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# How do I review and publish evaluations so families can see them?

> Find evaluations waiting for review on Athletes > Evaluations, publish or unpublish them, and know what families see and when they are notified.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Families see published evaluations only.** A new evaluation starts unpublished unless its template publishes automatically.
  * **Publishing is its own permission.** It needs **Publish Evaluations**, which the Coach role does not include by default.
  * **Find what is waiting.** Turn on **Unpublished only** on **Athletes > Evaluations**.
  * **Plan.** The page appears only on plans that include **Training**.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Show what is waiting">
    Go to **Athletes > Evaluations** and turn on **Unpublished only**. To narrow further, use **Search athlete or template...**, or click **Filters** and set **Status**, **Template**, **Coach**, **Discipline**, **Level** or **Date range** (fill in both **From** and **To**).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check the result">
    Click the eye icon to check the skills, score and notes. **Pending** and **In Progress** mean the coach has not finished.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish it">
    Click **Publish** on the row, the card or the evaluation's page ("Evaluation published"). It leaves the **Unpublished only** list, and its page shows who published it and when.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Take one back.** Click **Unpublish** ("Evaluation unpublished"). On a template that publishes once evaluations are a set number of days old, Uplifter publishes it again overnight once it is past that age.

**Blank evaluations.** **Unpublished only** also lists empty **Pending** evaluations no coach has scored. Skip them, or set **Status** to a result such as **Pass**.

**One at a time.** Each click publishes one evaluation. If it changed since you opened the page, refresh and try again.

**Who can publish.** Recording (**Record Evaluations**) and publishing are separate permissions, and admins have both. To let someone else publish, open **My Organization > Staff**, choose **Edit Permissions** from their row's menu, and give them **Publish Evaluations** ("Make evaluations visible to families") under **Coaching**. Some staff who record evaluations may already have it switched on. Coaches with it can also publish from the [coach portal](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/view-edit-recorded-evaluation).

**What families see.**

| Evaluation | Family sees it | Family is notified |
| - | - | - |
| Unpublished | No, and it is not counted | No |
| Unpublished, template shows drafts, coach has started scoring | Yes, with a **Draft** badge | No |
| Published: **Pass**, **Excellent** or **Satisfactory** | Yes | Yes, by your club's **Evaluation Completed** notification |
| Published: **Retry** | Yes | No |

Blank evaluations no coach has scored stay hidden, even on a template that shows drafts. Evaluations recorded before publishing was introduced count as published ("Published before tracking").

**Publish automatically instead.** A template's **When families see these evaluations** can be **Someone publishes each evaluation** (the default), **Publish as soon as it is recorded** (once it has a result), or **Publish once it is a set number of days old** (1 to 365 days, published overnight). It also has **Show unpublished evaluations to families as drafts**. See [Create evaluation templates](/club/staff-operations/evaluation-templates).

**Editing a published evaluation.** Saving a change from a session's evaluations grid asks "Save changes to a published evaluation?". **Save and unpublish** hides it until someone reviews it. Only staff with **Publish Evaluations** see **Save and keep published**.

**Related:** [How do I create evaluation templates?](/club/staff-operations/evaluation-templates) · [How do I score a whole session's evaluations from the admin dashboard?](/club/staff-operations/how-do-i-score-evaluations-from-a-session-page) · [How do I fix or update a recorded evaluation?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/view-edit-recorded-evaluation) · [How do I view my athlete's evaluation results?](/families/families-following/view-evaluation-results)