Points per item, the card and the tie rules are your contest's call. Defaults follow the Oklahoma manual's example; change them to match your rules.
How grading works
Part I items have one right answer each and Major factors must be exactly right. Part II follows the card's rule: if a field needs X treatments, only the first X marks count, and there is no partial credit. Each treatment in the key carries its own points: the 30 points start split evenly, and you can change them under each field's key.
A team has three or four members and the three high totals count. Team ties go to the 4th member's score, then a team with a 4th member over one without, then Site 1 to Site 4, then Part I of each site. Individual ties use the same site order. Anything still tied is drawn from a hat. Keys can come straight from the key builder.
Questions
How is the team score figured?
Add the three highest individual totals. With four members, the lowest total is dropped. The manual allows teams of three or four.
How are ties broken in land judging?
For teams: the 4th member's score, then the team that has a 4th member, then the Site 1, 2, 3 and 4 scores, then Part I of each site. Individuals go straight to the site scores. If nothing separates them, draw from a hat.
How many points is each item worth?
Judges set them. The manual's example gives texture 4 and 4, depth 5, slope 4, erosion 4, permeability 5, runoff 3, major factors 8 and class 8, for 45, plus 30 for the treatments, so 75 a field.
How fast can I type a card in?
Each cell takes the card number: 3 for Medium, III or 3 for Class III, 356 for practices 3, 5 and 6, 1516 for 15 and 16. Enter moves to the next cell, and wrong answers turn red as you type.
Can two people grade at once?
Not on one shared list: each device keeps its own. Grade on one computer, or save a backup file and open it on the other device to carry on.