Congratulations to all the participants and winners for building amazing projects for the Code Factor Hackathon. Here are the top 3 winner names for each grade group.

Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in the Radio Street Code Factor Hackathon competition which ended on the 28th of November, 2021. 

The Hackathon was a huge success with over 3014 registrations and project submissions. 

Your project will be evaluated by our expert teachers and the evaluation process will take 7-10 days from the Hackathon end date. 

The results and any additional updates will be shared with you on your registered email ID. 

Check out our competitions page https://www.codingal.com/competitions to participate in other thrilling competitions.

Hackathons are a great way to enhance your coding skills and proficiency. They offer hands-on learning and let you apply your computer science learning, ideas, and creativity. Here is an opportunity to improve your coding skills and compete with the best coders out there!

Codingal, the #1 code-learning platform that provides online coding classes for kids brings you Code Factor powered by Radio Street. It's an app, game, or website development competition designed to inspire, motivate and engage Grade 1-12 students to learn to code.

Code Factor is an online competition in which students can participate individually. So don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, compete, and win exciting rewards.

Important Date & Time

Project Submission Last Date: November 21, 2021

The competition is divided into three groups:

Junior School (Grade 1-4)

Theme 1: Underwater Game

Project: Create a game using underwater as the background. Use fish as one of your sprites. You can use any other additional sprites of your choice to create the game.

Theme 2: My Favourite Superhero

Project: Think of your favourite superhero character. Build an app or a game with two sprites, you and the superhero, and show the conversation between the two of you. 

Platform: Use any block-based platform such as Scratch and build one project by choosing a theme that interests you.

Middle School (Grade 5 to 8)

Theme 1: Soil Conservation

Project: Soil provides the nutrients essential for plant growth, animal life, and millions of microorganisms. However, if the soil becomes unhealthy, unstable, or polluted, the life cycle stops. Build an innovative app or website with useful information on the benefits of soil and the effects of soil pollution. Also, demonstrate the methods that can be adapted to conserve soil. 

Theme 2: My Favourite City

Project: Think and develop an innovative app or website that consists of useful information about your favourite city in India. Take us on a tour and demonstrate the speciality of that city.

Platform: Use any block-based or text-based application and build one project by choosing a theme that interests you.

Senior School (Grade 9 to 12)

Theme 1: Inventions

Project: Human history is full of inventions. What’s your favourite invention? Is it the aeroplane, self-driving car or anything else? Get creative and build an app or a website that has useful information about one of your favourite inventions ever.

Theme 2: Natural Resources

Project: Natural resources are resources that exist without any actions of humankind. On Earth, it includes sunlight, atmosphere, water, land, all minerals along with all vegetation, and animal life. Think and build an app or a website that has useful information about any one of the natural resources. Demonstrate the factors including the use, depletion and conservation of that natural resource. 

How to register for the competition?

1. Click on the "Start Now" button.
2. Input your mobile number.
3. Enter the information in the registration form.
4. Verify your mobile number through the OTP received on SMS.
5. Click on the "Submit" button. You are registered for the competition.

How to Submit your Project?

1. Once you have registered and finished your project, Go to the "Code Factor" page on the Codingal website.
2. Click "Start now" and input your mobile number & OTP number received on SMS
3. Click on "Submit Project" and fill in the below information:

• Select your Group* (Junior/Middle/Senior)
• Select your Theme* 
• Project Name*  (Any name of your choice for your project)
• Development Platform* (Eg- Scratch, Thunkable, Repl, etc.)
• Project Description* (Tell us something about your project)
• Project Link (Share the Link of your project)
• Upload Project File (Only If Applicable)
• Upload zip file of screenshots/images of the app/website (Only If Applicable - and it should not be more than 50 MB)
• Upload zip file of screenshots/images of source code of the app/website (Only If Applicable - and it should not be more than 50 MB)

       4. Click "Submit" & you are done.

1. Why do I need to register using a mobile number?
   You are required to register via a mobile number as it is the primary source of identification for registration and project submission.
    
2. Is this competition online?
   Yes, this competition is 100% online. The contestant can work on their project at any place and time as long as they have access to a computer/laptop and an internet connection.
    
3. How much does it cost to enter into this competition?
   There is no registration fee to participate in the competition.
    
4. Can I submit projects late?
   Unfortunately, we do not accept any late projects. All projects must be submitted by the project submission deadline.
    
5. What if I forget my registered mobile number while submitting the project?
   In case, you forget your registered mobile number, you will have to re-register for the competition before submitting the project
    
6. I have entered the wrong information in one of the form fields while submitting my project.
   If you have entered the wrong information in one of the form fields, refresh the page before clicking on the "Submit Project" button at the bottom of the form
    
7. Will the old project consider for evaluation?
   No, any old or previous project will not be considered for evaluation.
    
8. Can I submit more than one project?
   No. You can submit only one project per competition.