Instructions: Application Development

Register

Teachers visit http://www.thinkquest.org/compete/ and complete the following steps:

• Register to coach one or more teams of 1-6 students.
• Accept the ThinkQuest Competition Terms of Use and ask your school or organization's signing authority to accept the ThinkQuest Competition Agreement.
• Collect a signed Parental Consent Form from each student who is a minor.
• Review the Rules.

Set-up

Students in the 18-22 age division should review the Rules, Guiding Questions document, and the Roadmap to Success tutorial on their own. Students in the 17 & under age division should review these items with their teacher/coach.

Your team will be eligible to receive additional points if all students on your team complete the tutorial and submit a completed survey.

How Will Entries Be Scored?

Students who want to understand how entries are scored may review the Scoring Rubric with their teacher/coach (or on their own if in the 18-22 age division). Please note that this step is optional.

Define a Problem & Solution

Students complete the following steps:

• State the problem you intend to solve and define the target audience for your entry.
• Research your problem. Conduct interviews, surveys, experiments, observations or field studies, and research at the library or online.
• Define your solution. Ensure that it meets the needs of your target audience and is achievable.
• Test your solution with members of your target audience and revise your solution based on those results.

Develop & Test the Entry

Students complete the following steps:

• Select the technology you will use to develop your application.
• Set-up your development environment.
• Develop your entry so it meets the Interactivity Requirements.
• Create a backup of the latest version of your entry's code at all times.
• Make sure your entry does not include plagiarized material. Properly cite content and include a reference list.
• Test your entry to make sure all elements run smoothly.
• Create a screencast that meets the Screencast Requirements.
• Complete your Critical Thinking Worksheet and give it to your coach.

Submit the Entry

Coaches visit http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.myteams and submit their team's entry by following the instructions on the Submit Entry page.