Dates

  • Opening Social: Oct
  • Start of i-Hack: Oct 24th
  • End of i-Hack: Oct 25th

Eligibility

All BYU-Idaho and other University Students.

By participating in this hackathon, you have read, agreed, authorized, and accepted the following:

  • By attending this event you agree to be photographed and we have full rights to use them for publicity.
  • You will follow the BYU-Idaho Code of Conduct and Honor Code.
  • Your registration information will be used with and for our sponsors.

We are in association with Major League Hacking and follow their rules. And by participating in this Hackathon, you have read, agreed, authorized, and accepted the following:

  • I have read and agree to the MLH Code of Conduct.(https://static.mlh.io/docs/mlh-code-of-conduct.pdf)
  • I authorized to share my application/registration information with Major League Hacking for event administration, ranking, and MLH administration in-line with the MLH Privacy Policy. (https://mlh.io/privacy). I further agree to the terms of both the MLH Contest Terms and Conditions (https://github.com/MLH/mlh-policies/blob/main/contest-terms.md) and the MLH Privacy Policy (https://mlh.io/privacy).
  • I authorize MLH to send me an email where I can further opt into the MLH Hacker, Events, or Organizer Newsletters and other communications from MLH.

Project and Submission Requirements

  • Video:
    • As part of your submission, you will be providing a 5-minute video of your prototype. This will be in the form of an informational commercial, details will be provide during Saturday Morning’s workshop. Be sure plan on how you included the theme and category.
  • Code:
    • If you are submitting a non-technical project, please submit your slide deck + product pictures to github instead of source code.
    • You will also be required to provide a link to your source code on GitHub, no other code repository will be accepted.
    • Show that the product compiles and runs.

Prizes

  • Portable Monitors
  • Gaming Keyboard and Mouse
  • USB-C External Harddrive

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

The following criteria is what the judges will be looking for in your solution's presentation, implementation, project management, and working prototype.

  • Theme & Category
    • Effort to dovetail the theme and the category to the problem and solution.
  • Working Product/Program
    • Demonstration of working prototype.
  • Business Commercial Presentation
    • How well did the 10-minute video follow the info-commercial outline.
  • Technical: Quality, Skills, Design, Problem Solving
    • Proper use ofprofessional principles and processes.