be able to view it. |
• | In the Session tab, you can edit the parameters of the Scheduled Row and click Update to update the Scheduled Row. |
• | In the Participant List tab, you can use the checkboxes to remove participants from a Restricted Scheduled Row. |
• | In the Select Participants tab, you can find and add more participants. |
Note: Each time you add or remove a participant, the Scheduled Row is updated immediately.