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Website Rules
Website Category RulesA Web site entry should reflect the student(s) ability to use Web site design software and computer technology to communicate a topic’s significance in history. The historical quality, analysis, and interpretation of the topic must be clear and evident to the viewer. Web sites are the most interactive of all categories. In designing the entry, one should include elements that actively engage the audience in learning about the topic. These elements do not have to be technologically complex, but they should let the audience participate in exploring the topic, rather than passively viewing information. The presentation should include primary materials, but must also be an original production. To produce a web site, one must have access to appropriate software and equipment and be able to operate it. All general category rules apply to the Web site category. The following are rules that are specific to Web sites.Website RequirementsSIZE REQUIREMENTSWeb site entries may contain no more than 1,200 visible, student-composed words. Citations, code used to build the site, and alternate text tags on images do not count toward the word limit. The word limit does not include words found in materials used for illustration, such as documents, artifacts or graphs not created by the students, or to quotations from primary sources such as oral history interviews, letters, or diaries, photos of artifacts with writing, or other illustrative materials that are used as an integral part of the web site. The entire site, including all multimedia, may use up to 50MB of file space only.NAVIGATIONOne page of your web site must serve as the “home page.” This page must be saved in the root directory of the CD-R (not in any folder) with the name “index.” The home page must include your name, the title of your entry, your division, and a main menu that directs viewers to the various sections of your site. All pages must be interconnected with hypertext links. Automatic redirects are not permitted.MULTIMEDIAA single multimedia clip may not last more than 45 seconds and may not include student-composed narration. If an entry uses any form of multimedia requiring a plugin (for example, Flash, QuickTime or Real Player), the student must provide on the same page a link to an Internet site where the plug-in is available as a free, secure, and legal download. Judges will make every effort to view all multimedia content, but files that cannot be viewed cannot be evaluated as part of the entry.ENTRY PRODUCTIONAll entries must be original productions. Students may use professional photographs, graphics, video, recorded music, etc. within the site. Such items must be integrated into the web site, and proper credit must be given within the site as well as in the annotated bibliography. All students are reminded of copyright laws. Any such item can only be used with the permission of the owner. Students must operate all software and equipment in the development of the web site.NOTE: Using objects created by others specifically for use in your entry violates this rule, but using graphics, multimedia clips, etc. that already exist is acceptable. CITATIONSCitations--footnotes, endnotes or internal documentation--are required. Citations are used to credit the sources of specific ideas as well as direct quotations. Refer to “General Category Rules,” for citation styles.STABLE CONTENTThe content and appearance of a page may not change when the page is refreshed in the browser. Random text or image generators are not allowed.VIEWING FILESThe pages that comprise the site must be viewable in a recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Entries may not link to live or external sites, except to direct viewers to plug-ins.FILE SAFETYEntries that contain potentially harmful file contamination (e.g. a virus) are subject to disqualification.SUBMITTING ENTRY FOR JUDGINGStudents will submit their web site, process paper and annotated bibliography on CD-R for advance viewing by judges. (Please be aware of the steps needed to transfer your site to CD-R from the internet or create your site specifically for a CD-R). Four CD-Rs must be accompanied by one printout of the site, process paper and annotated bibliography attached together. CD-Rs must be labeled only with the student’s name, division, and entry title; decorations or illustrations are not appropriate.CHECK LIST – WEB SITE
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