Why the essay competition used a different rubric

Would the YouTube essay competition change university teaching or essay marking?

No. The entrants had not received one standardized system for referencing and structure, so the competition judged technical inclusion, narrative, and the balance between them.

The competition would not substantially change university teaching or marking. Entrants had not all received the same instruction in referencing, essay structure, and layout, so the normal university rubric did not fit the circumstances. The assessment considered technical content and narrative, including what each submission brought together and what made its approach distinctive. For alternate history, the central criterion was balance between factual grounding and the story connecting the scenario's starting and ending points.