Info on assignr Web-based Umpire Scheduling System
Once you have been input into the system, you will receive an email like the one below. This will give you a web link to put in your password. Your user name will also be visible on this link.
Once you are logged in, you will be at the home screen, which shows this month’s calendar, with games showing on the calendar. Use the left hand menu, and click on Availability. You will now see another calendar, showing your availability for the current month.
Click Allow on any date to put you into the mix for any games on that day, or if you have made a mistake, click on Block to turn off your availability on any given day. If you want to be more specific (part of a day, or maybe put in a more than 1 day at a time), you can use the drop down menus below the calendar. You can switch months by clicking on the appropriate month above the calendar. You can adjust your availability at any time by logging in to the site and going to this page.
Once you have finished putting in your availability, you can then check on available games. Click on games on the left side of the page. It will open a drop-down menu, as you see below. You can choose what you want to see – this screen shows All Games.
Please notice that any game that you are qualified to ump AND is on a date that you are available will now show a link Request It next to the position. U1 and U2 simply mean Umpire 1 and 2; the single U is a single ump for Intramural pitching machine games.
I created this person (Paul G7th), opened up his availability, and allowed him to ump up through 6th grade. So the 7th Girls Softball game, while it shows on the screen, cannot by chosen by this ump. If you want to take a game, simply click on the Request It link, and answer yes to the pop-up screen that shows up.
The next screen shows what happens once you click on a game to Request It; now, your name is in the position you requested, and the second ump spot is no longer available, since you are already working. The other game at the same time is now no longer available, for the same reason…
One note here on the games you are allowed to ump: that data will be input by the person who is the Assignor for the site. At this point, that is me, but it will be the Head Official once we get the system up and running. Normally, you will have either no cutoff point (an adult ump), or there will be an age cap, such as I gave this ump (max age 6th grade). If you don’t want to be considered for a particular age group (such as pitching machine games), just let me know, and then you won’t see those games as being available to you.
You can now click on another game if you wish… and I did… and a 3rd game as well.
Now we come to game reports. Please notice that one of the games I assigned happened earlier today. Once a game is done, one of the umps MUST fill out a game report. To do that, you click on the Game Reports on the left side of the page, and this will get you a list of all completed games that need a report. Click on the +Submit Report link on the game that you want to report.
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That will bring up the following screen. Fill in the score of the game, add any info you need to the narrative/misconduct section, and verify the ump(s) who actually worked the game. This is where you can change the umps to those who actually worked the game as opposed to those who were assigned it. Finally, click on Submit Report. The narrative/misconduct section should contain any piece of information that was unusual, such as weather delays/cancellations, shortened games, any umpire issues with either team or with fans, etc. If there was misconduct, please check the Has misconduct box under the description.
This is what the complete form could look like:
Once you have submitted your report, you can go check it by clicking on it, and once you have that screen up, you can then edit the report, if needed. If you want to be paid, one of you (in a 2 person game) MUST fill out the Game Report. The Assignor gets an email every day listing games that have reports, and those that don’t.