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# Setting the scoring method to Score via schedule or Score anywhere

When scoring your event with **Liveheats**, you can choose between two **scoring methods**. This setting determines how judges or scorers enter scores.

|| Note: **This setting is only available in certain sports that commonly run events with more than two active courses/banks, or if they need to score multiple divisions at the same time.**

## Supported scoring methods

1. **Score via schedule:**
* Director must start / end each heat/run using [the event remote](https://help.liveheats.com/en/article/starting-and-ending-heats-1amxy3x/)
* Heats/runs must be ended to proceed to score the next heat/run
* All heats, runs, and rounds appear in the event are scored in sequence
* Supports up to two divisions being scored simultaneously with [double banking](https://help.liveheats.com/en/article/configuring-and-running-double-banks-or-dual-podiums-in-the-schedule-rdes4f/)

**Best for:**
* When a judging panel is being used
* When you start and end the scoring of each heat/run in a set order

2. **Score anywhere:**
* Allows a Director to go into any division > heat/run and start it to begin scoring
* Allows Director to start and end heats/runs at any time and not in a set sequence
* automatically hides the schedule from the public

**Best for:**
* Events with many courses/areas running out sequence
* If you are using a single tabulator or scorer, instead of a panel

## How to set the scoring method
1. Go to the **Event settings** and click **Advanced**
2.  In the field that reads, **Scoring method** you can toggle on each option
3. Click **Update event** once done.  Be sure to review the detail above around how scoring works in each method

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