Award schemes

An award scheme is one sport’s ladder of ability. It has levels, and each level has abilities worth points. Swimio uses the scheme to score students and to place them in a class that fits their level.

An award scheme belongs to one sport. It is never used for another sport. See Common terms: Award scheme.

View award schemes

Select Module Settings, then Award Schemes.

Column	What it shows
Name	The award scheme’s name. Select it to sort the list.
Sports	The sport the scheme belongs to.
Levels	How many levels the scheme has.
Created on	The date the scheme was added.
Action	An Edit link.

Type in Search Award Scheme to find a scheme by name.

Add an award scheme

Before you start: the sport must already exist. See Sports.

Select Add Award Scheme.
Fill in the form:

Field Required Rules

Name Yes

Description Yes

Sport Yes The sport this scheme belongs to.

Thumbnail No A JPG or PNG picture, up to 500KB.
Select Save.

Field	Required	Rules
Name	Yes
Description	Yes
Sport	Yes	The sport this scheme belongs to.
Thumbnail	No	A JPG or PNG picture, up to 500KB.

Result: Swimio shows Award Scheme created successfully and opens the scheme’s edit page. Add its levels next.

Edit an award scheme

Select Edit on the scheme’s row.
Change the fields you need, then select Save.

Result: Swimio shows Award Scheme updated successfully and returns to the list.

You can change the Sport only while the scheme is not in use. Once the scheme has levels, student scores, or a register that uses it, the sport is locked. Moving a scheme to another sport would make students’ scores mean something else.

Manage levels

On the scheme’s edit page, select Manage Levels.

Swimio first warns Are you sure? Changing abilities changes the scheme’s maximum points, but students’ scores do not update by themselves. For example, a student with 5.0 out of 5.0 may show as 5.0 out of 6.0 after a change. Instructors must check and update those students’ scores. Select Dismiss to continue to open the page, or Go back to leave.

The Levels table shows each level with its Completion Points and Total Abilities.

How points work

Each ability has points.
A level’s Completion Points are the points of its own abilities plus the points of every level before it. For example, level 1 has abilities worth 3 points and level 2 has abilities worth 2 points. Level 1 shows 3 and level 2 shows 5.
The scheme’s maximum points are the completion points of its highest level.
Swimio works these totals out again every time you add, change or delete a level.

Add a level

Select Create a new Level. An empty Add Award Scheme Level window opens.
Enter the Level name. It is required.
Select Add a new Ability for each ability. Enter the Ability text and its Points. Points must be 0 or more. To remove a row, select its bin icon.
Select Save.

Result: Swimio shows Award Scheme Level saved successfully. The new level is added after the existing levels.

Change a level

Select Edit on the level’s row.
Change the name, the abilities or their points. Add or remove abilities as needed.
Select Update.

Result: Swimio shows Award Scheme Level updated successfully.

To see a level’s abilities without changing them, select View Abilities.

Delete a level

Select Delete on the level’s row.
Swimio asks Delete this level? and warns that the level and its abilities will be removed. Select Yes, delete it.

Result: Swimio shows Award Scheme Level deleted successfully.

You cannot delete a level that students already have scores on. Swimio shows This level cannot be deleted because students already have scores on it.

Common problems

Problem	Why it happens	What to do
The Sport field is locked	The scheme is in use.	Add a new award scheme for the other sport instead.
A student who finished the scheme now looks below the maximum	Abilities or points were changed after the student was scored.	Review the student’s score and update it.
A level cannot be deleted	Students have scores on it.	Keep the level, or change its abilities instead.