Judging criteria for all entries

All entries will be reviewed according to the following criteria, in order to draw up a short-list of the best entries:

• 1. Design and ease of use
• Is the webpage easy to use?
• Is the webpage clearly laid out and easy to navigate?
• Does the webpage have a good use of design?
• 2. Breadth of content
• Does the webpage contain a wide-range of content?
• Does the webpage show any cross-curricular ideas?
• If there are any links to external sites, are these carefully selected and appropriate?
• 3. Quality of content
• Taking into account the age of those who have contributed to the website:
• Is the content technically accurate?
• Is the content produced to a high standard?
• 4. Originality and replicability
• Does the webpage showcase unusual ideas or projects?
• Or, does the webpage present its ideas in an original way?
• How easy would it be for other teachers to learn from the webpage and try similar ideas for themselves?
• 5. How closely the webpage page achieves its own aims
• 6. How closely the webpage achieves the three main aims of the contest.

Final Judging Panel

The final judging panel will consist of professionals working within the Anglo-Japanese field

Rules

Eligibility:

• The contest is open to any primary or secondary school in the UK.

• Each school must designate its Webpage Contest Project Leader. This person must be a member of staff, not a student. (This can be a part-time teacher, teaching assistant or volunteer teacher.)

• Your headteacher or deputy head must consent to your school participating in the contest.

General:

• Your webpage must be related to Japan or Japanese. You may enter an existing webpage or one that you create from scratch. Please remember that the webpage will be marked for originality. If you have previously taken part in this competition, it would be a good idea to update the content of the website.

• Only one entry per school. Please make sure it is clear on your webpage which school it is representing.

• If your school has an official website, it must contain a link to the webpage that you are entering in the contest. (This is not applicable if the webpage is part of the school’s official website.)

• The webpage must be viewable to all, without the need to log in or enter a password. If you have an existing webpage that is private or only viewable after logging in, please see our Guidance and Tips page to find out more about transferring some of the content of your webpage to a new public webpage.

• Your entry may consist of multiple webpages, but these pages must be linked. If the domain name of these pages is different, you must state this on your entry form.

• The Japan Foundation reserves the right to disqualify any entry from the contest that it judges to have broken any of the contest rules.

• The judges’ decision is final.

Copyright:

• Your webpage must be the original composition of one or more members of staff or students at the school, all of whom must be included on the entry form. Members of staff may include part-time teachers, teaching assistants, and volunteer teachers.

• Your webpage must not contain any material that infringes any existing copyright, either in whole or in part.

• Your webpage must not contain anything that may be considered libellous or defamatory.

• If your webpage includes anything that you acquired from other sources, including but not limited to text, images, audio or video recordings, you must submit evidence to the Japan Foundation that it is either a) not subject to copyright, or b) you have permission from the copyright owner(s) to include it in your webpage.

• The Japan Foundation will not be held responsible for any copyright infringements made by anyone entering the contest.

Student safety and privacy issues

• Your webpage must be in accordance with your school’s policy on using photographs of students, video and audio recordings of students, work by students, and any other similar material on the school’s official site.

• Each Webpage Contest Project Leader is responsible for making sure that student safety and privacy is not compromised through entering the contest.

• The Japan Foundation will not be held responsible for any issues or incidents regarding student safety or privacy issues by any schools entering the contest.