However, if you're using the Stand-alone Post Rating, unfortunately, there is no available solution at the moment. 

I'm finally starting to use the article ratings. I see here that some people have asked about adding ratings via shortcode...but it seems the shortcode "wants" a specific article ID.

Is there some way to configure the shortcode so I could put it in a post header or in a single item in a list of posts and have it show the average rating for that post?

Do I need to enter a meta key in the comment form itself or does that only apply to comment ratings and not the overall article ratings?

Thanks