Utilizing Electronic Rating Sheets for Regional C&SR Evaluations

Benefits:

• Efficiency: Say goodbye to paper! Electronic judging sheets eliminate the need for printing, distributing, and collecting physical forms.
• Organization: No more misplaced or lost sheets. Everything is stored securely online.
• Security: Passwords ensure authorized access and prevent unauthorized alterations.

Judge Responsibilities:

Logging In:

1. Visit Texasmusicforms.com and navigate to the homepage.

2. Click on the Judges tile.

   

Selecting the Event:

3. Click the Regional Concert and Sight-Reading button.

   

4. Choose your region from the dropdown menu.

   

5. Select the specific event you will be judging.

   

Entering Password and Selecting Judge Name:

6. Enter the unique, secure password provided by the Region Executive Secretary. Click Validate Password.

   • If the password is incorrect, contact your Regional Secretary to verify.

     

7. Select your name from the list of judges for the event.

   

Accessing Scoring Sheet:

8. Click on the name of the school you will be rating in the left-hand menu. This will open the scoring sheet for that particular school and contest. Once a school has been evaluated and submitted, the tile for that school will turn green and will no longer be accessible to the judge. Only the tiles that are grayed out are still available to be evaluated.

   

Completing the Scoring Sheet:

The scoring sheet for that group will now show up, featuring a built-in rubric and a section for general comments. The rubric is divided into three categories: Tone, Technique, and Musical Understanding. Each category contains four to five descriptors, with dropdown menus offering five performance indicators to select from for each descriptor.

9. Choose one of the five indicators for each descriptor.
10. Enter general comments in the designated box for each section.

11. You may choose to utilize the notation symbols under the comment box to insert the musical notation. You would click on each note, rest, or symbol you want to add, and it will show up on the report the director gets with your comments. NOTE: Currently, clicking on the note will put a code in the comment box, but it will not look like the note you clicked. This can be confusing, but it does appear correctly on the digital comment sheet the director will receive.

    

12. You can click on the blue "Local Save" button at the bottom of your page to save your comments as you go, in case of a technical glitch.
13. You can click on the "General Comments" tab if you would like to write notes specific to the three selections that the ensemble is performing.

14. Select the Final Rating from the dropdown menu.

15. Confirm your selection by typing a number from 1 to 5 in the "Confirm Your Selection" box. Unlike the written judge's comment sheets, you no longer have to write out the number.

    

16. (Optional) Preview your general comments sheet before submission by clicking the "Preview" button. This will display only the General Comments tab, not the entire report. Once you are done previewing, use the Return button to return to the sheet.

    

Saving and Submitting:

17. In case of poor internet connection, use the "Local Save" button to save the sheet on your computer and submit it later.

    

18. Once finished and satisfied with your scores and comments, click "Submit Ratings".

Congratulations! You have completed the electronic judging process on Texasmusicforms.com.