Helpful Documents

• Design Brief: details on prompts of available Tracks, information on beginners vs intermediate eligibility, and submission requirements.

• Beginner's Judging Rubric

• Intermediate+ Judging Rubric

Eligibility

All participants must be students in the US or Canada. Each team must include 2-3 members; no one-man teams allowed.

Project and Submission Requirements

Beginners:

Criteria: To qualify as a beginner, you must not have participated in another designathon and/or have little to no UI/UX experience.

Submission requirements:

• Submission must include at least 7 distinct screens in a Figma or Adobe XD prototype.

• Minimum 2 in high fidelity showcasing the visual design of the solution (please mark them in your Figma file to be graded for UI)

  • Screens in low/mid fidelity are not graded for UI

Intermediate+

Criteria: Anyone who does not qualify as a beginner will participate in the intermediate/experienced category

Submission requirements:

• Submission must include at least 10 distinct screens presented in a high fidelity Figma or Adobe XD prototype.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Judges will grade each project based on the following criteria:

1. Prompt and User Research: Does this solution answer the prompt and address user needs?

2. User Experience: Is this solution intuitive for its users?

3. User Interface: Does the design’s interface enforce its purpose?

4. Creativity: Is this design relevant and original?

Please refer to the beginners and intermediate+ rubrics for more details.