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# How do I create a custom evaluation outside of class?

> Build an off-session evaluation from the Evaluations hub: pick skills and athletes, score, and save.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Available on plans that include **Training** — if you don't see it, ask your Uplifter contact.
  * You can add **any athlete** across your organization by name search, independent of any class session.
  * You can still save an overall mark per athlete even with no skills selected.
</Note>

A custom evaluation lets you score athletes any time — a private lesson, a make-up, a spot check — without running a class.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start a new evaluation">
    In the **Evaluations** hub, tap **New evaluation**. It opens with a default name you can change.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Optionally seed from a template">
    Pick a template from **Template (optional)** to pre-select its skills, or leave it on **No template** and choose skills yourself.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick skills">
    Tap skills to include them, grouped by discipline. The counter shows how many are selected. Skip this entirely if you only want to record an overall mark.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add athletes">
    Search **Search athletes to add…** and tap each athlete to add them. A broad search shows only the first batch of matches and tells you how many more there are — narrow the search to reach the rest. Each added athlete gets a card where you set the overall mark, score every selected skill, and add an optional note.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Tap **Save evaluation**. You land on the saved evaluation, which now appears as a **Custom** batch in the hub.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Saving is safe to retry — if a tap double-fires or the connection hiccups, Uplifter reuses the same evaluation instead of creating a duplicate.

**Related:** [What is the Evaluations hub?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/evaluations-hub-batches) · [How do I fix or update a recorded evaluation?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/view-edit-recorded-evaluation) · [What do the marks and overall score mean?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/marks-and-overall-score)