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Reset a Judge's Password

Judges

If a judge has trouble logging in you may need to reset their password.STEP 1: View All JudgesFrom your OpenWater Dashboard look down to ...

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Emailing Winners and Non-Winners Using The Email Wizard

Emails

Once judging has concluded you can send a blast email to all Winners and Non-Winners by following these steps.STEP 1: View Your Competiti...

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Impersonate a Judge

Judges

Sometimes a judge has an issue you just need to see to understand.  You can impersonate a judge which will log you out as an admin a...

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Restrict Online Judging to Certain Categories

Judges

Even if you assigned entries to judges in all categories, it is possible to temporarily block judging of specific categories at any time....

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Reset an Entrant's Password

Entrants

This will show you how to reset an entrant's password.STEP 1: Open the Entrants Drop-DownFrom your OpenWater Dashboard scroll down to fin...

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Download All Submission Files in Bulk

Submissions

Throughout a competition your entrants may upload a substantial number of files.  You may need to download all of these files in a n...

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Adding Additional Administrators

System Setup

STEP 1: Navigate to PermissionsOn the left navigation bar, click on SYSTEM SETTINGS to reveal the drop down menu.Find and click on Permis...

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Setting up Organization Information

System Setup

STEP 1: Go to Club Information in System SetingsOn the left navigation bar, click the arrow in System Settings to reveal the drop down me...

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Submit a Test Entry

Submissions

STEP 1: Use Click Here to Submit Your Entry Link on Public WebsiteOnce you open the main page of the awards website, click on Click Here ...

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Set Submission and Judging Dates

Program Setup

STEP 1: Click Manage next to the active program you are interested inFrom Dashboard click Manage next to the target program.STEP 2: Go to...

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View Scores and Results from Judging

Reports

Once the first entry has been judged you can view the results of judging by following these steps.STEP 1: View Your CompetitionFrom your ...

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Impersonate an Entrant

Entrants

Sometimes the easiest way to get to the bottom of an issue that one of your entrants is experiencing is to impersonate them in the system...

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View and Test Your Website and Submission Form

Program Setup

Testing your program is important, and you will want to load up your website and submission for as your entrants will see it in order to ...

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Run a Finance Report

Reports

If you want financial reports for a specific competition you can get them as CSV or Excel files.STEP 1: View Your CompetitionsFrom your O...

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Delete an Entry

Submissions

This will show you how to delete an entry from your program. Note: There are two ways to do this - either by going into the admin vi...

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Viewing Categories and Adding Subcategories

Program Setup

STEP 1: Go to CompetitionsFrom Dashboard click on Competitions in the left-hand menu.STEP 2: Open Settings for the target programClick Se...

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Allow an Entrant to Enter More Data

Submissions

This will show you how to allow an entrant to add or edit the information on their entry.STEP 1: Click the active competition you are int...

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Adding or Editing Submission Fees

Program Setup

A submission fee is what is charged to the entrant when they complete their entry. Most AAF clubs will set fees for Single Entries, Campa...

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Bulk Assign Entries to Judges, or Judge Teams

Judges

You can assign entries in bulk to a judge or judge team. This will save you a lot of time if you have a large number of entries ready for...

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Add and Remove Judges

Judges

Judges need to be added to a round in order to be assigned submissions and start their judging. This will show you how to add and remove ...

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Admin Sign Up Form

Getting Started

Welcome to this year's American Advertising Awards Software Setup. To get started with your competition setup in OpenWater, please enroll...

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