Using the Voting System

Voting Timeline

On the home page, there will be a live countdown timer to let you know how long before voting officially begins, or how much time is left before voting finishes.

All the key dates can be seen on the Junior Judges' calendar

Voting pre-requisites: Registration & Class Groups

You can register for a teacher account (Class) through the registration system at any time. You are encouraged to register early on, so you can familiarise yourself with the website, and make sure you can log on with your account well even before voting begins.

Once registered, you will need to create one or more Class Groups. Without any class groups, you will not be able to cast any votes. If you teach more than one class, you will need to create one class group for each class you teach, as appropriate. Currently there is no limit to the number of class groups that a teacher may have. For instance, a librarian may register on behalf of the whole school, and create one class group for each class in the school.

Alternatively, individual teachers within a school can each register their own account, and create their own class groups as appropriate.

Although not recommended (due to the amount of time and effort required), you can create one class group for each student so they can cast their own individual votes. Simply use the student's name as the class group name, and set the number of students in that group to 1.

Competitions

This year we are running two competitions with prizes provided by Faber-Castell. They are 'Name the Critter' and 'Design your own Shortlist Book Cover'

The competitions are available to all registered users. For more detailed information you should read the Competition Rules

The Book List

The list of Shortlisted books will be made available soon after the official announcement by the CBCA. Anyone may view the book list, but you must be logged on in order to vote.

Voting for Books

New for this year is the Voting Wizard.

It lets you logically step through the process of voting for your Favourite (Winning) and two Honour books in each category. When you're finished making your choices, you can cast your votes at the final step in the Voting Wizard.

If you make a mistake or change your mind, you can run the Voting Wizard and cast your vote again. This will replace any previously recorded votes. You can change your votes up until voting closes. Thereafter, no further votes are accepted.

Viewing your Votes

Under the "Manage my Account" section, you will find a link to a page to display the votes that you have cast. Each Class Group that has voted will be displayed here, along with the Winner and the two Honourable books for each category.