Award Criteria

Awards Home | Award Winners | Award Criteria |  Nominate! The criteria below must be met in order for an award to be won. The table below is the score sheet used when judging each website. Judges also use a comments and criticisms sheet to assess each site alongside the criteria. Explanation of the score sheet A website gaining disqualification points will not be awarded. Websites fulfilling the general criteria as well as collecting at least 6 marks from the other sections will be given a ‘recognition of potential’. Where full marks are gained in each category an award will be given. If full marks are gained in two categories but not all three, a website will be awarded in their strongest category only.   IF AFTER JUDGING YOU WISH TO HAVE A COPY OF YOUR SCORE SHEET, PLEASE SEND YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS TO US FROM THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU NOMINATED YOURSELF WITH.     DISQUALIFICATION POINTS – NO RECOGNITION IF 1+ Adult Website/Illegal/Corrupt Under Construction/In Part No Clear Navigation Style No Purpose for presence TOTAL DISQUALIFIED? GENERAL CRITERIA (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10) Good Navigation Consistent Brand Image Good Content flow/Readability Good Accessibility/Search Engine Download Time ICRA if necessary No broken links (margin of err: 5) Contact Information Available Evidence of Panning AND Consistency Good Uptime (98.9%) TOTAL QUALIFY? CONTENT AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD) Clear purpose with set goals Links Available Well categorized content Well argued points/Clear structure Good English (ESU Standard) ICRA if necessary, Appropriate Lang. Good use of images with content Updated Content Value adding? Top of class – chair please advice TOTAL QUALIFY? DESIGN AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD) Effective colour scheme Excellent use of typography Very effective navigation Nav’ reduces content redundancy New media elements where possible Excellent use of javascript/css Design suites purpose well Good use of white space Virtually faultless image quality Mature design & Brand Image TOTAL QUALIFY? COMMUNITY AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD) Online community presence Security in place Management active in community Fast Registration with Terms & Privacy Updated and interesting stimulus Links & Evidence of Networking Functional technology for interaction Value Added Experience Fast interaction Evidence of planning community TOTAL QUALIFY? TOP AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 2/2 FOR C/AWARD) Unanimous Judge Approval Meets all criteria TOTAL QUALIFY? If you have any questions about these critera please contact us.

Last Updated ( Monday, 16 May 2005 )