Your Guide to a Successful e-Assessment Awards Submission
1.Criteria Review
It is important to remember that your submission MUST fully address all the criteria for the category being entered. So, please take time to review the criteria carefully and ensure that your responses clearly demonstrate how your submission meets the criteria. If you are entering the same project in multiple categories, then ensure that you tailor each submission to address the criteria for each category, as these will be different.
2. Clear Communication
Use clear and concise wording and avoid the use of jargons or acronyms or wording that makes your submission sound like a sales or marketing pitch, as this is likely to confuse the judges or cause them to lose interest in your submission.
3. Impact on Audience
The judges will be particularly interested in understanding how your submission has positively impacted on the audience being addressed through your project – for example through enhanced pedagogical practice, improved learning and/or assessment outcomes or reduced workload.
4. Evidence and Data
Finally, it is important to ensure that your submission clearly includes meaningful quantitative and/or qualitative data and evidence to back up any claims that you make about the success or impact of your project.
And finally, don’t forget:
- If your project covers more than one category you can submit a project for more than one award. If you submit for more than one category please make sure that you pick the categories that best align to your solution.
- If you do submit for multiple awards, please make sure your submission answers all the questions appropriate to the criteria for each award, don’t just use exactly the same text.
- If you have submitted before but have been unsuccessful, please consider resubmitting for the 2025 awards. For example, it may be now that you have now delivered the project you have more data on success, or have extended the project to cover other areas.
- If you are a technology vendor do support your customers with their awards submission (it’s free for them), or do a joint submission.
Achieving Success with the International e-Assessment Awards
Watch this video with advice from members of the e-Assessment Association Consultants Network with Matt Wingfield, Heather Barnett, Tim Burnett & Geoff Chapman.
2025 Award entry deadlines and entry fees
The eAA International Awards is open for submission for a 3-month period between December 2024 and March 2025. The following pricing structures apply to all awards with exception to the ‘Lifetime Contribution Award’ and the ‘Best Team and Best Individual’ awards, which remain free of charge for the duration of the submission timeframe.
- Award entries submitted between 9 December and 23:55 on Sunday 12 January 2025 can be submitted free of charge for all individuals and organisations.
- Award entries submitted between 23:55 GMT on Sunday 12 January 2025 and 23:55 on Sunday 2 February 2025 will cost £50 (ex. VAT) per award entry.
- Award entries submitted between 23:55 GMT on Sunday 2 February 2025 and 23:55 Sunday 16 February will cost £75 (ex. VAT) per award entry.
- Award entries submitted submitted between 23:55 GMT on Sunday 16 February and 23:55 on 2 March 2025 will cost £140 (ex. VAT) per entry.
The FINAL entry deadline is Sunday 2 March 2025 at 23:55 GMT.
Education and non-profit discount offer
Submissions from education institutions and non-profits/ charities are free of charge. To avail of this offer, please email awards@e-assessment.com with your name, job title, organisation name, not-profit or charity number (if applicable) and any other relevant information you feel necessary to demonstrate suitability for this offer.