Control Center

The IAR Control Center is used by SROs and ESAs to manage their meetings and the list of reviewers for those meetings. The Control Center allows SROs to do the following:

The Control Center screen

Set dates for the various phases of the meeting
Set options for the various phases of the meeting
Set final scoring options
Enable (or disable) reviewers for the meeting
Set blocking/unblocking options for reviewers
Create and edit reminders for reviewers
Email reviewers
Determine online status of reviewers in Virtual Meetings

To access the Control Center, select the Control Center link from the three-dot ellipses icon in the Meeting column of the specific meeting on the List of Meetings screen.

The Control Center is divided into three separate sections of information:

Navigation box at the top for accessing other IAR tools
Current settings for the meeting on the left side of the screen
The list of reviewers in the meeting along the right side of the screen

Navigation Links

At the top of the screen is the Go To: drop down box which contains links for accessing the various tools in IAR used for managing and monitoring the meeting. The majority of these links are main IAR screens such as List By Applications. Click here to view an example.

Go To: drop-down menu on Control Center

Meeting Options

The current settings for the meeting, including meeting phase and final scoring options are displayed on the Phases and Options tab. The Edit button allows you to update your phases and final scoring options and configure your meeting-wide settings. Refer to the topics called Refer to Edit IAR Phases and Options and Refer to Edit Final Scoring Options for more information.

Control Center screen, the Phases and Options tab showing the Edit button

The Control Center screen, Phases and Options tab in edit mode

Reviewers in the Meeting

The Reviewer in Meeting tab displays the list of reviewers that are assigned to the meeting. This list reflects the reviewers included on both the Manage List of Reviewers screen in Peer Review and the Meeting Roster; however, the reviewers on this list must be enabled in the Control Center in order to have access to the meeting. Refer to Enabling and Disabling Reviewers for the Meeting for more information on inviting Reviewers to participate in the meeting.

Control Center screen showing the Reviewers in Meeting tab.

NOTE: For Virtual Meetings, there will be an indicator at the top by the Filter Table field indicating the number of reviewers who are currently logged into the meeting compared to the total number of reviewers assigned to or tracking the meeting. A corresponding green circle icon will appear beside the name of any online reviewers. (click to view)
Online indicator for Virtual Meetings

From this block, SROs can access the options for controlling reviewer-related details using the buttons and links provided. Refer to Reviewers in the Meeting for information on this block.