DSC Solution Challenge 2020 🤓🤖

In this post I’m going to share relevant details about the DSC Solutions Challenge 2020 https://goo.gle/solutionchallenge This is an annual competition hosted by Developer Student Clubs (DSC).

Solution Challenge 2020 - About

The contest seeks to invite students to develop solutions for local challenges that their communities are facing, using one o more Google technologies.

📝 Register:

https://forms.gle/rdy12DCxKWVSmBim9

Receive additional resources and an invitation to join the online community where you can receive support from 80+ Google Developer Experts mentors.
To the date their are more than 238 Leads have registered out of 2000+ total registrations.

💡Solutions Design:

#1 How to identify a problem: The first step is to have a clear and well defined problem, before start building your solution.

#2 How to identify a solution: Next step is to identify the best solution based on your user’s needs problem and also on your team resources and capabilities.

#3 Designing the interface: Now it’s time to design your solution’s interface and how a user will interact with the solution. This work is where the UI and UX design comes in.

#4 Designing the technology: Once you fully understand the problem and how a user will interact with your solution, we design the technology.

🏆 Evaluation Criteria:

Impact (50%)

• Does the entry establish a clear challenge faced in the team’s local community and explained in a clear manner? (10%)
• Is there evidence that the solution has been thoroughly tested with real users? (10%)
• Is there evidence that the solution was iterated upon based on user feedback? (10%)
• Is there evidence that your solution improve people’s lives? and Does the team display a plan for future extension if they were to continue? (10%)

Technology (40%)

• Does the solution address the challenge identified by the team? (10%)
• Does the solution makes an effective use of the features of the chosen Google technologies? (10%)
• Does the video demo explains properly how the application works and how a user will interact with the solution? (10%)
• Has the team clearly explained what Google technology they used, why and included guidance on how to run their code? (10%)

Scalability (10%)

• Can the technology, in its current form or with minor structural changes, support more users, new regions, and increased scale often attributed with success and growth? (10%)

Please note: Each solution is evaluated on a scale of 1–100.

🏆 Prizes:

10 winning teams across the world will receive:
-Trip to Sunnyvale, California to demo their solutions to Googlers.
-Be featured on Google channels,
-A certificate from Developer Student Clubs noting your contributions and achievements.

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