Ranking Stage
Ranking Stage
The ranking stage is the first stage in a lottery in Elentra. Click on the Participate button on the stage to participate in the stage. You will be brought to a page where you can see all of the potential rotation schedules to rank.
On this page you can filter by locations, rotations, instructors, or curriculum tags in a particular block. To use the filter click on one of the blocks and then choose which criteria to filter by.
The options you need to rank are listed below the filter. You can see the name of the options and the names of the rotations. The location and/or preceptor information may also be provided on the rotation booking in an option.
To rank the options you need to move your top choices to the top of the list. It is not mandatory to sort the entire list.
The list is always presented in ascending numerical order, with the top choice first (Rank 1) and the least desired choice listed at the bottom of the list. You can move the desired options into your preferred ranking scale in many ways.
Methods for Moving Options into a Preferred Order
Drag & Drop individual tracks Click on the icon with the 6 boxes on the option you wish to move and hold the click then drag it to the position in the list you want it to be at and release the click.
Select One or More Tracks & Move Them Together On the left side of each track you can select the checkbox to select the track. You can select multiple tracks to move at one time in bulk. When you select the track or tracks you would like to move, then certain functions will become available to move the tracks.
If you select just one track you can use the arrows on the track to move it up and down, the Move All to Top or Move All to Bottom button or enter the Rank Number and move it directly to that spot.
To use the Rank Number type in the destination rank number and then click move.
If you select multiple tracks at once then you can use the arrows on one of the tracks to move the block of tracks up and down or use the Move All to Top or Move All to Bottom button. If there are gaps between your selections upon moving the tracks the gaps will be removed.
Selecting One or More Options
The left side of each Option card also includes a checkbox. You may check more than one Option at a time, and certain controls will become enabled depending on what reordering actions are available. When an Option is checked, the left-hand column expands to include Nudge Up and Nudge Down buttons, represented by an upward chevron icon, and a downward chevron icon, respectively.
Nudging Up or Down
When an Option is checked, and the Nudge Up and Nudge Down buttons are visible, clicking one will nudge the option in the selected direction, effectively swapping it with the Option currently residing in that location.
When multiple Options are checked, the nudge buttons are also available, however, if any gaps exist between the checked Options, they will be removed before the nudge occurs. As an example, let's say you have a list of five options (labelled alphabetically for demonstration).
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Option E
Now let's say you check Options A, C, and D. The list now looks like this, with the checked Options visually highlighted:
[✔] Option A
Option B
[✔] Option C
[✔] Option D
Option E
In this multi-checked state, the Nudge Up buttons will be disabled for the checked Options. This is because one of them cannot move up any higher than it is, as Option A is already the top-most choice. However, it is possible to move the group of checked options downward in the list, using the Nudge Down button on any of the checked Options. Performing this action will result in the following list:
Option B
Option E
[✔] Option A
[✔] Option C
[✔] Option D
This is because before any nudge action, all checked Options are "squashed" together to remove any potential gaps, then moved as a grouped block in the direction of the nudge action.
Move To Top / Move to Bottom
When an Option is checked, the buttons in the page's sticky footer, Move to Top and Move to Bottom become enabled. If there are multiple Options checked, the labels change to say Move All to Top/Bottom. When either of these buttons is clicked, any checked Options will be squashed and grouped together to remove any gaps, then moved t the very top or very bottom of the list.
Direct Move
If you have a single Option checked and would like to move it to a specific Rank number, you can use the input field in the middle of the sticky page footer. Simply type in the destination Rank number, then click the Move button. The list will accommodate for the move by nudging all affected Options up or down by one, depending on whether the action moved the checked Option higher or lower in the list.
You can also perform a direct Move action when multiple Options are checked, and it will behave the same way, but be aware that if there are any gaps between your checked Options, as mentioned above, they will be removed prior to the move action. That means spread out checked Options will be squashed together into a block, then moved to their new destination rank.
You can return to this stage and update your rank preferences for as long as the Ranking stage is open.
Auto-Saving and Manual Saving
After every action that reorders the list, it will be automatically saved. There also exists a manual Save button in the page's sticky footer bar, that can be used to explicitly force the rankings to save. Hovering over this button will display a tooltip that shows the date and time when the rankings were last saved. You can use this tooltip to check and ensure that your rankings are fully stored before leaving the Ranking Interface.
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