Format, Rubrics & Guidelines
Format
Overall Format
- Each team consists of 3-5 members
- Grade 10 to undergraduate level students are allowed to participate.
- There’s a registration fee for the event.
- To submit your project for the hackathon, teams must provide the following:
- A short description describing the project
- A pitch deck of no more than 10 slides describing the problem, the target audience and the solution. You may also include any research or statistics you found that describe the problem you are trying to solve.
- A recorded video presentation of your slideshow and demo of your project if applicable.
- All projects will be submitted directly to DevPost.
- A link to your GitHub repository where your code is stored if applicable
Event
The format is simple:
- Participants take out their laptops, connect to power and WiFi, and get working.
- Hacking begins with project introductions.
- Participants that bring projects to the event have an opportunity to briefly explain what they are working on at the very start of the event so that other participants can join that project.
- At the end of the event, a wrap-up session gives each project a chance to demonstrate some accomplishments.
Rubrics
Note: Subject to Change – Please contact: [email protected] for current format
The hack will be judged on a set of criteria from the list below. :
- Impact
- Innovation and creativity
- Marketability
- Problem solving
- Completeness of solution
- Collaboration
- Presentation and demo
- Working prototype
Scoring Guidelines
- The teams will be judged on four different criteria – fit, innovation, functionality, and design of the product.
- Maximum of 25 points possible under each criterion.
- Total Score = Fit + Innovation + Functionality + Design
- Judge’s Favorite: The judge may award an additional five points for their favorite demonstration of community impact.
- Penalties: Score of ZERO if not submitted on time or if initial deliverable unchanged over event period.
- Negative score is also possible if none of the milestones are met or if the Code of Conduct is violated.
Note: Subject to Change – Please contact [email protected] for current format
Rules
*Please be respectful to everyone, including fellow competitors. *If you need to enter or exit a room, please wait to do so in between presentations, as to be respectful to the presenter. *Judges are not permitted to open or close doors, so that they may focus on the competitor’s presentation without distraction. *Participants that are waiting for their turn must remain silent. *Do not distract judges, the presenter or audience. Parents are not permitted to raise questions about the judging during the event. Any dispute must be submitted to [email protected] in writing Jazakum Allahu Khairun for your cooperation!
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