Online Judging Resources

Thank you so much for being a judge.  These three resources give you everything you need to be a judge in 2020!

Judging Criteria Guidelines help you to understand what is most important when you are evaluating and scoring an invention – which is different this year since judges do not have the opportunity to talk with the inventors and ask questions. You will want to read through this first.

Online Judging Instructions – 4 page document takes you through the process step-by-step – from logging onto the judging system, through viewing videos and other associated materials, and scoring. Print them out to have by your side as you are doing the actual judging and you should have no problems at all!

Probing Scoring Questions – this 1 page document identifies the underlying concerns of each question in the scoring rubric.