How To Enter Your Screen It Videogame
1.Name your videogame file
Cat 3 is the Primary Videogame category
Cat 6 is the Secondary Videogame category
-Important: Name your game file in the following format. If you have multiple entries add numbers to the end of the file name.
‘Cat#_school name’ or ‘Cat#_firstname_surname’
eg.‘Cat3_underwoodprimary4’ or ‘Cat3_sally_smith’
2.Write synopsis and list names of all students
-Save a 50-60 word synopsis and a list of all the participating students ready to paste into the entry form.
3b.Schools submitting 5 or more entries:
-Contact to receive information on entering your students’ work by post.
-Then procede to Step 7 -Complete the Screen It online entry form.
3c.All those submitting less than 5 entries:
-Create a Dropbox account(If you already have a Dropbox account, proceed to number 3)
-Go to dropbox.com and click ‘create an account’. Enter your details and a strong password.
-Note: Dropbox tries to install a program onto your computer which you do not need. To avoid installing the software, just cancel the install process when prompted.
-Continue by using the online version of Dropbox to submit your entry. The next steps guide you through uploading files using your web browser.
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-Upload your game files
-Sign intodropbox.com. For Screen It, you need to be able to upload your game file and share that file with Screen It.
4.Create a folder to house your game files
-Click ‘Create New Folder’ at the top right and name it ‘my Screen It game’.
-Click the ‘upload’ button to open the file selection window.
-Locate your file and click ‘upload‘.
5.Share your game with Screen It
-Ensure your file is named correctly(seestep 1).This is essential, so we can track your file.
-Navigate back up so you can see the folder named ‘my Screen It game‘.
-Right click the folder selecting ‘share link’. A new window will open with a popup saying ‘share link to my Screen It folder‘.
-IMPORTANT: choose ‘get link’ (NOT ‘send’).
6.The URL of your shared folder is now copied to the clipboard.
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Save this URL by pasting it into a text document and saving it on your computer with your game file. You will need this when filling out the entry form.
7.Complete the Screen It online entry form.
Go to:
-Copy the URL of your newly uploaded videogame and paste itinto the online form when prompted.
If you encounter any issues while uploading your entry, please contact