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2012-2013 Winners Announced

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Thanks to everyone who came and participated in today’s event. Your tough questions and votes were very much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who watched us online. Thank you to all of our judges who had the difficult task of evaluating all of the finalists.

Congratulations to all the finalists for making it this far in the competition. Finally, congratulations to our winners!

Winners


Acknowledgements

Once again, we’d like to thank our hosts, UBC IT and Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC) and sponsors, Wavefront AC and Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology for helping organize the 1st Digital *U competition.

We’d like everyone to stay tuned for more news about V.2.0 of the competition coming soon. This first round is focused on mobile apps but in the words of one of our judges, David Vogt:

There are so many dimensions of the future UBC in a digital sense… How we can make UBC the smartest campus in the world; leveraging all the facilities, the multicultural, global community we have here.

Let us know in the comments your response to the question, “what theme should Digital *U tackle next”?


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Attribution

Trophy icon by Pedro Ramalho from the Noun Project.

Digital *U Final Judging

Banner image with a rosette nebula background, pixel-style text saying "Who will be the winner" and a trophy with a star icon on the right-hand side. The trophy icon is from the Noun Project

What:

Join us on Monday, March 11 at the Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre for the final judging to determine the winner of the inaugural Digital *U Mobile App Contest!

The program starts at 11AM for a “trade show” style event, come and meet the five finalists and learn more about their submissions. At noon, we hear opening remarks from one of the judges and hear each team’s final pitches. Judges will be deliberate at 1:30PM and the winners will be announced!

First place will receive $5,000 while second-place will receive $3,000.

Everyone is invited to come, feel free to bring your own lunch and support your favorites!

When:

Monday, March 11, 2013

11:00AM – Noon | Meet and Greet Finalists

Noon – 1:30PM | Final Team Pitches

1:30PM – 2:00PM | Winners Announced

Where:

Dodson Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

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Register:

Register at events.ctlt.ubc.ca


Finalists

Who are the five finalists? Watch their video pitches below and learn more in their submissions pages.

UBCme

Organizing and simplifying orientation for new students


Degree Mapper

Clear way for students to chart their degree path


StickIt

Location-based social notes apps


Smart Bulletin

Bulletin boards using mobile phones.


Balance Board

Health promotion app


Attribution

Trophy icon by the Noun Project.

Digital *U Finalists


Since October, 2012 we have received over 40 submissions from different groups across the UBC community. Applications tackled a range of ideas from a course scheduling app, to an app to help you find study space, to a digital coach-trainer for athletes.

Our panel of judges deliberated all the submissions and choose the five finalists who will go on to the final round of judging on an event on March 11.

Below are the five finalists in no particular order:

UBCme

Organizing and simplifying orientation for new students


Degree Mapper

Clear way for students to chart their degree path


StickIt

Location-based social notes apps


Smart Bulletin

Bulletin boards using mobile phones.


Balance Board

Health promotion app

Join us on March 11

Everyone is invited to come the final round of judging in a “Dragon’s Den” style event on March 11 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The event will also be broadcasted live via a Google Hangout.

More details will be announced soon.

In the meantime, explore and rate the proposals from the finalists as well as the submissions who did not make it. Feel free to leave some feedback to help the groups refine and improve on their ideas.

Attribution

The Smartphone icon was designed by James Fenton, from the Noun Project.