How to Set Up Reviews in Dapple: A Step-by-Step Guide

Dapple's review system lets you collect structured scores and written feedback from a Review Panel on any submission. You set up the review criteria, assign a panel, and Dapple handles distribution, scoring, and aggregation — giving you a ranked, comparable view of every submission by the time your panel is done. This article is the overview. For individual steps, follow the links in each section.

A review in Dapple is a structured assessment of a submission, completed by a reviewer you've assigned to a Review Panel. Each review captures scores against criteria you define (e.g. Originality, Technical Quality, Impact) and optionally includes written feedback. Reviews are private by default — reviewers can't see each other's scores — and results are aggregated automatically once all reviews are submitted.

Here's how to set up:

A Review Panel is a named group of reviewers or judges — internal team members, external collaborators, or both. You can add as many reviewers as you need (5 max Starter Plan) and create as many panels as you need (one per round, one per category, etc.). Full setup: How to Set Up Review Panels

Open the project where the panel should run, go to Project Settings → Reviews, and assign the panel to the relevant stage. Full setup: How to Assign a Review Panel to a Project

Inside Project Settings → Reviews, open your panel and set the rules: which stages the panel is active for, the guidance reviewers will see, the scoring range, the vote options, and the comments prompt. Full setup: How to Set Up Review Guidance and Feedback

Once submissions are in, you can send them to your panel one at a time, in bulk from the Stages board, or automatically when a submission hits a configured stage. Full options: How to Send a Submission for Review

Reviewers sign into their personal Review Account, see the submissions assigned to them, and complete their feedback — saving each one and submitting back when ready. Full reviewer-side guide: How to Review Submissions

When reviews come back, you (as an Admin or Team Manager) see scores, votes, and comments side by side on each submission. Use this to decline, move to the next stage, or complete the submission. Full guide: How to View Your Reviews and Feedback

Open your project, go to Review Panels, and follow the steps to create your panel. For each criterion, give it a name, set a maximum score, and optionally add a description to guide reviewers. You can add multiple criteria and assign a weighting to each — Dapple calculates a weighted total automatically.

Go to Review Panels → Members and toggle in the correct panel members. If they have not been added as users, add them through the Users section and set their permissions to reviewer. You can then allocate specific submissions to your review panel. Reviewers receive an email invitation with a link to their personal review dashboard. See How to assign a Review Panel to a project for full steps.

Reviewers access a dedicated reviewer dashboard via a link sent by email. From there, they see their allocated submissions, the scoring criteria, and a text field for written comments. They cannot see other reviewers' scores. Reviewers can save progress and return to incomplete reviews. Once they submit a review, it's locked.

Go to Reviews in the admin panel. You'll see a table of all reviewed submissions with individual criterion scores, weighted totals, and any written feedback. You can filter by stage, sort by score, and export the results table as a CSV. See How to view your reviews and feedback for a detailed breakdown by role.