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Judges

Reset a Judge's Password

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 find and open "Judges"Click "All Judges"STEP 2: Select a Jud...

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Emails

Emailing Winners and Non-Winners Using The Email Wizard

Once judging has concluded you can send a blast email to all Winners and Non-Winners by following these steps.STEP 1: View Your CompetitionsFrom your OpenWater Dashboard, find and click the Competi...

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Judges

Impersonate a Judge

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 and log you into the system as the judge.STEP 1: View All Jud...

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Judges

Restrict Online Judging to Certain Categories

Even if you assigned entries to judges in all categories, it is possible to temporarily block judging of specific categories at any time. This is useful if you have a combination of online and in-p...

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Entrants

Reset an Entrant's Password

This will show you how to reset an entrant's password.STEP 1: Open the Entrants Drop-DownFrom your OpenWater Dashboard scroll down to find and open the "Entrants" drop-downClick on "Search"STEP 2: ...

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Submissions

Download All Submission Files in Bulk

Throughout a competition your entrants may upload a substantial number of files.  You may need to download all of these files in a nice, organized fashion.Our Bulk Download Tool enables you to...

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System Setup

Adding Additional Administrators

STEP 1: Navigate to PermissionsOn the left navigation bar, click on SYSTEM SETTINGS to reveal the drop down menu.Find and click on PermissionsSTEP 2: Click Add UserClick the ADD USER button near th...

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System Setup

Setting up Organization Information

STEP 1: Go to Club Information in System SetingsOn the left navigation bar, click the arrow in System Settings to reveal the drop down menu.Find and click on Club Information.STEP 2: Configure the ...

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Submissions

Submit a Test Entry

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 to begin a new Entry to initiate the preliminary submission ...

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Program Setup

Set Submission and Judging Dates

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 Open / Close DatesSelect Open / Close Dates from the Round ...

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Reports

View Scores and Results from Judging

Once the first entry has been judged you can view the results of judging by following these steps.STEP 1: View Your CompetitionFrom your OpenWater Dashboard, find and click the Competitions tab on ...

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Entrants

Impersonate an Entrant

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. By doing so you can see exactly where the problem lies.STE...

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Program Setup

View and Test Your Website and Submission Form

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 test. This guide walks you through getting to the website, a...

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Reports

Run a Finance Report

If you want financial reports for a specific competition you can get them as CSV or Excel files.STEP 1: View Your CompetitionsFrom your OpenWater Dashboard, find and click the Competitions tab on t...

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Submissions

Delete an Entry

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 view of the entry, or by deleting in bulk from the entries vie...

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Program Setup

Viewing Categories and Adding Subcategories

STEP 1: Go to CompetitionsFrom Dashboard click on Competitions in the left-hand menu.STEP 2: Open Settings for the target programClick Settings next to the program you want to set up categories for...

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Submissions

Allow an Entrant to Enter More Data

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 interested inFrom Dashboard click the target competition.STEP 2...

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Program Setup

Adding or Editing Submission Fees

A submission fee is what is charged to the entrant when they complete their entry. Most AAF clubs will set fees for Single Entries, Campaign Entries, for Members and Non-Members, and for Early Bird...

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Judges

Bulk Assign Entries to Judges, or Judge Teams

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 judging.Important note for District-level admins: Make sure...

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Judges

Add and Remove 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 judges from your competition as needed.STEP 1: Click Manage ...

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Getting Started

Admin Sign Up Form

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

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