Dates

February 15th UXSA informational meeting and figma demo 

February 20th UXSA informational meeting and figma demo location TBD

March 6th How to Conduct Research Ethically

March 19th Advanced Figma Workshop

March 26th User Testing Workshop 

 April 2nd “Articulating Design Decisions” & DESIGN SUBMISSIONS DUE

 April 10th-20th Judges Review Submissions 

 April 22nd Final Teams Notified

 April 29th Presentation Practice

 May 3rd UXSA banquet

Eligibility

You must be attending a univiersity in the US, to qualify for entry, and you must fill out our registration Google Form to qualify. 

Submission Rules 

    • All participants must be a university student and have a valid university email address in the U.S to enter. 

    • Teams may consist of 2-4 members. Designing alone is permitted.

    • You must create a prototype with a minimum of 8 high-fidelity screens. Your prototype must include color and accurately represent your vision for the final product, including relevant copywriting.

    • You must conduct and provide proof of at least 2 forms of user research to win.

    • You must compose and provide proof of at least 1 form of user testing to win.

    • Teams may not use premade assets. All design assets and components must be made by you or your team. 

    • You may include open-source stock photography or illustrations with proper citations.

    • The use of artificial intelligence to create any visual assets is prohibited, and if detected the team or individual will be immediately disqualified. 

    • Artificial intelligence can be used to assist in brainstorming ideas as well as checking grammar but must be cited. Failure to cite the use of AI will result in immediate disqualification.

    • All design files must be submitted to Dev Post by April 9th at 11:45PM.

    • No late submissions will be accepted, under any circumstance.

Prizes

For each event a participant attends virtual or in person they will be entered into a raffle to win free merchandise at our end of the year banquet! The UXSA giveaway is open to all participants including non-finalists. 

 

The winning team(s) selected at the banquet will recieve the following prizes

 

1st place prize $200 split between team members 

2nd place prize $100 split between team members 

3rd place prize $80 split between team members  

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Participants will be judged on a numerical scale based on a judging rubric that can be found on page 6 of our rules document.