Guides and information on using this system.
All that a member needs to know....
For a member of the club all they need to do is click on the blue Join Our Club on the home page.
- If you have MyPhotoClub account log in, or register for a new account.
- Your club will have provided you with a joining code - enter this code and submit.
- A grey Members button takes you to the entry page.
- Green buttons lead you to open competitions to entered.
- Blue buttons lead you to published competition where you can view, vote and comment.
Judging/evaluating competitions...
There are many methods to judge/evaluate a competition. In all these cases, the judge/evaluator can be a member or external to the club.
Online Scoring
- Each person enters a score against each entry (1-5 or 1-9)
- Sum of scores determines the most successful entries
- All members and/or external account holders can participate
- Voting for own image is replace with average from other scorers
Remote Judging
- Single judge (member or external account holder)
- Judge can enter a comment and give award for each entry
- Comments visible to all members and included in results message
Favourite Voting
- Each member votes to select their favourite
- Running tally on the page
Managing competitions...
Managing competitions is done in Manage Collections under the Management button. Competitions are always grouped into Collections.
Online Scoring
Setting up
- In Manage Collections goto Online Scoring
- Select the scorers by:
- Single button to include all members
- Select a member from a list
- Enter email address of person to score
Finalising
- In Manage Collections goto Online Scoring
- Select the collection and competition to use
- Check scoring status - Close off Scoring
- Totals are shown.
- Go to Result Entry and give awards as required
- Use Publish to complete cycle
Remote Judging
Setting up
- In Manage Collections goto Remote Judging
- Select the collection to use
- Assign Judge in Remote Judging
- When Judge logs on to website a red button is visible to access judging page
Finalising
- In Manage Collections goto Remote Judging
- Select each competition and check judge has completed the task
- Use Publish to complete cycle
Favourite Voting
Setting up
- In Manage Collections goto Result Entry
- Finalise all competitions
- Publish with message that voting is now open
Finalising
- Nothing to do as tally just continues
How to create and edit competition collections...
To edit and existing collection use the Maintenance option
To create a new collection this is done by going to an existing collection and duplicating it then editing the duplicated collection.