Tutorial Competition Submit your video or PowerPoint presentation for the chance to win an iPad!
Initiative partnered by PITTCON 2011
Do you have an existing tutorial that you would like to share with a worldwide community?
Do you feel inspired to create a new tutorial?
So far this year we have held webinars, provided free videos... ... now it is your turn to share knowledge!
The Year of Education in Separation Science is an initiative run in conjunction by separationsNOW.com (Wiley-Blackwell's premier separation science website) and Chromedia (an online community and database of tutorials and other educational content).
We have launched this competition to facilitate and encourage the creation and sharing of educational material from within our combined communities of readers.
We will judge all tutorials on their content and how effective they are at communicating your message; you will not be penalised for technical limitations in the format of your tutorial.
An initial shortlist of 10 tutorials will be created, based upon these criteria. We will then provide as much technical assistance as possible, that you request, in order to help you improve the tutorial! We can, for example, create movies from PowerPoint presentations; record web-cam conversations... and much more!
Finally, members from the Chromedia editorial board will judge the tutorials from the shortlist... the winner will win an iPad!
Who can enter? - Anyone - including both academica and industry: student, manager, executive or retired!
Suggest that your managers, professors, students and colleagues enter too!
What subject should the tutorial be about? - Any topic within separation science: e.g. LC, GC, Sample Prep, Mass Spec, and all possible hyphenations, etc. - Any level from basic to advanced.
What format should the tutorial take? - Video or PowerPoint (you can also choose to include audio narration in your PowerPoint document but it is not obligatory). - All submissions must be in English (however, please contact us for advice if you would like any assistance in this regard). - Tutorials can be of any length. - Tutorials can be written by any number of authors.
How will my tutorial be promoted? - Initially, you can choose to show only the judges or the whole audience via galleries on separationsNOW and Chromedia. - You can also choose to display video tutorials on the SciVee website (more details given below). - All short-listed tutorials have to be displayed on separationsNOW and Chromedia (and optionally on SciVee).
How will I be kept up-to date? - We will send regular email updates. - We will also write press releases if they attract media interest.
I have more questions... whom can I ask? - Please don't hesitate to email us at tutorials@chromedia.org.
Step-by-step guide to the competition
First Round
Produce your presentation in one of the following formats: PowerPoint; PPT with audio commentary (standard option in PPT); video.
Email all PowerPoint presentations directly to us.
Use the SciVee website to submit your videos - you can also choose to show them in a special competition video gallery!
When submitting your tutorial, please provide: Name, email address, tutorial title, tutorial abstract, agreement to display in video gallery (videos only).
You do not have to register to separationsNOW to email us your PowerPoints (although we would encourage you to do so to be kept up to date with the latest announcements). Registration is completely free and takes just a few minutes.
To submit a video, you will need to register on SciVee. This process is also completely free.
Second Round
separationsNOW and Chromedia will produce a shortlist of 10 tutorials from all the submissions.
We will contact authors of short-listed tutorials and offer assistance with any technical improvements.
Deadline for producing final tutorials: Friday 23 October 2010.
Judging
The Chromedia judges will judge the 10 short-listed tutorials during the last week of October.
The final decision will be made on: Friday 29 October.
The winner will win the iPad!
What makes a good tutorial?
Prof. Hans-Gerd Janssen, member of the Chromedia editorial board, explains in this video...
Presentation... Readability, visual and aural impression
Detailed guidelines
Content, scope & copyright
All tutorials must be the original work of the author(s); published figures and data may be included but please ask permission from the copyright owner first.
All submissions must be in English (however, please contact us for advice if you would like any assistance in this regard).
Tutorial content must be deemed appropriate to separation science.
Chromedia and separationsNOW reserve the right to remove any tutorial and disqualify all authors at any time during the process on grounds including: plagiarism; if the content is deemed to be offensive in any way; if the tutorials contain advertisements or offer services for profit or gain. This list is not exhaustive.
Authors retain copyright to their tutorials.
Submitting a tutorial into the competition grants Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia indefinite use of the tutorial for promotion on any of the two companies' websites.
Acceptance of the winning iPad prize constitutes permission for Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia to use the winners' names and photographs on any of the two companies' websites.
Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia shall make no further content-related changes to the tutorials without the authors' prior consent.
Deadlines
Round 1: Friday 1 October, 23.59 GMT
Round 2: Friday 23 October, 23.59 GMT
Final Decision: Friday 29 October, 23.59 GMT
The winner will be contacted on Monday 1 November 2010
The small print
Entry into the competition assumes that entrants accept these terms and conditions.
General terms and conditions
All authors who participate in the creation of the tutorial must be declared at the time of submission.
Only one tutorial per author can be submitted.
Employees, relatives and household members of Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia can unfortunately not enter the competition.
The winning prize judgment of the Chromedia editorial board will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only one iPad prize will be provided for the winning tutorial, regardless of the number of authors.
The iPad prize will be the 32GB, wifi model.
We will endeavour to provide the appropriate country-specific iPad; however, no cash equivalent or any other prize will be awarded.
If it is realised that any rule has been broken following the judges' final decision, the prize shall be forfeited and the judging process re-started for the other short-listed entries.
If the winner cannot be contacted up-to 21 days following the judges' decision, the prize shall be forfeited and the judging process re-started for the other short-listed entries.
Legal matters
Participation in this competition releases Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia (and any partners) from any liability for personal or material loss, damage, injury or expense, which may occur in connection with this competition; and from any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy.
Legal proceedings will be taken against entrants who are deemed to break any laws, including attacks on the websites of Wiley-Blackwell and Chromedia.
An initial shortlist of 10 tutorials will be created, based upon these criteria. We will then provide as much technical assistance as possible, that you request, in order to help you improve the tutorial! We can, for example, create movies from PowerPoint presentations; record web-cam conversations... and much more!