Call for IEEE Region 10 Website Contest 2011
The IEEE Region-10 website contest is a yearly opportunity for student branches in Asia Pacific to interact, compete and learn from one another.
Motivation behind this Website Competition:
> Electronic communications among IEEE members has been one of the IEEE main concerns during the recent times.
> Student branches are visible to the world and are just one click away
> It is very important for the IEEE student branches to communicate with their student members and other branches in an electronic way. Having a Student Branch Website is a good tool to achieve this goal.
R10 Website Contest (Rules and Guild-lines):
> The judging criteria can be found at:
http://ieee.org/web/membership/students/scholarshipsawardscontests/IEEE_Student_Branch_Web_Site_Contest.html
> 1st Prize winner will automatically stand a chance for the IEEE Student Branch Web Site Contest organized by MGA at the global level.
At stage 1, Each region holds its own regional Website contest.
(This stage is the Region-10 Website Contest.)
At stage 2, All regions including Region-10 submit the top entry to the IEEE Student Branch Web Site Contest.
The Region-10 Website Contest is open for submission.
Please submit "Request for Participation Form" from interested student branch by March 31, 2011.
R10 Website Contest Winning Categories includes:
> 1st Prize: US$500 + Certificate + Qualify for Inter-regional Website contest
> 2nd Prize: US$350 + Certificate
> 3rd Prize: US$200 + Certificate
> Best New Comer Award: Certificate
> Merit Award (top 20% but subjected to change depending on participation) : Certificate
*Monetary award for this contest comes from Region-10 .
Please submit your nominations online at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRHLTNSRkNrU2U1OGVYQzlndnlZWUE6MQ or contact R10 RSR Om Perkash Batra opbat...@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or R10 Prof. Takao Onoye taek...@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for any further details.
Criterion 1: Content
Note: Originality and presentation will not be judged in this category!"
Example: Contact information for Branch administration, each page has contact and date information, Information on Branch and related (department, section, etc.) activities, No copyright violations, reasonably proper grammar, spelling, and composition, Solid multi-lingual support, Content is proper for Student Branch audience, Content is reasonably “complete”.
Criterion 2: Navigability
Example: No under construction links, All on-site links are working, Off-site links are fairly stable, Good logical structure used in the site, Easy to find information, Logical and tasteful use of keywords as hyperlinks, Judicious use of hyperlinks, use of navigation tools (search engines, navigation bars, site maps).
Criterion 3: Originality
Example: Unique and innovative content on the site, Unique and innovative presentation of “standard” material on the site.
Criteria 4: Overall Presentation
Example: Good layout of individual pages, Discrete, tasteful backgrounds, Discrete, tasteful, and useful scripts, Useful audio and/or video, Useful images and appropriately presented, Use of tables and other HTML elements as appropriate.
Criteria 5: Portability
Example: Web site supports text-only browsers, No use of fixed elements in Web pages, Page design considers variable screen size, Browsing the site locally has been possible.
Criteria 6: Load Time
Example: Image sizes are not excessively large (or alternative “high bandwidth” Web site is present), Reasonable amount of Javascript, animated GIFs, images, etc. are on each page, Script/multimedia execution time (if relevant
Regards
Om Perkash
R10 Student Rep.