Challenge Summary
Welcome to the SunShot - Solar Site Design - Presentation Deck Redesign Challenge. In this challenge, we are looking for your help to create/redesign the attached “How it works” presentation (PPT) - that will act as a user guide for Solar Site Design Mobile Application.
This mobile Application will connect Independent Solar Agents and Sales Professionals directly with leading manufacturers and developers to accelerate the worldwide growth of renewable energy projects.
NOTE: We will be awarding checkpoint prize $100 to all best submissions
Round 1
Submit your initial designs for Checkpoint Feedback
1) Title Slide
2) Generic Template
3) Section Title Slide
Feel free to add any other additional screens which are necessary to explain your concept.
Notes.jpg: Please note any comments about your design for the Client
Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)
Round 2
Your Final designs for all the required designs with all Checkpoint Feedback implemented.
1) Title Slide
2) Generic Template
3) Section Title Slide
4) List of Contents
5) Add Photos or Videos
6) End Slide
Feel free to add any other additional screens which are necessary to explain your concept.
Notes.jpg: Please note any comments about your design for the Client
Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)
The Purpose of this challenge is to come up with the redesign the existing “How it works” PDF (attached) based on the look & feel of the new storyboards that we recently designed. We are looking for the Topcoder Design Community to help us with planning our new "user experience" (UX).
We had provided the existing screens for reference on how the existing presentation has been put up (note: the original presentation is saved as PDF), please DO NOT COPY the look & feel and this challenge’s purpose is to redesign them with better flow and design!
Design Considerations:
- Looking for modern, clean and simple.
- The designs you are coming up with will be used for the template that allows the user to create as many slides as required.
- Follow the look & feel, logo from new designs.
- Stock Photos: Feel free to use any images related to this concept.
Presentation Requirements:
- For this challenge, you are required to create templates (master) in presentation (.pptx, ppt) that allows users to add slides as necessary from masters
- Create icons/graphics as required for the slides.
- Feel free to reuse any elements from the attached source files.
Required Templates:
Below are the list of templates required for this challenge..
1) Title Slide:
- We need a title slide that will be used for displaying the main title along with that it needs to showcase the app screen (preferably the splash screen - its open to you)
- Come up with thoughts on what this screen need to contain.
- Feel free to use device templates in this slide..probably you can look to include the device templates within the master slide and add a picture box, so this allows us to change the image as required.
2) Generic Template:
- All slides within this presentation will need to carry similar look & feel.
- Each of the slide will have a header..think on what need to be included here (title of the slide, consistent logo, etc..).
- Come up with a design for this screen, create them as a master slide - so we can add as many slides as required with this master.
- These slides will show the screen of the app and have an explanation corresponding to that screen, you can see these in the existing slide (Solar Site Design - Existing App Design.pdf)
- Feel free to use device templates (iPhone/Android) in this slide..probably you can look to include the device templates within the master slide and add a picture box, so this allows us to change the image as required.
Tips:
- For few app screens, we might need to show some tips on how best it can be used, we need a way to convey those tips and how can this be shown in the slide
Bullet Styles:
- In some slides, a user may look to break down their explanation about an app screen as points..how do you think they need to list the points..are bullets the only way to display the points...feel free to show any other thoughts you have.
3) Section Title Slide:
- This app has many sections and each of the sections will be explained within this presentation - for ex: please see “Solar Site Design - Existing App Design.pdf”, in each section/part of app has a section title..
* Step 1: Download the App
* Step 2: Register/Login
* Step 3: Create a Site Survey Report
* and so on..
- What else do you think can be added in this slide? we are looking for your design ideas on how this can be shown with the new design look & feel.
4) List of Contents:
- Certain sections within this app will have sub-sections, which will need to have their own sub-section slide (something similar to section title slide) but in-addition to that it needs to show steps (sub-sections) that were completed previously within this section.
- This flow from page 18-34 has been revised in the new designs and is broken down into four steps (please see new design, new site survey screens starting with name “08”)..think on how we need to explain these in the powerpoint presentation - looking for your thoughts, show us some examples with dummy text.
- By listing all sub-sections, we need a way to denote which sub-section they are actually viewing and previously completed sub-sections need to be denoted in a way that they are completed.
- Allow the user to edit/add sub-sections as required
5) Add Photos or Videos:
- This app allows the user to add photos or videos while a user creates/edits a site survey.
- We need to explain step by step on how a video or a photo can be added while creating a new survey. (Current “How it works” shows this in page 23 & 24 - NOTE: We don’t want you to copy them as we are looking to redesign this presentation).
- It is fine, if you are planning to show “Add Photos” in one slide and “Add Video” in another slide - its up to you.
6) End Slide:
- We need a design for the end slide..
- This slide needs to contain the contact information which includes “website, links to social networking sites”
- We are open to your thoughts on what we need to include in this screen, you can refer existing slide in Page 58 but please DO NOT COPY as we are looking to revise them.
References:
- Creating and Customizing Master Slides
Target Audience:
- Independent Solar Agents and Sales Professionals
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
- Please submit PPTX/PPT (JPG/PNG Images is also fine but for final submissions, we will need the presentation templates)
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted presentation and also please look to submit any associated design files created using 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.