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Managing Recommendation Settings

Scoir gives your school control over how students request and teachers submit letters of recommendation. This guide explains the available settings and how to adjust them to fit your school’s process.

You must have the Account Administrator role to manage these settings.

Before you begin: Confirm your school's setup

Make sure your school has Document Support enabled by checking the following:

  1. In Scoir, go to the More (•••) menu and select School Settings.
  2. At the top of the page, check that Process Application Materials and confirm this setting is Enabled.

If this isn’t enabled, your school won’t have access to recommendation settings & features. View our guide to Enable Application Material Processing if you need help getting started.

Accessing recommendation settings

In School Settings, scroll to the Documents section and find Letters of Recommendation. If this section is grayed out, you don’t have Document Support enabled yet. See the steps above to check your setup.

Available settings & what they do

All settings can be toggled on or off at any time:

Allow students to use Scoir to request letters of recommendation from teachers

Let students request recommendation letters from their teachers directly in Scoir. You’ll also set the earliest date students can start making requests. Students won’t see the request option until they reach the start date you set.

Require counselor approval of recommendation requests

When enabled, counselors will review and approve student requests before they reach teachers.

Allow students to request college-specific recommendations

Let students specify colleges when requesting recommendations, allowing teachers tailor their letters.

Enable teachers to see profiles of the students who have requested a letter of recommendation

Give teachers access to view student profiles for additional context before writing their letters.

Choose How Teachers Submit Recommendations

Use the dropdown to select the submission method teachers will use:

  • Type into Scoir
  • Upload PDF
  • Both

Auto-Send Teacher Letters of Recommendations

To automatically send teacher recommendations to colleges once they’re submitted:

  1. Click the Contact Scoir Support link at the bottom of this settings section.
  2. Scoir Support will contact you to confirm and enable auto-send.
  3. You’ll receive a confirmation email from support@scoir.com once it’s active.

Require Teachers to Complete Evaluation Forms

This setting is on by default to help meet Common App requirements and include extra information with teacher recommendations.

When this setting is enabled, teachers are required to complete all mandatory evaluation fields and provide the necessary profile information before submitting recommendations in Scoir.

Please note:

  • When this setting is first turned on by default, any submitted Class of 2026 recommendations will return to Outstanding Requests so teachers can complete the new required fields. These re-opened requests will appear as drafts with the original letter still attached. Teachers should edit to update and resubmit the recommendation.
  • If your school turns this setting off, any Outstanding recommendations for the Class of 2026 will be marked as Completed, but they won’t meet Common App requirements.
  • If you later turn the setting back on, those recommendations won’t move again—they’ll stay Completed, which may cause issues if your school plans to leverage the Common App Integration.
Disabling this setting prevents teacher recommendations from meeting Common App submission requirements. We recommend keeping it enabled if your school plans to use the Common App integration or wants to include this additional information.

To learn more about using Scoir to manage recommendation letters, watch our Letters of Recommendation video.

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