Once you have your surveys built and functioning like you'd like, here's how to start your application cycle and manage the process going forward.
- Set survey expiration dates - open and close dates for each of your surveys.
- Apply and Endorse surveys should open at the same time so that early applicants' endorsers have immediate access to the endorsement survey.
- Set the Endorse survey expiration date one week later than the Application survey date. If the applicant applies right before the deadline, the endorser still has time to do the endorsement.
- The Review start date should be after the endorsement survey has ended and once you have assigned reviewers to each application.
- You may consider not having an expiration date for the review survey - reviewers often don't finish their reviews on time and the review-close date is often extended.