Winners will be chosen based on  judging criteria applied by the  panel of judges at the following weight:

• 50% Content (Originality and creativity)
• 20% Communication Strategy (An effective communication strategy might include: Narration, Interview, Still Images, Music, and or Text/Graphics)
• 20% Presentation Style (Things to consider in terms of a successful presentation strategy: Video Quality, Sound Quality, Appropriate Transitions, and or Opening Title/Credits)
• 10% Connection to Generation Open theme (see below)

Disqualification/Ineligibilty

Entries will be automatically disqualified or deemed ineliglble if the following criteria are not met:

• Must be currently enrolled as a student at Washington University in St. Louis
• Only one entry per student
• Video must be 5 minutes or less
• Video must be one of these file types: mp4, wmv, or mov
• Video must use Open Access, public domain materials or original content only
• Video must give attribution to sources and contributors in the credits
• Video must contain a Creative Commons (CC) License

You may choose any subject for your Access Granted submission.  However, since this is an International Open Access Week event,   10% of the judging rubric will be for making a connection with "openness."  The theme for Open Access week this year is "Generation Open," because of the importance of students and early career researchers in the world's transition to Open Access; changes in scholarly publishing affect scholars and researchers at all stages of their careers but the changes may be most significant early in careers.

Here are some ideas to consider:

• open access textbooks; open educational resources
• open sharing of data
• open science, open lab notebooks
• culture of openness in social media is changing the world
• net neutrality and the future of scholarship
• should I make my dissertation open access or keep it embargoed?
• the Open Access Button
• self- archiving - the easy, no-cost way to make your work freely available
• need more ideas: see past Sparky Awards, Right to Research, Creative Commons, or Open Access Directory

See "Rubric" and "More about Generation Open theme" boxes above

Finding usable materials from other creators

Note: Advanced search or filters available after you do a search

• Google – search with filetype (eg. filetype;mp4) and Usage rights from advanced search
• Vimeo – advanced filters – license OR use the search box on Creative commons Vimeo page
• Youtube – filters - or use CC search
• Flickr - by license
• CC search
• Open access resources - images and music

Keep track of sources so you can add attribution or more formal citation in credits. More info

Creative Commons "Wanna Work Together" from Ryan Junell on Vimeo.