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Innovation Games 2023: Elementary Guidelines

Elementary Scratch Programming projects will be made using the Scratch ⎋ computer programming platform.

This year’s project prompt is the following:

Create an original, informative, and compelling game or web story that features a world-changing topic that you’re passionate about: Recycling, Animal Conservation, Anti-Bullying, etc.

Important for Elementary Level Competition: A maximum of 10 project submissions from each category per elementary school will be accepted.

Competition Rules & Requirements

Read and review the competition rules on the Innovation Games competition page.

Join the Program For Your Category

Students must join the appropriate program on Codecraft Works’ platform ⎋ to submit their project entries and gain access to resources. Please join the program using the instructions below before working on your project.

1. Students (and coaches) will visit CodecraftWorks.com ⎋ and click the gold-colored “Get Started” button on the left side of the site. If you are viewing this page on a mobile device, the button may appear at the top of the page instead. Selecting this button will take you to the login page.

2. To create an account or log into the site, students are encouraged to take advantage of single sign-on through their school email address so that they do not have to remember new passwords or access email accounts from school. Alternatively, they may log in by entering their email address for a sign-in prompt to be sent to the address of their choice. Signing into our platform for the first time will create the user’s Codecraft account.

   Note: BPS student and workplace email accounts are backed by Microsoft (or Google) and can be used with the Microsoft (or Google) sign-in option on the Codecraft Works site. Of course, personal Google or Microsoft accounts will work too.

   Important! Whichever email address AND method (Microsoft, Google, or email w/magic link) you use to create your account is the same method you must use everytime you sign in.

3. Go to the Redeem Program Code page at app.codecraftworks.com/programs/redeem ⎋. Enter the Program Code shown in the table above into the “Program Code” field and click “Redeem”. Be a bit patient if it takes a minute for the system to set you up the first time.

4. The student will be redirected to the program page, which has resources listed in the “Courses” section.

5. To navigate back to the program after completing the first-time setup, students will only need to log in using their email accounts and click the program tile under the “My Programs” tab on their Dashboard ⎋.

Project Submission Instructions

1. Students will first need to make accounts on the Codecraft Works platform ⎋ and join the program for their category, if they have not already. Students can do this using the instructions in the “Join the Program for Your Category” section above.

2. Students will need to revisit their category’s program on the Codecraft Works platform ⎋, which they should have registered for using the instructions in the last section. Students can navigate back to the program page by logging into their previously-used accounts at app.codecraftworks.com/login ⎋ and clicking the program tile under the “My Programs” tab on their Dashboard ⎋.

3. The student will be redirected to the program page. Beginning on October 23, 2023, they should see the “Submit CCPC Project” button on that page. Click this button and fill in the requested information to submit the project. Again, students must have registered with the program code and be logged in to see this button.

4. All students must submit projects using their own Codecraft platform accounts. It is recommended that teacher sponsors assist elementary competitors with the submission process. However, teachers should not be logged into the Codecraft platform for project submission; each student’s account should be used to submit their own project.

   For elementary projects in particular, the submission form will ask for a link to the student’s project on Scratch. Before they copy a project’s URL and paste it into the form, the students will need to have “Shared” the project on Scratch ⎋ so the judges will be able to view it.

   Scratch users must confirm their email addresses before they can share their projects. If your student is unable to share their project, check that they have confirmed their email address in their Account Settings at scratch.mit.edu/accounts/settings/ ⎋

Judging

This year’s project prompt is the following:

Create an original, informative, and compelling game or web story that features a world-changing topic that you’re passionate about: Recycling, Animal Conservation, Anti-Bullying, etc.

Each entry will be reviewed by a panel of at least two judges and scored for its engagement, artwork, use of digital media, use of computer science concepts, originality, and completeness. The score sheets below will be used by the Judges during the competition.

The decisions of the judging panel are final and no correspondence will be entered into. The scorecard sample below will be online as a digital form and made available to each judge for use as they review the projects.

Scratch Rubric