Formal judges are members that are invited by the host of the jam into a role that has the "judge" permission enabled.
If the jam is set to be judged by "Judges" then only the host and members they've invited as judges can rate the entries. Depending on the kind and popularity of the jam, hosts should consider inviting members to help manage it.
Judge permission grants ability to
- Rate entries in the jam
- View and handle community disqualification reports on entries in the jam.
- Disqualify entries.
- Ban members that repeatedly ignore the rules of the jam.
All reports, disqualifications and bans are viewable by the host, judges and site moderators.
Hosts and Admin permission onlyInviting Members to be Judges
After setting up a role and it's permissions, you can invite members into them. See
group FAQs for details on setting up roles. Ideally, you've already established a prior connection or relationship in some capacity so they are more likely to accept your invitation.
- Open your jam profile page.
- Click "Jam" on the profile bar.
- Create or select the role you intend to invite members to.
- Enable the "Judge" permission.
- Enter a member's username into the "Assign Member" input
- Select their username to send an invitation via the notification system.
Invitation Status
Please be patient as the member may not be online or may need time to consider the role. When they accept or decline, your jam will receive a notification.
You can also check on the status by viewing the role. Steps 1-3 above.
If they accept, they will gain the permissions of the role!
If they decline, that's it. Respect their decision.
Managing existing members in roles
All members can leave the jam on their own but sometimes they need to be manually removed.
- Open your jam profile page.
- Click "Jam" on the profile bar.
- Select the role with the member you want to remove.
- In the "ASSIGNED" list of members, click the remove_circle remove icon
Remember members can be assigned to multiple roles.