App Feature Challenge!
We’re excited to bring back the Feature Focus Challenge—a chance for MobileMakersEdu and MobileMakersStudio students to showcase creativity, problem-solving skills, and technical know-how through an engaging screencast tutorial.
Creating clear, informative screencasts is an essential skill for developers today. Whether you’re sharing knowledge with a team, presenting to potential employers, or teaching others, this contest is a perfect opportunity to practice and stand out!
Again this year, we're thrilled to present a challenge tailor-made for our MobileMakersEdu and MobileMakersStudio students. Your task? Craft a short screencast tutorial demonstrating how to build a Swift feature not covered in the MobileMakersEdu course curriculum. Think of it as your opportunity to research, create, and teach something new in Xcode or Swift Playgrounds —pushing your skills to the next level!
Why participate? 🤔
- Build Confidence: Explore a new Swift concept, then share your expertise in a way that helps others.
- Boost Your Resume: Creating tutorials is an impressive way to show off both your coding and communication skills.
- Get Noticed by the Others: Contest winners will receive feedback from experienced iOS developers—insights that could help shape your future.
- Have Fun: Work solo or team up with a partner to dive into Swift development and get creative!
Ready to embark on this journey of creativity and technical finesse? To kick things off, check out this recent winner screencast as inspiration: Swift tutorial screencast here.
MobileMakersEdu teachers! Please encourage your students to take on this challenge! To learn more, read on!
Contest Overview
What:
Create a screencast tutorial on a Swift feature not taught in the MobileMakersEdu course.
When:
Begins TODAY! Screencasts must be submitted to this Submission Form by January 17th, 2025.
How:
Students can work with up to one partner who is also qualified to participate. Students must create a tutorial screencast where they demo to others how to use a feature not taught in the MobileMakersEdu/Studios course. Students must develop in the Swift programming language.
Prizes! 🏆💰👍
3rd Place Team
- MobileMakersEdu T-shirt
- $15 Amazon Gift Card for each member
2nd Place Team
- MobileMakersEdu T-shirt
- $25 Amazon Gift Card for each team member
1st Place Team
- MobileMakersEdu T-shirt
- One hour of mentoring and consulting with a professional software developer for the team
- $50 Amazon Gift Card for each team member
- Blog post featuring the winner and teacher
Rules
- Students enrolled in a MobileMakersEdu/Studios high school course during the 2024-25 school year are eligible to participate.
- Screencast submissions are due by January 17th, 2025 at 5:00 PM CST to the following form:
- All students are required to link to a screencast video that is seven minutes or less, which covers the following information:
- Introduce the developer(s), the name of the school, and the name of the teacher
- State the name of the feature (e.g., Segmented Controller)
- Explain or provide examples of why or when the feature is used in an app
- Live code! Walkthrough of how to code this feature in Swift
- Run the app in the simulator to show what you built
- Explain why someone else should use this screencast to build the feature on their own
- Share the video - if possible - Post the screencast on YouTube or Vimeo so that it can be viewed by other people learning how to build apps with Swift. Share it with @UnchartedLearning on Twitter, and we'll celebrate your work! *
* By submitting the public link to a video for the contest, students and schools agree to allow MobileMakersEdu and Uncharted Learning, NFP, to share it with the world for education and marketing purposes.
A Few Tips
- Captivate Judges: It's not just about content; your energy keeps viewers hooked.
- Be Specific: Focus your tutorial within the 7-minute limit.
- Use Editing Magic: Be energetic, explain, edit out the unnecessary, and stay within the time frame.
