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Setup your judging portal
Setup your judging portal

Build your evaluation form or setup ranking. Blind fields from judges and customize the appearance of your judging layout.

Zack Schwartz avatarKunal Johar avatarJackson Clarke avatar
By Zack and 2 others3 authors21 articles

Judge settings


Hide or blind fields from judges
Allow judges to recuse themselves from reviewing a submission
Allow judges to see scores and comments of other judges
Allow judges to leave comments to each other on submissions

Choose your preferred judging mode


Evaluation Scorecard vs. Ranking

Evaluation scorecard mode


Add a question to the judging evaluation scorecard
Show or hide evaluation criteria depending on which category is selected by the applicant
Allow judges to score a submission form field right below the applicant response

Ranking mode


Configure ranking mode settings

Advanced settings and options


Edit Judge Scorecards
Customize the appearance and evaluation layout of the judging portal
Allow judges to export their own scores to excel
Require judges to sign an NDA to participate
Enable legacy judging portal for condensed table of submissions
Allow judges to save drafts of their evaluations.
Allow judges to print submissions to PDF
Prevent judges from viewing submissions after judging is over
Require individuals to sign up to become a judge
Disable judging of certain categories
Customize the judge PDF layout settings
Single Scoring Mode: Quickly hand jam scores from judges
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