In today's world, where hackathons are ever more for people with years of experience behind them; Hack the Education & Beyond is a competition designed to allow anyone, regardless of prior hackathon experience, to have a fair and fun shot at winning. With multiple workshops and multiple knowledgeable mentors on standby, we want our participants to succeed and gain the knowledge and experience necessary to progress in future hackathons and the programming world.
Requirements
Requirements
Below are some things to cover with software submission requirements:
Project Requirements:
- Functioning App. The project needs to be fully functioning. In order to demonstrate it, a live demo video must be created and submitted along with the code. The code will be sumitted through a GitHub repository.
- Specific Tools. If the project requires any external tools, the managers should be informed beforehand.
- Topic / Categories. The project should focus on education and how it can be improved.
- Platform. The project should run on all computers.
- New vs. Existing. The project should be completed from 2/25 to 2/27. Any work done outside the weekend will not be accepted. Cross submissions to other hackathons in the same weekend are allowed.
Submission Requirements
- What to enter. The code will be submitted through a GitHub repository.
- Video. You must create a video of the application and submit it through DevPost. This can be done through YouTube.
- File Upload. The code files should be compressed and submitted to DevPost as a .zip file.
- Other. The submission should have the names of everyone who contributed to the project.
- Multiple Apps. Participants may submit only one application, but cross submissions during the same weekend are allowed.
Prizes
Art of Problem Solving
Four Hackathon participants will receive $25 voucher tickets for Art of Problem Solving.
Welcome to the world of AoPS Online: A world filled with challenging problems that require creativity and persistence to solve. A world where students learn from impressive mentors and role model instructors. A world filled with inspiring peers who share their love of learning.
Our advanced math curriculum stretches students to their fullest potential. And the connections students make in the AoPS classroom and online community last a lifetime.
Echo 3D
Winners will receive one month free access to the business plan of the Echo 3D platform. Our 3D-ready cloud platform helps manage & deliver 3D/AR/VR content to apps & devices everywhere.
Leading Learners
Leading Learners is the all-in-one platform for students tying together all the resources, materials, and tools students may need. Winners will receive a subscription.
Wolfram Alpha
WolframAlpha is a computational knowledge engine and answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced data.
StickerMule Sticker Voucher
Winner will receive a $20 sticker voucher to be used on StickerMule's sticker service.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Will be announced shortly
Will be announced shortly
Judging Criteria
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The Idea (Worth 5 points)
This category will be judged based on how well the Group's idea solves current educational problems, along with if the idea was creative. -
Technical Complexity (Worth 4 points)
This category will be judged based on the complexity of the application itself. Specifically, what technologies were used (eg. Databases, Frameworks, etc), and how well they were implemented. -
Creativity + Features (Worth 4 points)
This category will be judged based on how creative the features of the project were, and how well the features correlated with the main idea of the project. -
Github + Video (Worth 3 points)
Github must be used when developing the application, and the judges will check the commit history. Groups will recieve points if their demo video fits the length of 2:00 minutes to 5:00 minutes. -
Submission in Correct Format (Worth 2 points)
All groups will recieve 2 points if their submission is in the correct format, and their submission is on time.
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