You should read the full orientation hackathon rules after your kickoff. Below is a summary of the highlights:

• Team Size: Fellows will break up into teams of 2-3 within their Pod. Your Pod Leader will help you do this during the kickoff.

• Timeline: Each team has between the end of the kickoff and the start of demos to create their project submission.

• Project Requirements:

  • Fellows must use at least one of the Pod’s Open Source technologies in their project.

  • The project must be “Open Sourced” (i.e. made available on GitHub with an Open Source license) at the end of the hackathon.

  • You’ll also be evaluated for your use of Git and GitHub “Best Practices” while collaborating on the project. This includes using branches, pull requests, reviewing each other’s code, writing a comprehensive README, & using issues to track tasks.

• Demos:

  • All of your Pod Leader's Pods will come together to demo their projects to each other, your Pod Leader, and any outside visitors or judges your Pod Leader chooses to invite.

  • Each team will have 5-10 minutes to present and demo their project on Zoom.

  • Your Pod leader will select a winner to advance to the Global Finals.

  • You’ll need to share a GitHub repo and video demo of the project in addition to the live demo that you will do.

• Global Finals:

  • The top project from each Pod will advance to the Global Hackathon Finals.

  • The finals will be broadcast on Twitch and the overall winners will be selected during the livestream.

  • We’ll be awarding prizes for the top 3 projects (listed below).