Evaluation > Rounds > Add round > Voting type
The score voting type is recommended for evaluation phases where you require custom scorecards, each with its own set of criteria, weights, and scale. The scores given by each judge are then averaged and the candidate with the highest average score is considered the winner.
You can select and customize your score voting and the scorecard by going to Evaluation > Rounds > Add round > Voting type and selecting Score voting. This will open up fields for your Scorecard.
Name
Choose a name for the criteria.
Weight
Set the contribution of this criteria to the total score of the application for this round. You can think of the weights as a ratio or percentage distribution towards the total score where all weight values combined should equal 100.
Scale (maximum score)
Set the maximum score the evaluator can give to this particular criteria.
You can use the “Add criteria” button to add an additional criteria for your scorecard. If you want to delete a criteria, press the X sign on the right.
Total scale
Use this field to set the maximum total score that an application can achieve based on the criteria you have set for this round.
Enable abstain
Allow judges to decline to vote on one or more applications for this specific evaluation round. When a judge declines to vote on an application, the points for the application are calculated as if the judge does not exist.
Score normalization
Enable score normalization – a mathematical formula which ensures that every entry is scored based on the same set of standards, regardless of how many judges are evaluating the applications.
IMPORTANT: If you have enabled score normalization and subsequently change the status of one or more entries to any status different from “Approved”, note that this will impact your existing grades. As a result, changing the statuses of entries after score normalization has been enabled is not recommended for a program where the results have already been announced.