App Jam 2023
Congratulations to the winners of 快活林性息 App Jam 2023!
First Place: Loui's Team
听Second Place: Emiliano
Third Place: Del Mar
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IT in听collaboration with the University Library听and Associated Students听is happy to announce听a new听student听competition 鈥� 快活林性息 App Jam听2023.听快活林性息 App Jam 2023 is an exciting听event听for students to reimagine, redesign, and refresh the 快活林性息 Mobile app.听听
This competition听provides听a platform where students can听showcase听their skills in design, development, and innovation to win prizes! Participating students will have access to听creative听resources and will be supported by experts to help them achieve their vision for the future of the 快活林性息 Mobile app.
Competition Instructions
- Attend the Kickoff - Presenters from IT, Associated Students, and the Creative Maker Studio in the University Library will be there to help you find the tools you need to make your project the best it can be.听
- Plan your Project 鈥撎旎盍中韵⑻鼳pp Jam involves some milestones that will be听submitted听throughout the competition, and learning resources will be provided by experts from on-campus and听the industry.听
- Learn and Build - Use the resources in Canvas, and support from the community and experts to bring your design idea to life!听If you鈥檙e not a programmer, you can听absolutely still听participate!Apps like听PowerPoint andKeynote听are often used to create app mockups,听meaning you can redesign the app without writing any code.听
- Create a deliverable -听Participants will听submit听a digital听packet听(a slide deck, video, PDF, etc.) in Canvas that defines how the redesign will meet the standards of the competition including a visual element that shows what the app redesign will look like.听
- Win!
Prizes听
Monetary prizes will be shared by the team.听
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1st place听-听$1,500听and the opportunity for one semester of employment with the听快活林性息听Information听Technology to work with the App听Development team to help bring their 快活林性息 App vision to life.
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2nd place听-听$1,000听
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3rd place听-听$500听
Timeline
- March 14th听鈥� Kickoff Event听1pm to 2pm in Nobbs Auditorium room听SQ104. You can also听, and be sure to download听!
- March 21st -听Registration deadline in Canvas for teams and/or individuals interested in competing听by 11:59pm
- March 29th -听App UX/UI Design Workshop, 3:00-4:30pm hosted by the University Library鈥檚 Creative Maker Studio (CMS). This workshop is open to all competitors and goes over how to create an App mockup graphic and even add commands to the buttons using Adobe XD. The workshop will be held via Zoom and registration is required.听
- April 14th听鈥� Submissions due in Canvas听
- April 15th 鈥� 25th 鈥� Judges review submissions
- Friday, April 28th听鈥撎�Winners are announced at the Digital Equity Day event听
Resources
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听is an exploratory space听on the first floor of the University Library听where students of any major can have access to hands-on multimedia design and production tools at no extra cost! The CMS听provides all currently enrolled 快活林性息 students with听access to equipment for video production, computers with Adobe Creative Cloud and other software apps, and more.听The CMS also offers听.听
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LinkedIn Learning听is an online platform that offers students access to thousands of courses on a wide range of topics. With expert instructors, high-quality video lessons, and interactive exercises, this platform is a great resource to enhance your听project.听
Communication Access Services (CAS)
To request Communication Access Services (CAS) such as听sign language interpreters or听transcribers听please contact the听听at听ncod@csun.edu.
First Place Winner - 快活林性息, Go!
Second Place Winner -听ArcFTC Pro
Social Butterflies - 快活林性息 Connect
More Than Students
Studying Streamlined
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App-Jam 2021 is the latest in the 快活林性息 student Jam competitions. App-Jam presented student teams with resources and tools to solve real-world challenges pertaining to the year鈥檚 challenge: to use a variety of technologies and tools to design, ideate, and demonstrate a custom web or mobile application to improve communication between friends, families, colleagues, and communities. Teams used tools and services to create a solution for communication issues. Students learned about app design concepts and had access to resources to compete against other student teams.
A huge congratulations to the App-Jam 2021 winners!
First Place: Team Give - PartWith
Second Place: Team Abstract - ReKindle
B煤me - B煤me
Intelectual Bad A's - Tanda
The AI-Jam showcase took place from 2:30 to 4:00 on Monday, April 8th in the Ferman Presentation Room.
Congratulations to all AI-Jam 2019 participants!
This year saw some great competitors, and some really amazing projects! Special congratulations to Chill^N for taking both the听Best Artificial Intelligence听and听Best Solution Concept听prizes! Head over to the competition's Portfolium page to view all the teams' videos.
Compete as a team of 2 - 5 students, using AI and cloud technologies to solve real-world accessibility needs raised by fellow Matadors.
AI-Jam will present teams with real-world physical and digital accessibility needs. You and your team will use AI tools and services to create a solution for any one of the provided needs. Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services will provide support and resources regardless of your familiarity with AI. You will learn about AI concepts and have access to resources to compete against other student teams.
Here鈥檚 how it works:
- RSVP for the March 4th Kickoff event
- Join a team and enroll in the Canvas course by March 8th
- Pick from one of the accessibility needs
- Learn and Build
- Create a video by April 3rd
- Present at the showcase on April 8th
- Win!
Winners will be announced at the showcase, where prizes and awards will be given to two winning teams: one for Best Artificial Intelligence, and one for Best Solution Concept. Winning teams will be granted automatic entry into the听, where past AI-Jam winners, such as听, have taken their project to the next level! You can see all participants from AI-Jam 2018 on the听
Latest Updates
The AI-Jam competition has completed! In this competition, students from all over campus solved a problem using artificial intelligence tools, learned about AI concepts and had access to resources to compete against peers for prizes and awards.
Winners
Congratulations to our six AI-Jam winners. Three teams from the Research track and three teams from the Innovation track were selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.听See the diagram below for more information on the AI-Jam tracks. Thank you to all 12 teams who participated!
Research听
1st: KLab's Butterflies听-听 Artificial intelligence and a robot mimic a child with a behavioral or learning challenge to better teach and train students how to work with real children who may experience听similar reactions. View the team's听听to learn more.
2nd: AI-Adventurers听- An innovative听approach to food and healthy eating using artificial intelligence and image recognition to better help us portion control and lead more healthy lifestyles. View the team's听听to learn more.
3rd: Helia Nutrition and Health听- Increases accuracy of one's food log by using artificial intelligence and image recognition to track an individual's intake to improve听health and increase health awareness.听View the team's听听to learn more.
Innovation
1st: AI-Amigos听- A tool to help students excel their career by using a chatbot on facebook to answer any questions the student may have about the 快活林性息 Career Center.听View the team's听听to learn more.
2nd: Deaf Connect听- Using machine learning and natural language processing, this artificial intelligence project helps the deaf community to have more resources such as speech to text translation.听View the team's听听to learn more.听
3rd: AI-Caramba听- This artificial intelligence project uses natural language processing to recognize voice commands through Alexa to help students find information about the career center in a more intuitive and friendly manner.听View the team's听听to learn more.
How AI-Jam Works
Students entered as teams and selected from one of two tracks: Innovation or Research.
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