NHETG ADJUDICATOR’S COMMENT SHEET INSTRUCTIONS

FOR MICROSOFT WORD FOR WINDOWS

Instructions to Judges:

·         Please respond to each aspect of the production. Click on the words [Click HERE and type] and begin typing.  Type as much as you like.  The space will expand to fit your text.

·         At the end of each section there is place for comments.  Please use this space for general impressions and any comments not covered by the specific categories above.

·         Save each comment sheet in a separate file so that you can go back and make changes as needed.

 


Instructions for Festival Computer Coordinator on System Set-up:

 

Do not leave these tasks for the last minute.  This set up does take some time but will result in a smoother running festival. The file is named comment_sheet_?????_template.doc . Adjudicators may also choose to hand write their comments. In this case use comment_sheet_?????_blank.doc . Replace the "?????" with "state" or "regional" accordingly. Both of these forms should be initialized as described below.

 

A week before the festival begins, both Comment Sheet files should be created for each judge for each show.  That means that for a 7 show 2 judge Regional Festival, 28 files should be created. For a 12 show 3 Judge State Festival, 72 files need to be create.  One set of 10, 12, 14, 16 or 24 files can be created for one judge and then copied to another computer (or folder on a network) for each additional judge.

 

Install the Template on each computer to be used or on the network. 

Go to www.nhetg.org

From the Adjudicator Templates section of the web site

 

Create Comment Sheets for each show as follows:

1.        Open the downloaded file comment_sheet_?????_template

(A new untitled Judges comment sheet should load.)

2.        Double Click in the shaded heading area at the top of the screen.

3.        Click where it says [DoubleClick HERE & type Name Of Play] and key in the name of the play.

4.        Click where it says [Click HERE and type Name Of School] and key in the name of the school.

5.        Now save the new document under the name of the show in a folder for this judge.

6.        Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each show in the festival.

7.        Open the downloaded file comment_sheet_?????_blank

8.        Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each show in the festival for hand written blank forms.

9.        Open the downloaded file order_of_preference_chart

10.     At the top of each column enter show titles in the order of performance. Abbreviations are acceptable.

11.     Print an Order of Preference Chart for each judge and give them to the Consultant.

12.     Copy all of the files created above to folders or computers for each additional judge.

 

Learn the System - Become familiar with the systems and template. The adjudicators will be under pressure and they will have questions.  You are there to show them the ropes and bail them out when things get strange. What ever happens, don’t blame the user (the adjudicators).

1.        Create a dummy Comment Sheet.

2.        Try typing in the various [Click HERE and type] fields.

3.        Note that as text flows onto the second page things can get a bit strange.  To correct this, add blank lines to the end of the previous response to force the next question entirely onto the new page. When this happens everything will be normal again.

4.        Print the dummy Comment Sheet to be certain the printer(s) works correctly.

(for help contact: Scott Piddington  524-4118  524-7146x106  spiddington@gilford.k12.nh.us)

Comment_sheet_nstructions.doc 02/04/2009