How do I set up a new judge round?

Modified on Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 04:08 PM

1. Click the “Login” button at the top right of the YouNoodle website and enter your YouNoodle account and program.

2. Go to the Setup section under the Judge round in the left side menu.

a) Set up the judge round name, the judging deadline, and the time zone.

3. Go to the Form Builder section under the Judge round in the left side menu.

a) In the toolbox to the right side of the page, you will see the Criteria box, the Section Divider, and all the questions previously created in the Application form, Personal Form, and Recommender Form.

b) Drag and drop the Criteria box into the center to create a new judging criteria. Click on the new criteria to edit the name.

c) Define if the criteria require for Score, for Feedback or, for Score and Feedback.

d) Now drag and drop all the application questions from the toolbox that you would like the judges to evaluate in order to score the criteria. Note: Application questions can be added at the top of the form or linked directly to a specific criteria.

e) Now, click on the Settings tab to set the score range from 1 to 100, to upload your judge's guidelines if applicable, and finally to set the weighted value of each criterion.

4. Go to the Manage Judging section under the Judge round in the left side menu.

a) Here you will be able to invite judges to the round, assign judges to applications, launch the judge round and track the progress of each judge.

b) To invite judges to the round, go to the Invite tab and add the judges with their email addresses.

c) To assign applications to a judge, go to the Assign tab and click on the judge you want to assign an application to, and then select the application you want to assign, or vice versa.

d) Under the Results tab, all results (scores and feedback from the judges) will be automatically compiled. From here, you will be able to export the data and release judging scores and/or feedback to the participants.