Judging Considerations

Entries will be reviewed by a panel of faculty experts to determine finalists. Finalists will be judged by a panel including a UT student, previous IITAP award recipients, members of the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers, experts in instructional design, and members of the New Media Consortium.

IITAP judges will consider the use of technology to find innovative solutions to stated teaching or learning problems offering clear advantages over traditional techniques.

Reviewers and judges will consider the following when evaluating entries:

The instructional process used to develop this entry is exceptional or particularly innovative;
The entry’s technological fit within its context is new, unique, and advanced while offering clear advantages over traditional techniques;
The entry connects the learning experience and subject matter to the students' lives;
The entry enables students to gain insight, understanding and skills;
The entry supports teaching endeavors, enables student understanding, and benefits the department, college or university as a whole;
The entry has produced documented outcomes;
Technical operation: the entry runs without crashes or hang-ups;
User interface design: clear navigation and usability; consistent, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing;
Engagement and interactivity: the balance between student control and instructional support offered by the entry encourages engagement and affords interactivity;
Content presentation: content is clear, readable, well-organized, well-crafted, rich, and deep given the learning context and the subject area;
Media quality: high-quality graphics, video, sound, animations, if applicable;
Accommodation of learner preferences: multiple entry points into the content—supportive of several learning styles.

Note: The demonstration video will not be judged. It is the entrant’s opportunity to show judges the most innovative and effective features of the entry that a text description may not adequately convey.