About the challenge This Hackathon is available for all RMIT students to work in a team and build a prototype that fits within a theme: ‘Improving Student Experiences’. Students will work in groups of 2-5 to build a software implementation that can be used to improve peoples lives, along with a fun explanatory video to demonstrate how it may be used. This could be a website, web app, game... anything software related. A Prize Pool of $1,500 exists fro the top 3 teams. More information can be found on our Notion page or Discord Channel Get started Friday
4:30pm: Opening ceremony — 80.2.007
5:00pm onwards: Hacking begins — various rooms across Building 80 available for students to use
Hacking will continue on-campus between 5.00pm - 7.00pm, you're then welcome to go home to hack for the remainder of the night
Staff and student helpers will be available for assistance until 7:00pm, then everyone will be required to exit campus
Saturday
Hacking continues, staff and student helpers will be available for assistance from 10:00am
1:00pm: Lunch available for participants — Ground floor
Hacking will continue on-campus between 10.00am - 7.00pm, you're then welcome to go home to hack for the remainder of the time (11.59pm)
Staff and student helpers will be available for assistance until 7:00pm, then everyone will be required to exit campus
11:59pm: Final submission (code and video) due
Sunday
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Awards ceremony — 80.2.007
Sept. 20, 2024 - Sept. 21, 2024
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Online
$1,750
