Challenge Summary
Welcome to Start New Presentation Project Storyboard. The Goal of this contest is to update "Start New Project" Storyboard and create a custom flow for launching New Presentation Project based on the outlined requirements below.
This contest is only 48Hr Timeline, Jump In Now!
Read the Contest Details carefully and let us know if you have any questions.
TopCoder offers a variety of computer programming services through its community of developers and graphic artists from more than 200 countries. Members create software and graphic designs for TopCoder's client base of FORTUNE 100 firms, small businesses, and individuals by participating in online coding contests. The competitions focus on areas such as algorithm, software design, development, and testing.
Topcoder is always researching the possibility to expand the platform to new competition types, maintaining the decomposition model. Powerpoint presentations have been created in the past as content creation competitions or as studio competitions.
The process was successful and TopCoder is now evaluating the possibility to create a special set of contest types and mini-platform for managing competitions for creating powerpoint deliverables.
Goals
We already ran a storyboard contest to create a new flow and design for launching new contest, the new design includes launching new Presentation contest. But after some discussion, we found that the proposed flow for launching Presentation contest will be confusing for client and new comers, because at this time TopCoder does not have a competition track called "Presentation Contest" for building Presentation documents, instead TopCoder will run a set of contests, a studio contests build Presentation graphics, and another software contests to build the content of the Presentation document, so we decided to move the concept of creating Presentation from "Launch New Contest" flow to "Start New Project" flow.
The goal of this contest is to create a custom "Start New Project" flow for Starting New _Presentation_ Project. In this contest we will replace some steps in "Start New Project" (attached Start-New-Project-PSD.zip) with some steps we already have in "TopCoder Presentation - Launch New Contest" (attached PPT-Storyboard.zip).
In this contest you will be using Start-New-Project-PSD.zip as a basis for your design.
Resources & Requirements
- In this contest we are updating specific steps in "Start New Project" flow. You are only required to update step's main content and step title. The graphics, font styles SHOULD NOT be changed and it must be consistent with "Start New Project" Storyboard design.
- Keep simple and clean design! And pay attention to the user experience.
- Group/package each graphics in its own folder layer with appropriate names/titles.
- Keep things consistent. This means all graphics styles should work together.
- All of the graphic should have a similar feel and general aesthetic appearance.
- Make sure your design use Windows standard fonts (arial, tahoma, etc)
- All text must be editable and non-graphical.
- Always remember to see at Cockpit GUI Kit for all your NEW graphics. Make sure they have same aesthetic designs.
- For layout of your submission please use from Cockpit GUI Kit "Page Layout" sections.
- Remember every steps in these screens, using full column width layout.
- You must provide us how every screens looks in 1024px width and more wider screens.
Step 1
What is the name of the project?
There is no update to this screen.
Step 2
What type of project is this?
- Create Image for Presentation Project Type, we want a creative image design.
- Provide hover style design for this step
Step 3
Audience
- This step should replace "Project Game Plan" step. Refer to 03_step-2.png in attached PPT-Preview.zip
- Update Step title to be "Audience"
- Redesign the notification/message to be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Redesign the audience table to be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Make the "Custom Audience" text field mandatory.
- Provide a validation version for this step, the validation : (No "Yes" audience selected, "Custom Audience" text field is empty when adding new audience)
- Provide hover style version for this screen.
Step 4
Presentation Style
- This step will replace "Would you like a copilot for this project?". Refer to 04a_step-3.png in PPT-Preview.zip
- Update step title to be "Presentation Style"
- Redesign the notification/message to be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Redesign the screen to be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Remove the section bars of both "Notes on Style" and "Page Length" these are redundant.
- Change "Notes on Style" label to "Any notes on presentation style?"
- Fix the left alignment of both "Notes on Style" text area field and "Page Length" radio group to be consistent with "Presentation Style" alignment.
- Provide a validation screen version for this screen, must be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Provide hover style version for this screen.
Step 5
Files
- This step will replace "Who can access your project" step. Refer to 05a_step-4.png in PPT-Preview.zip
- Redesign this screen to be consistent with "Start New Project" look and feel.
- Redesign the notification/message to be consistent with "Start New Project" design.
- Provide validation version for the following cases : (No media assets provided, Custom File Description field is empty when uploading new media asset, No file upload selected when adding new media asset, Deliverable type not selected, Extension field and Extension Description field are empty when adding new extension, the added extension already exist)
- Provide hover style for this screen.
Step 6
Setup the project
- No updates on this screen.
Target Audience
- New Customers
- Non expert Customers
Judging Criteria
- How well the consistency and design of the Presentation flow with provided "Start New Project" Storyboard.
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Improvement of Decription/Notes text
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
All Requested Contest Submission Requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD file.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.