Challenge Summary
Welcome to [serenity] – New Challenge Creation and Launch Responsive Mobile Design Challenge. Current methods for creating and launching a [topcoder] challenge can be … well.. Challenging at times. We would like to do something about that! Please help us refine the interface, and the very process, of defining a challenge. We’d like to add all kinds of helpful cues to the experience, so that anyone — [topcoder] copilots, end-customers or Appirio employees — can quickly, easily and accurately spin up good challenges. (What is a good challenge? One that is clear, complete and succeeds in building adequate interest from the community.) This work will be vital to the ongoing growth and development of [topcoder] -- here’s your chance to make a big impact on the [topcoder] platform!
Make sure you understand the principles of responsive design - we now want to finish our application design and get it ready for development.
You are provided with the previous winner design (desktop view) for you as guidance for branding and visual reference. Come and join us!
Note: This challenge will be run as a one round challenge, meaning we will not have checkpoint prizes and feedback.
Challenge Details:
The primary goal of this challenge is to make it possible for primarily an Appirio community customer or other interested party that wants to create and launch [topcoder] challenges to be able to easily complete that process without more than minimal knowledge of the community and/or it’s process. The challenge creation and launch process should be easy to understand (e.g. be self-service and not require training), should be possible to complete quickly without assistance (in under 15 minutes), should be flexible and allow those with greater expertise to have access to control more settings, and should generate challenges that successfully garner interest from the community including generating many valid submissions.
Download the provided winning "desktop" design and PSD files. This is your "base" design.
- Carefully review the design
- Keep the provided brand and colors
- DO NOT redesign the site. We need this "desktop" design adapted for responsive views on "mobile"
- Let us know if you have any question
Supporting Documents:
- Previous Challenge Winner (Storyboard.zip); use it also for branding guideline.
Design Considerations:
- We would like the process to be contained in a single, scrolling page, with form separated into distinct sections.
- There is an element to the right that we would like contestants to explore more fully: the ‘Challenge Map’; a floating element that follows the user down the page.
- For challenge map we are looking for some clever ways to display / hide it (and still keep the ability to Save / Cancel / Launch).
Required Screen Size:
- Mobile page of size 320px width and height as required.
Required Features:
- Please refer to New-Challenge-Create.png as base of your work for content guidance.
Note: A single-page form, with multiple sections of content for user to fill out. The section are listed below:
1. Summary Section
2. Project Requirements Section
3. Technologies Section
4. Starting Material Section
5. Timeline Section
6. Prizes Section
7. Challenge Map
Target Audience:
- Customer technical resource
- Customer non-technical resource
- Appirio consultant
- Appirio management
- Appirio [topcoder] expert services resource
- [topcoder] co-pilot
Judging Criteria:
- How well you plan the user experience and capture your ideas visually
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Your design should possible to build and make sense as a mobile application
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
Submit JPG/PNG for your submission files.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD file, or Adobe Illustrator as a layered AI 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. We may ask you to update your design or graphics based on checkpoint feedback.
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.