Call for Submission
What will you design to make Ukiah an incredible place to live, work, and play?
The App Design for Social Good Challenge invites student problem solvers and designers from 4th grade to college in Ukiah to propose a mobile app that makes our community a better place and design its user interfaces. Individual or team participants will identify specific issues that exist in the local communities and propose mobile app design solutions that address the identified community issues. By participating in this challenge, you will gain skills in design elements of a mobile app and have the opportunity to win an award to donate to our community.
No coding is required. Join the challenge, elevate your problem-solving skills, kindle your creative spirit, and make our community a better place for all.
01
Identify a pressing issue in your community in Ukian
02
Propose a mobile app to address the issue
03
Prototype the mobile interface
Team Size: 1-3
A community lead is interested in leading the team to identify social problems in the community.
A creative lead is interested in leading the team to propose creative mobile app solutions.
A design lead is interested in leading the team to design the user interfaces of the proposed mobile app.
Submission and Judging
Submission
The following is required in the final submission:
- Project name
- Problem statement (up to 150 words)
- Target population (up to 150 words)
- Solution statement (up to 150 words)
- Mobile app User Interface (UIs) (3 to 6).
- The High School and adult groups are required to submit digital design
- The Elementary School and Middle School group can submit scanned drawing
- An optional video about the project (up to 3 minutes)
Judging
All submissions will be judged by industry professionals based on the following criteria:
- Importance of the problem identified
- Innovation and feasibility of the proposed solution
- Design and aesthetic of the designed mobile interfaces
Office Hours
Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 5-6 pm on Zoom, starting on April 12th.
Timeline
- April 7: Challenge Launched
- April 17: Registration open on website
- April 30: Registration close
- May 8: Submission open on website
- May 23: Submission close
- June 1: Winners announced
Submission
Submit your project the challenge by May 23rd, 2023. If you work as a team, only one submission per team.
Example Digital Prototype: Firenaut
Firenaut: Wildfire evacuation readiness app that provides information even without internet. Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge 2021 Best Elevator Pitch Award. Developing Virtue High School students: Amy Liu, Yee Kit Chan, Veronica Tee, Katherine Chen
Example Sketching Prototype: Firenaut
Firenaut: Wildfire evacuation readiness app that provides information even without internet. Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge 2021 Best Elevator Pitch Award. Developing Virtue High School students: Amy Liu, Yee Kit Chan, Veronica Tee, Katherine Chen
Awards
This challenge adopts the "Pay it Forward" principle. Winning teams will be awarded with a voucher to donate to a 501(c)3 organization of their choice and receive recognition certificates from Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University.
Donation Fund Amount:
Elementary School Level
- Platinum Award: $200
- Gold Award: $100
Junior High Level
- Platinum Award: $300
- Gold Award: $150
High School and College Level
- Platinum Award: $400
- Gold Award: $200
About Us
This App Design for Social Good Challenge 2023 is sponsored by Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University, SJSU RSCA Level-up Grant and National Science Foundation grant #2142783 AI for Social Good Initiative.
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