Step 6: Site Profile

Site Profile Overview

The Site Profile is a short questionnaire about your team and website. This information is viewed by ThinkQuest Judges and can also be viewed by visitors to the ThinkQuest Library once the site is published following the competition.

Along with your team's website, the Site Profile is a required part of your entry in the ThinkQuest Website Competition. Teams who do not submit a Site Profile by the Entry Submission Deadline risk disqualification.

Once the Site Profile is submitted, the Site Profile and website files cannot be edited. However, if edits need to be made, the Site Profile can be temporarily unsubmitted and then re-submitted prior to the Entry Submission Deadline.

Submit the Site Profile

Students should compose answers to the Site Profile questions, but the Coach is the only one who can actually fill out and submit the Site Profile online. The students and Assistant Coach can view the Site Profile, but cannot edit or submit it.

To submit the Site Profile (Coach only):

1. Log in to the ThinkQuest Competition space using your coach username and password (or ThinkQuest Projects username and password, if applicable).
2. Click the Site Profile link under the name of the appropriate team in the My Teams list.

3. Click the Edit button at the bottom of the page.

4. Review and/or enter the following information:
   
   
   • "Team Name": This field is pre-populated with the team name that you entered when you created the team. You can make edits, if needed.
   • "Coach": Review your name and contact details to ensure they are correct. To make edits, go to My Account.
     
   • "Student First Names": Review your students' first names and school details to ensure they are correct (remember, last names are not allowed). To make edits, click the Edit Students link.
   • "Student Age Range": This field is pre-populated with the age division that you selected when you created the team. You can change this, if needed.
   • "Assistant Coach": Review your Assistant Coach's name and contact details to ensure they are correct. To make edits, click the Edit link.
   • "Alternate Contact" (optional): Enter the name and email address of a person who can be contacted if the Coach or Assistant Coach is not available. Note that this person must be at least age 13.
   • "Website Title": Enter the title of your website.
   • "About your Website": Enter a brief description of your site, including information that would be useful to ThinkQuest Judges and ThinkQuest Library visitors.
   • "Category": You must select at least one category that reflects the overall topic of your site. You can also select sub-categories (optional).
   • "Audience": Select the age range of the target audience for your site.
   • "Secondary Languages" (optional): At minimum, all sites must be submitted in English. If your team has translated your site into additional languages, check the appropriate box(es).
   • "Site Features" (optional): If your site includes features such as an online activity or photo gallery, check the appropriate box(es).
   • "Team Collaboration": Describe how your team worked together to complete the project, including examples of how team members used individual strengths to help the team. Your answer will be judged according to the Evaluation Criteria.
   • "Team Diversity": Describe the diversity of your team and sources and how diversity enhanced your website. Your answer will be judged according to the Evaluation Criteria.
   • "Content Check List": Carefully review and check all of the boxes to verify that your entry meets competition requirements.
   • "Entry Check List": Your entry is automatically screened to check that it does not exceed the file usage limit and that your home page is named index.htm or index.html. You cannot submit your Site Profile until there is a checkmark next to all of the items on the list.
   
   
5. If you are ready to officially submit your entry, click the Submit button. (If you are not ready to submit your entry, click the Save button, but remember to come back later and submit).
6. Click the Submit button on the next page to confirm the official submission of your entry.

Unsubmit the Site Profile

Once the Site Profile is submitted, the Site Profile and website files cannot be edited. However, if edits need to be made, the Site Profile can be temporarily unsubmitted and then re-submitted prior to the Entry Submission Deadline.

To unsubmit the Site Profile (Coach only):

1. Log in to the ThinkQuest Competition space using your coach username and password (or ThinkQuest Projects username and password, if applicable).
2. Click the Site Profile link under the name of the appropriate team in the My Teams list.
3. Click the Unsubmit button at the bottom of the page.
   Warning! Remember to submit the Site Profile again after you have made the necessary edits to your website files and/or Site Profile. Teams who have not submitted the Site Profile by the Entry Submission Deadline risk disqualification.