Submitting your Project

  • Submit your project to our global competition 

  • Make a plan for how you will keep learning and leading in your community after the competition

These are the activities for this lesson:

CONGRATULATIONS!

You’ve done great work! You’ve found an important problem that you care about, created a thoughtful solution through a mobile app or AI solution, learned the ins and outs of how to market your project, and crafted a compelling video to showcase your ideas. Now it’s time to submit all of your hard work!

SUBMISSION STEPS

Review Judging Rubric

Check the judging rubric to review what the judges will use to assess your submission.

Open the Technovation Girls Platform and sign into your account.

Honor Code
Read the honor code over carefully. Technovation Girls aims to ensure the integrity of the program and it all starts with you.

Team Photo 
Be sure to also upload a photo of your team! Judges love to see the faces behind your brilliant projects. If you choose not to upload a team photo, upload a picture of the logo for your product instead.

While you’re uploading your photo, hop over to your team’s profile and make sure that’s updated too!

dashboard image for changing team photo

There is a lot in this section! Click on each tab below to learn more.

Simply list the name of your app here.

Give a brief overview of your project. You have 100 words to make your message stand out, so choose wisely and make sure you cover all the important points! The problem statement from unit 2 could be helpful to include here.

In the second part of the Project Description, you will be asked how your team considered ethics in developing your app. This section is allotted 150 words, so think deeply about this and write thoughtfully! Look back at your positive impact lessons for inspiration.

The Learning Journey will include three parts. The first 2 parts you will copy and paste from your Learning Journey template (or type directly) to the platform. 

  1. What did your team learn and what obstacles did you overcome during the project?
  2. How did your team decide the information you gathered for your project was legitimate?

The third part is a bibliography of all the resources you used and/or remixed for your project. This is a document upload, so make sure to create a separate document that you can upload. 

Upload 2-6 images that depict your learning process. For example: 

  • Pictures or screenshots of prototypes or previous versions of your project
  • Images of your team in the process of coding/building
  • Photos of your team meeting experts for advice 

Note: Do not include screenshots of code, app icons, login screens. You can showcase those in your videos. 

There will be a few more additional questions asked about your project.

These questions will not affect your final score

You will upload your two videos (pitch and technical) to Youtube or Vimeo, and submit the links.

Follow these guidelines: 

  • Videos must be a maximum of 3 minutes in length
  • Videos set to public or unlisted
  • If your video is not in English, you are required to have English subtitles
  • If your video is in English, subtitles are still highly recommended 

Click each button below to learn more about each video.

Pitch Video
Pitch Video Requirements
The Pitch video can be up to 3 minutes long.

Your pitch video should address the following:
  1. What problem are you solving and why is it important to you and the community?
  2. What other research did you do on the problem?
  3. How does it relate to the United Nations SDGs?
  4. How does your app work and how does it solve the problem?
  5. Are there any similar solutions that already exist? Why is your solution better?
  6. Who are your target users and how did you test the app with them? Providing footage of the users is a bonus!
  7. What is your business model and what are your financial plans to launch your business (sr division only)
Technical Video
Technical Video Requirements
The Technical video can be up to 3 minutes long.

Your technical video should address the following:
  1. Demonstrate the functionality of your app and the working parts
  2. Explains who the end users are and shows how the app was tested with them
  3. If your team used AI help to code or build an AI model, show your work in detail, including the tools and prompts you used /li>
  4. If your team did NOT use AI help to code or build an AI model, show and explain important parts you coded and/or trained
  5. Describes the team's iterative development process through user feedback, testing, and (if applicable) AI prompt modification.

Coding Language
Choose App Inventor, Thunkable, or Other.

Technical Additions

  • App Inventor – upload .aia file (not .apk file!)
  • Thunkable – type project page URL
  • Other – upload zip file of source code files
  • If you trained an AI model as part of your app, you should include in a zip file:
    • the source code for your app
    • screenshots of your dataset training or
    • a spreadsheet or link to dataset folders

This is a document upload.

REVIEW AND SUBMIT BUTTON

Once your team has uploaded all the parts of your submission,   

 click the “Review and submit” button. 

This is the last step but extremely important to do!

This will officially submit your project to Technovation Girls and ensure that you get judged and scored. You’ll have until the deadline to edit your submission, so we recommend you upload what you have as soon as possible. When you are ready,

click the final “Submit now” button

You will see a screen that says, “Your project has been successfully submitted.”

Then that is it. YOU HAVE DONE IT! Give yourself a pat on the back. It’s been a long season and you’ve learned and accomplished so much along the way. 

Be proud of what you have done – we sure are!

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ACTIVITY 1: POST-SUBMISSION PLANNING

Estimated time: 20 minutes

Before you go ...

Make a plan for what comes after the competition.

What do you want to continue learning? Are there actions you can take to help other girls in your community learn about technology?

Whether or not your team wins, don’t lose sight of all that you have accomplished! Not many people can say that they have programmed a mobile app or trained an AI model to solve a problem in their communities!

Feel proud and thank all the people who were there along the journey to support you, like the judges, your mentors, your family, and your friends.

ACTIVITY 2: CELEBRATE

Estimated time: as long as you want

WOOHOO!

Regardless of competition results, understand that you’ve accomplished so much these past few months. These things are worth celebrating and you absolutely should! Make sure to let your teammates know how thankful you are for them!

Here are some ideas on how to celebrate :
  • Make or get your favorite food and share a meal
  • Dance party!
  • Gather your team’s friends or families and have a game day or game night
  • Take a hike on a nature trail and enjoy bonding one last time
What other celebration activities can you think of?

REFLECTION

A few months ago, you decided to put your first step forward in the long and challenging Technovation Girls journey.

You and thousands of girls around the world took a head first dive to test your limits to prove to the world that you are a force to be reckoned with. You’re making a real impact and taking the first steps to become the next leaders and change makers of the world. 

All of us at Technovation Girls commend each and every one of you for the amount of courage and perseverance that you’ve exhibited.

Take some time and celebrate all that you’ve learned and achieved. You’ve earned it!

girls celebrating

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Your journey with Technovation Girls doesn’t end here.

Upon completing the Technovation Girls’ season, you are all official Technovation Girls Alumnae! We share leadership and networking opportunities with our Alumnae, as well as programs for further skill development and scholarships. 

  • Please join our Alumnae mailing list! 
  • Join our exclusive Alumnae group on LinkedIn! (16 years old +)
    You’ll connect with other Technovation Alumnae who are studying at university or who are already in the workforce. You’ll gain access to career-related opportunities and can share your experiences with other girls.
    You will need a LinkedIn account, to be able to join the group.
  • If you don’t have a LinkedIn account, or are younger than 16, never fear! We will continue to send leadership and professional development opportunities via our email newsletter.
  • Become a Student Ambassador for Technovation Girls!
    Student Ambassadors recruit participants to the Technovation Girls’ program, and empower students to improve their communities through technology. Apply on our Alumnae Resources page.
  • You can also find other Alumnae opportunities and resources on the page!

 

Get the word out!

We encourage you to let others know about the work you’ve done on your Technovation project. This Media Guide lesson will provide templates and tips to help you spread the word. 

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