Hack Submission Guidelines + Judging Criteria
Rebecca
what the judges will be looking for!
Hack submission Guidelines
● Each team must submit their project by a pre-determined deadline
set by the organizers
● To be eligible for a prize the team must:
○ Post a summary of their solution on www.rhok.org/solutions
○ Register a profile on www.rhok.org for each team member and
link that team
member to the solution
○ Post their code on a public code repository (e.g. Github or
Google Code) and link
to that code repository on their RHoK solution page
○ Upload a brief PowerPoint presentation to a free slide share
service (e.g.
slideshare.com) and link to it on their solution page on www.rhok.org
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Judging Criteria:
Presentations
Each team will present their work. Team sizes may vary, from an
individual to up to a dozen people. Participants may be collaborating
with other individuals or participants in other cities around the
world. Depending on your cultural context, you may want to ask
questions during the presentation, or save them for after each
presentation.
Providing constructive feedback is essential to building the capacity
of the participants. Judges are encouraged to consider writing notes
of encouragement and advice that may be shared with teams later. One
of the most valuable things judges can do is introduce teams to people
in their network who may be interested in their work.
Judging Scorecard
Team/Project Name:
Impact
How much impact (quality and quantity) could the solution have? Could
this solution solve a big problem or a little one? Could it make a big
change or a little change on that problem?
1 2 3 4
5
Poor Fair Good Great
Excellent
Complexity
How much progress did they make during the event? Did they start from
scratch or build on an existing technology? How creative is the
solution?
1 2 3 4
5
Poor Fair Good Great
Excellent
Sustainability
How good is their plan for next steps? How prepared are they to
continue their work beyond the event?
1 2 3 4
5
Poor Fair Good Great
Excellent
Product
How well does it fit the needs of the problem they chose to tackle?
How user-friendly is the technology? Is it a complete solution, or do
they still have a long way to go?
1 2 3
4 5
Poor Fair Good Great
Excellent
Presentation
How well did the team communicate? How well did they respond to
questions from judges?
1 2 3 4
5
Poor Fair Good Great
Excellent
Total Score (Sum):
Notes: