CALLING ALL DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, AND HACKERS

The 2015 RedesigNU Coding Challenge starts May 15th! Students will have until June 1st to create and submit a project that fits the coding challenge’s theme of “improving Northwestern”, with the chance to win from a pool of $5000 in cash prizes!

Team up with anywhere from 1-6 people, and use your coding abilities to help Northwestern and get rewarded for it. 

Looking for a team? Post on the event page or be on the lookout for other peoples' posts.

Haven't coded before? Want to learn how in a non-judgmental but challenging way? Indicate this on your application and we'll match you with a team of similar skill level.

For more information, including about rules, judging, and registration, please visit our website:

https://asg.northwestern.edu/redesignu/

Eligibility

All participants must be full-time or part-time University students, undergraduate or graduate student, during Spring 2015 except where permission is explicitly given.
Teams must consist of between 1 and 6 participants. Teams must submit a list of members upon submitting their project on Monday, June 1st. Any modifications after that must be approved by organizers.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,000 in prizes
Judges' Grand Prize
1 winner

Judges' 2nd Place Prize
1 winner

Judges' 3rd Place Prize
1 winner

Students' Choice Award
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Submit a summary of what your project does, as well as any relevant images you wish to include. There will be presentations for a panel of judges later in the week as part of judging, so be prepared to show a live demo of your product.

Judges

Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira
Web/Mobile Developer, AMPS/NUIT

Victoria Getis

Victoria Getis
Manager of Faculty Support Services, A&RT/NUIT

Judging Criteria

  • Usefulness
    Does your project make students' lives easier?
  • Functionality
    Does your project have functionality? How complete is it? Projects that simply propose concepts without any sort of programmatic implementation (i.e. wireframes, graphics, examples without code) will likely not be given full consideration.
  • Design
    Is the interface well designed? Is it intuitive to use?
  • Innovation
    Is your idea unique? Is it something that hasn't been tried before?

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