College + The New York Times Creative Jam Kickoff, Challenge Brief, Judging Criteria & XD 101 | Sept. 14, 2021

College + The New York Times Creative Jam Kickoff, Challenge Brief, Judging Criteria & XD 101 | Sept. 14, 2021

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Jam Challenge Brief: https://www.creativejam.in/nytbrief

KICKOFF Video: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/nyt
Kick Off: September 14 at 11:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm CDT
Finale: September 28 at 11:00 am PDT / 3:00 pm CDT
Kickoff Video: https://cjam.in/nyt
Finale: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/nyt/2

Register: https://cjam.in/nyt
Participate in the Finale, Presentations, and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, September 28.
https://www.facebook.com/adobecreativejam/

College Jam (NYT) – Group List: https://pxstudio.us/blog/?p=48775

Guest Speakers

  • Emilie Enke, Solution Consultant, Adobe
  • Dalit Shalom, Product Design Lead, The New York Times

Competitors: 315 Teams from around the world
Shortlist Winners: 10 final teams
Grand Prize Winners: Top 5 teams
First Place: Top Team

College Jam + New York Times Finale – 2021

The Goals of Contest

  1. Design an app experience
  2. Learn Adobe XD
  3. Solve a real-world challenge
  4. Benefit from expert insight

QUICK LINKS

  • Review the Kick Off, Keynote, and Adobe XD Bootcamp
  • Submit your entry by Wednesday, September 22 at 11:00 am PDT / 2:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm BST to this form
  • Participate in the Finale, Presentations, and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, September 28 at 11:00 am PDT / 2:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm BST
  • Get Help using Adobe’s XD Learning Hub and the Participant Guide

Jam Challenge Brief

Election news is accessible today in ways that were unimaginable even just a decade ago. With the rise of technology, sources, and outlets, it is becoming increasingly more challenging to know what political information is reliable, credible, and what or who should be trusted.

Your challenge is to design a user-centric mobile-first experience that increases trust and credibility in election content, in some way, for readers. Consider a visual or functional experience that confirms that news, polls, and outcomes are trustworthy to users.

Possible features might include:

  • A way to check if content originates from a trusted source
  • A reader portal for credible news and video
  • Visual cues to verify trustworthiness
  • A way to share trusted articles only
  • An algorithm promoting on veracity rather than popularity

Recommendations to get started

  • Begin with paper and pencil to sketch out areas of content and navigation.
  • Save login and splash screens for later in your process.
  • Work on concept and function first, and then adhere to a visual design system as much as possible. Use UI kits and wireframe elements to layout content to test flows faster.
  • Use relevant copy in areas where context must be understood; the concept and purpose must be clearly understood without too much explanation.
  • Look comprehensively at the app functionality, navigation, readability, and visual hierarchy before coming up with a name. However, the app name is important to generate interest in it for potential users.

Project Requirements

evaluation QUESTIONS

Projects are evaluated and scored on the following four questions, which will make up the content of your 150-word abstract:

  • Does the solution address a target audience and their needs?
  • Does the prototype solve the problem in an innovative way?
  • Is the user experience and interface intuitive?
  • Is visual design used in a thoughtful and meaningful way?

See the scoring rubric for more details.

Prototype SPECS

  • Create a mobile app. Your team may design either for iOS or Android, and select the appropriate template when opening a new file in Adobe XD.
  • App must include 15 or more unique screens connected together. This encourages you to build out more of the app’s functionality to capture a more realistic user flow.
  • Created during the event time period and not be derived from previously created work.

Submission Process

ENTRY SUBMISSION

  • Submissions are due by or before Wednesday, September 22 at 11:00 am PDT / 2:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm BST to this form to https://cjam.in/nytsubmit
  • You must provide a 150-word abstract that answers the project evaluation questions.
  • Finalists will be contactedon how to present to the judges.
  • A presenting team member MUST attend a scheduled tech check before the Jam to present and win a prize.
  • No additional files or presentations will be accepted outside of the time-stamped prototype.

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT

EXPORTING LINKS

Please name your file with your team name. Export with the View Setting set as Design Review and the Link Access to Anyone with the link.

Prototype links must begin with “xd.adobe.com.”

Prizes

Gift Card prizes listed below are sent to each winning team member. Gift cards are distributed to campus-granted email addresses only, in the form of gift cards in USD value converted to winners’ local denominations.

  • 1st place: $500.00 USD (Each student of the prize-winning team will get a $500 gift card)
  • 2nd place: $400.00 USD (Each student of the prize-winning team will get a $400 gift card)
  • 3rd place: $300.00 USD (Each student of the prize-winning team will get a $300 gift card)
  • 4th place: $200.00 USD (Each student of the prize-winning team will get a $200 gift card)
  • 5th place: $100.00 USD (Each student of the prize-winning team will get a $100 gift card)
  • The top five finalist teams also receive a 45-min. coaching session from a team member from The New York Times!
  • The remaining finalists and honorable mentions receive a $50.00 USD
  • (each student of the other five finalist teams will get a $50 gift card)

ALL SUBMISSIONS

All qualifying submissions will receive a 3-month student subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps (worth $60 USD).