Tuesday 1 July 2014

Student-Sourced, Crowdsourced Mobile Apps

By Toni Fuhrman, Campus Technology


When students at Rhode Island’s Bryant University have an idea for an institutional mobile app, they have an opportunity to see it come to fruition — if they can make a compelling pitch. More than two years ago, Chuck LoCurto, newly appointed vice president and CIO at the university, got together with Bryant trustees to develop an annual “app-a-thon” competition. Students have 10 minutes to pitch their app idea to a panel of judges, consisting of LoCurto, a trustee professor, the executive director of university relations, the associate director of academic computing and media services and a software developer. Judging the competition is based on a predetermined set of criteria, including look and feel, navigation and design, simplicity and uniqueness of concept. Winners are awarded with a Windows 8 tablet.


http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/06/19/student-sourced-crowdsourced-mobile-apps.aspx


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