Scoring criteria

If your program uses VIP judging mode, you will need to configure scoring criteria. Scoring criteria are numerical scoring tools that judges use to evaluate their assigned entries. Each criterion belongs to a score set, and all criteria within that score set are added together to form a total score.

There is no limit to the number of scoring criteria you can create—you can add as many as your program requires.

Configure scoring criteria

1. In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Settings > Scoring criteria
2. Click New criterion
3. Add a Label to display to judges
4. Enter a Score title (maximum 32 characters)
5. Enter a Shortcode for use in summary tables and exports
6. (Optional) Add Help text or Hint text to give judges extra guidance
   • Help text appears as a hover tooltip
     
   • Hint text appears alongside the criterion
     
7. If you have multiple score sets, select the correct Score set
8. Choose a Control type
   • Select score—dropdown list of integer values
   • Slider—horizontal slider allowing one decimal place
   • Keyboard input—judges type their score
   • Recommendation—for use in Recommendation judging
9. For all controls except Recommendation, enter a Maximum score
10. Add a Weight if required—this acts as a multiplier for the selected score
11. Under 'Commenting', choose whether comments should be invited or required
12. (Optional) Align the criterion with a specific field using Align this score with a field
13. If not aligned with a field, provide an Order value to control the display sequence
14. Choose the Categories the criterion should apply to
15. Click Save

Good to know

• A weight of 0 can only be used if the score set calculation is set to Mean.
• If you align a scoring criterion with a field that does not apply to all categories, judges may not see the criterion and the entry may not be marked as complete.
• Aligning a scoring criterion with a conditional field means it may or may not appear for judges—if this is intentional, consider using the Mean calculation.
• If you do not want judges to score criteria when a field is not shown, use the Don’t score when unanswered option.
• The Order value controls how criteria appear to judges and in exports.
• Deleting scoring criteria and recalculating the leaderboard will permanently remove the scoring data collected.

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