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Judge settings

Hide or blind fields from judges

Keep judging fair by preventing the judges from seeing who the applicant is

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Allow judges to recuse themselves from reviewing a submission

If your judge has a conflict of interest, they can disclose that and not review that submission

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Allow judges to see scores and comments of other judges

Let judges collaborate by showing them each other's scores on submissions

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Allow judges to leave comments to each other on submissions

Also known as the Judge Conversation Center

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Choose your preferred judging mode

Evaluation Scorecard vs. Ranking

Understand the two different ways to judge submissions

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Evaluation scorecard mode

Add a question to the judging evaluation scorecard

Configure which questions appear on the judging criteria

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Show or hide evaluation criteria depending on which category is selected by the applicant

Ask different judging questions depending on the category. Also known as Category Groups.

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Allow judges to score a submission form field right below the applicant response

Also known as in-line scoring

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Ranking mode

Configure ranking mode settings

Setup a ranking, 1st, 2nd, 3rd place style judging

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Advanced settings and options

Customize the appearance and evaluation layout of the judging portal

Add thumbnails, descriptions and adjust what the judges experience

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Allow judges to export their own scores to excel

Written by Kunal Johar
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Require judges to sign an NDA to participate

Non-disclosure agreements for judges

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Enable legacy judging portal for condensed table of submissions

Don't need a fancy judging portal, enable our legacy mode.

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Allow judges to save drafts of their evaluations.

Allow judges to save their progress, or finalize draft scores for abandoned judges

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Allow judges to print submissions to PDF

Let judges export a submission or all submissions to pdf

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Prevent judges from viewing submissions after judging is over

Judges should not have access to their reviews after judging is concluded

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Require individuals to sign up to become a judge

Use a judge sign up form to recruit new judges. Approve judges as they come in.

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Disable judging of certain categories

Turn off judging of individual categories at your discretion

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Customize the judge PDF layout settings

Customize what the PDF looks like when judges print submissions

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Single Scoring Mode: Quickly hand jam scores from judges

A special judging mode that allows you to collect scores from judges and quickly enter them in as an administrator.

Written by Zack Schwartz
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