About the challenge

LMUHacks is an all-day hackathon hosted by LMU's Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)!

Schedule

  • 9:30am: Check in Begins
  • 10:15am-10:30am: Opening Ceremony (PER 140)
  • 10:30am: Hacking Begins!
  • 10:30am-11:00am: Team Building
  • 11:00am-11:30am: Workshops!
    • Web Development Crash Course (Doolan 222)
    • Mobile Development Crash Course (Doolan 219)
    • Game Development [Unity] Crash Course (Keck Annex)
  • 12:00pm: Lunch (Pereira Quad)
  • 12:30pm: Group Picture (Pereira Quad)
  • 6:00pm: Dinner (Pereira Quad)
  • 8:00pm: Project Submission Deadline
  • 8:15pm-9:30pm: Presentations & Judging (PER 140)
  • 9:45pm-10:00pm: Closing Ceremony (PER 140)

Requirements

What to Build

This year's theme is "Hacking Education"! You are challenged to create a project that encourages academic or personal learning in some way.

What to Submit

You will submit a URL to your project GitHub repository, as well as a brief written description of your project through Devpost. Check out a sample submission here!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$280 in prizes
Best Overall
1 winner

Second Place Overall
1 winner

Top Freshman/Sophomore Team
1 winner

Second Place Freshman/Sophomore Team
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Judged in person!

Judged in person!

Judging Criteria

  • Quality of the Idea
    How creative and unique is the project? Does the concept exist already, and if so, does it improve on it?
  • Implementation of the Idea
    How well was the idea executed on by the team? Does the work completed show promise for future development?
  • Potential Impact
    How big of a potential impact could the project have on the target community?
  • Delivery of Presentation
    How well did the team present on their idea? Is the content of the presentation clear, and were all important details included?

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