Challenge Summary
Welcome to the Topcoder iOS User Interface Design Scorecard Ideation Challenge.
We need your help to define consistent and unified design standards -- and we'll do this by developing a new scorecard that focuses on Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG).
Requirements
If a design challenge at Topcoder requires the design of a native mobile app for IOS, this scorecard will be used by the screener/reviewer to define the design submission quality before we present it to the client. We want you to list out the various aspects of Apple HIG that should be covered in the scorecard.
The existing design screening scorecard only covers Topcoder's design policy, which only checks whether the design elements like font, stock photo, and the rest of design elements creation are free from copyright violation. In this new scorecard, we want to take a step forward and consider about design consistency based on best practices for the mobile devices (in this challenge, we will focus on Apple HIG). Your new scorecard should include both the old design policy requirements PLUS the new Apple HIG requirements
Apple HIG:
https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/overview/themes/
Existing Design Screening Scorecard:
https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/ViewScorecard?scid=30001363
Scorecard Definition
Submit your scorecard based on what you think is the best-suited options for iOS design. Your submission must include:
- A document explaining the requirements in the scorecard and why you picked them and why they are important.
- A spreadsheet for the actual scorecard. It must include:
-- The minimum passing score
-- The maximum passing score
-- Group Title
-- Section Title
-- Question Text
-- Question Guideline
-- Question Type -- options are:
---- Scale (1 -10)
---- Yes/No
-- Question Weight (can be from 0 to 100)
-- Document Upload -- options are:
---- N/A
---- Optional
---- Required
-- Question Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of question weights within a section must total 100.
-- Section Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of section weights within a group must total 100.
-- Group Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of all group weights must equal 100.
- Do we need to consider whether the design able to support various type of iPhone?
- Any missing screens from Round 1 or Round 2 requirements?
- List of Screening Questions (Apple HIG Design Best Practices that important to be checked and will affect the design brand consistency as an ios app)
- Grouped the screening questions based on their relevances (Copyright, Visual Design, Design Architecture, Icons and Images, etc)
- Definitions/Explanation to the screener/reviewer about what kind of expectation that they need to find from each screening question (Question Guideline)
- Answer of the questions and their score importance (the possible answer needs to be as objective as possible and not biased)
- Calculation of the Screening Questions based on the possible answer provided
- What else? Show us your ideas! The key thing is we want the submission covered all challenge requirements and meet the Apple HIG best practices.
Note: Please check a screenshot of our Scorecard Admin Tool. Your spreadsheet must allow us to easily add the scorecards to the tool using the data in the spreadsheet.
Target Audience
- Designer Member at Topcoder
Judging Criteria
- You will be judged on your creativity of the idea.
- How well you apply various aspect of the Apple HIG best practices to the scorecard
- How well you provide the calculation formula to the scorecard
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
- You can take screenshot of your idea document and submit it.
- You can provide a blank image file and use it as preview image.
Submission Files
All original source files of the submitted ideas; prefer the scorecard created in spreadsheet (XLS, CSV, etc).
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted ideas; prefer the scorecard created in spreadsheet (XLS, CSV, etc).
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to complete one round of minor changes to ensure your submission meets the stated requirements of this challenge.
We need your help to define consistent and unified design standards -- and we'll do this by developing a new scorecard that focuses on Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG).
Requirements
If a design challenge at Topcoder requires the design of a native mobile app for IOS, this scorecard will be used by the screener/reviewer to define the design submission quality before we present it to the client. We want you to list out the various aspects of Apple HIG that should be covered in the scorecard.
The existing design screening scorecard only covers Topcoder's design policy, which only checks whether the design elements like font, stock photo, and the rest of design elements creation are free from copyright violation. In this new scorecard, we want to take a step forward and consider about design consistency based on best practices for the mobile devices (in this challenge, we will focus on Apple HIG). Your new scorecard should include both the old design policy requirements PLUS the new Apple HIG requirements
Apple HIG:
https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/overview/themes/
Existing Design Screening Scorecard:
https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/ViewScorecard?scid=30001363
Scorecard Definition
Submit your scorecard based on what you think is the best-suited options for iOS design. Your submission must include:
- A document explaining the requirements in the scorecard and why you picked them and why they are important.
- A spreadsheet for the actual scorecard. It must include:
-- The minimum passing score
-- The maximum passing score
-- Group Title
-- Section Title
-- Question Text
-- Question Guideline
-- Question Type -- options are:
---- Scale (1 -10)
---- Yes/No
-- Question Weight (can be from 0 to 100)
-- Document Upload -- options are:
---- N/A
---- Optional
---- Required
-- Question Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of question weights within a section must total 100.
-- Section Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of section weights within a group must total 100.
-- Group Weights
---- Value from 0 to 100
---- Sum of all group weights must equal 100.
- Do we need to consider whether the design able to support various type of iPhone?
- Any missing screens from Round 1 or Round 2 requirements?
- List of Screening Questions (Apple HIG Design Best Practices that important to be checked and will affect the design brand consistency as an ios app)
- Grouped the screening questions based on their relevances (Copyright, Visual Design, Design Architecture, Icons and Images, etc)
- Definitions/Explanation to the screener/reviewer about what kind of expectation that they need to find from each screening question (Question Guideline)
- Answer of the questions and their score importance (the possible answer needs to be as objective as possible and not biased)
- Calculation of the Screening Questions based on the possible answer provided
- What else? Show us your ideas! The key thing is we want the submission covered all challenge requirements and meet the Apple HIG best practices.
Note: Please check a screenshot of our Scorecard Admin Tool. Your spreadsheet must allow us to easily add the scorecards to the tool using the data in the spreadsheet.
Target Audience
- Designer Member at Topcoder
Judging Criteria
- You will be judged on your creativity of the idea.
- How well you apply various aspect of the Apple HIG best practices to the scorecard
- How well you provide the calculation formula to the scorecard
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
- You can take screenshot of your idea document and submit it.
- You can provide a blank image file and use it as preview image.
Submission Files
All original source files of the submitted ideas; prefer the scorecard created in spreadsheet (XLS, CSV, etc).
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted ideas; prefer the scorecard created in spreadsheet (XLS, CSV, etc).
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to complete one round of minor changes to ensure your submission meets the stated requirements of this challenge.
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.