WhatTheHack : A Collection Of Challenge Based Hack
WhattheHack is a challenge based hackathon format. A collection of challenge based hack-a-thons including student guide, proctor guide, lecture presentations, sample/instructional code and templates.
What, Why and How
“What the Hack” is a challenge based hackathon format
Challenges describe high-level tasks and goals to be accomplished
Challenges are not step-by-step labs
Attendees work in teams of 3 to 5 people to solve the challenges
Attendees “learn from” and “share with” each other
By having to “figure it out”, attendee knowledge retention is greater
Proctors provide guidance, but not answers to the teams
Emcees provide lectures & demos to setup challenges & review solutions
What the Hack can be hosted in-person or virtually via MS Teams
We welcome all new hacks! The process for doing this is:
Fork this repo into your own github account
Create a new branch for your work
Add a new top level folder using the next number in sequence, eg:
011-BigNewHack
Within this folder, create two folders, each with two folders with in that looks like this:
Host
Guides
Solutions
Student
Guides
Resources
The content of each folder should be:
Student/Guides: The Student’s Guide
Student/Resources: Any template or “starter” files that students may need in challenges
Host/Guides: The Proctor’s Guide lives here as well as any Lecture slide decks
Host/Solutions: Specific files that the proctors might need that have solutions in them.
Once your branch and repo have all your content and it formatted correctly, follow the instructions on this page to submit a pull request back to the main repository: