---
title: "Create a candidate review session"
slug: "create-candidate-review"
tags: ["admin", "scheduler"]
updated: 2026-05-28T11:18:42Z
published: 2026-05-28T11:18:42Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.cirrusassessment.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create candidate review

***This article explains how to create a candidate review session.***

              Before scheduling a candidate review session:

              

- All results must be fully marked and submitted.
- All results must be published.

### Step 1: create a new review session

1. Go to **Delivery** in the left navigation bar.
2. Click the **Candidate review** tab.

![Screenshot 2022-11-18 at 14.49.32.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202022-11-18%20at%2014.49.32.png)

1. Click **Add review session**.
2. Search by **Schedule** or **Assessment**.

              Schedules vs. Assessments

              

This is an important choice: are you creating a candidate review session for a schedule or for an assessment?

**Per schedule**: creates a candidate review session for one specific schedule (recommended). **Per assessment**: creates a candidate review session for all schedules created from the selected assessment. This may result in multiple review sessions on the candidate dashboard (for example, in the case of a resit).

1. Select your schedule or assessment and click **To settings** to continue.

![Screenshot 2022-11-18 at 14.49.53.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202022-11-18%20at%2014.49.53.png)

- Use the pre-filled schedule title or enter a new one.
- Choose the availability: time window or always. This setting cannot be changed once the session is active; however, you can [archive](/v1/docs/archive-candidate-review) the session if needed. The session will automatically archive once the time window ends.
- Choose whether to use a [Keycode](/v1/docs/keycode).
- An integration ID is only required for integrations.

![Screenshot 2022-11-18 at 14.50.55.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202022-11-18%20at%2014.50.55.png)

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A candidate review session has now been created. Follow the remaining steps to complete the setup.

### Step 2: add candidates

You can only add candidates whose results have been published. Multiple candidate review sessions can be created for the same candidate, provided the previous session has ended.

![Screenshot 2022-11-18 at 14.58.05.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202022-11-18%20at%2014.58.05.png)

1. Click **Add candidates**.
2. Search and select your candidates.
3. Click **Submit**.

![add-candidates-review-session.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cdfc20c8-6721-4154-b0a1-9f49f139d107/Images/Documentation/add-candidates-review-session.png)

A candidate can be removed from an active session provided they have not yet started it.

### Step 3: options

Use the Options tab to define what information candidates can see during the review session. See [Options: Candidate review](/v1/docs/options-candidate-review) for full details.

### Step 4: activate review session

Once all previous steps are complete, click **Activate** to activate the candidate review session.