Judging
The teams that submit the top five applications in each category, as judged by the CODE expert review panel, will be announced on March 6th, 2015. These top 15 teams will then be invited to the CODE Pitch Day event on March 16th, 2015, to pitch their apps to our official CODE 2015 judges. This is their Dragons Den moment.
The official CODE 2015 judges will evaluate the presentations and potential of the applications and determine the winning application in each category as well as the CODE 2015 Grand Champion. The winners in each category as well as the student prize winner will be invited to the Grand Finale event on March 26th, 2015 where their successes and the CODE 2015 Grand Champion will be officially announced and handed their giant cheques.
All qualifying CODE 2015 submissions will be eligible for the Fan Favourite Prize. This prize will be awarded to the team that receives the highest count of votes on their team profile and the highest number of social media likes and shares.
Scoring
User Experience (10 points)
The overall experience of a person using a product in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.
0-3
Look needs improvement.
User needs help to navigate through app.
4-7
Looks good.
Main features were easy to find, some features were too buried.
8-10
Looks great.
Navigation is easy, and intuitive.
Use of Open Data (10 points)
Utilizing Open Data to spur innovation, fuel growth, and improve the lives of Canadians.
0-3 Application displays at least one federal dataset.
4-7
Application interprets and displays multiple datasets.
The application mashes up the required federal datasets, and datasets from other resources.
8-10
Application interprets and displays multiple datasets in order to solve a specific problem.
The application mashes up the required federal datasets, and datasets from other resources.
Potential (10 points)
Having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.
0-3 The idea is not plausible.
4-7 Good concept but needs to develop more.
8-10 Great concept, just need to be executed.
Prizes
Grand Prize
The Grand Prize winner will be chosen from among the 3 category winning teams and will receive $15,000 in cash.
Category Prizes
The teams that receive the top score in each category: Youth, Commerce, and Quality of Life will each be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
Student Prize
The top 15 team with the highest judging score made up of student participants ONLY, will receive a $5,000 prize.
Fan Favourite Prize
The Fan Favourite Prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the team that receives the highest count of votes on their team profile and highest count of social shares and likes by activating their community network.
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