Senior Division Submission Requirements

1. Project Information

• Project Name
• Project description (100 words or less)
• NEW: An explanation of how the team considered ethics when developing your app (150 words or less)

2. Pitch Video

• Maximum of 3 minutes
• Share via Youtube or Vimeo. The video must be uploaded as unlisted or publicly viewable. We cannot guarantee private videos will be judged.
• Your pitch video should show viewers:
  • why the problem is important to you
  • the research you did to understand the problem
  • how the solution works and why it’s the best solution
  • NEW: evidence of target users providing feedback
  • NEW: brief overview of key business canvas elements
• If you are not speaking English in the video, you must include English subtitles. And we highly recommend that videos have English subtitles even if English is spoken in the video.

3. Technical Video

• Maximum of 3 minutes
• Share via Youtube or Vimeo. The video must be uploaded as unlisted or publicly viewable. We cannot guarantee private videos will be judged.
• Your technical video should show viewers:
  • a demonstration of your project, including showing what works
  • who your users are and how you tested your app with them
  • your technical work
    • 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
    • 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
  • Your team’s iterative process with your technical work
• If you are not speaking English in the video, you must include English subtitles. And we highly recommend that videos have English subtitles even if English is spoken in the video

4. Business Canvas 

• NEW: The business plan is now a Business Canvas. It is a concise view of what potential investors will want to know about your business plans
• Using the template from the curriculum will help you meet all rubric requirements, including the business’ value proposition, how you included feedback from a business professional, market research, and financial plans
• Your canvas must be written in English. You are welcome to use translation tools such as Google Translate, ChatGPT, etc.

5. Your Learning Journey

• Share what your team learned, technically or otherwise, and how your team overcame challenges, both technical and non-technical. (Maximum 100 words, must be in English)
• 2-6 pictures that describe your journey
  • Images of your user research results, survey results, etc.
  • Pictures or screenshots of prototypes or previous versions of your project
• NEW: Explain how you decided the information you gathered was legitimate (Maximum 100 words)
• NEW: List your bibliography of resources used/remixed (No limit)

6. Mobile or Web App Source Code 

• Mobile App source code should be submitted depending on the language used:
  • MIT App Inventor — .aia file OR
  • Thunkable — Project Detail Page Link (to find it, from your Projects page click on 3 dots next to your Technovation project) OR
  • Other programming languages — zip file
• Web app — submit a zip file
• If including an AI model in your project, you may include a zip file that has dataset information (images, spreadsheet, etc)

Recommended bonus: Include basic instructions on using the app and demo user login information (username/password if needed) for judges to test within the .zip file or via comments in App Inventor or Thunkable

7. Team Photo and Summary (Optional)

• Write one paragraph about your team and share a photo of you all to help judges get to know you—try to avoid sharing your full name and only use your first name.

To see the full details of each submission criterion, reference the judging rubric.