CSU 1st University It Day Celebration

24/09/2015

1st U IT Day

21/09/2015

Registration Form for the Competitions

21/09/2015

21/09/2015

Event Programme

20/09/2015

CONTEST: Programming Competition

GENERAL MECHANICS
1. The Programming Competition is open to all Computer Studies students with three (5) entries per course Participants should be officially enrolled this S.Y. 2014-2015 in the course they are representing.
2. Participants can be a 2nd year, 3rd year, or 4th year.
3. Machine problem will be handed out at the beginning of the competition. Copies will be provided for the judges and members.
4. Each participants will have one (1) computer assigned to them in a computer laboratory.
5. There will have ten (10) problems given and each of the problems has each own corresponding points depends on how hard the problem is.
6. The participants can ask question but only in the first forty five (45) minutes of the competition, so make sure to read and understand all problem first before start coding.
6. The time limit to solve the problems is three (3) hours.
7. Answered inquiries will be posted publicly so that all participants may benefit from it.
8. Any participant finishing all the problems must leave the programming competition area.
9. Any conduct deemed unsportsmanlike, improper or disruptive by any judge or room monitor will be referred to the competition coordinator and the involved participant may be disqualified from the competition.
10. Participants may not converse with anyone when the competition starts.
11. A projector will display the timer.
12. The following are not allowed inside the competition:
1. Books, notebooks and unnecessary personal belongings
2. Cellular phones and other electronic gadgets
3. Food and drinks
13. Each participants must bring the following:
1. Non-programmable calculator
2. Clean sheets of scratch paper
3. Pencil or pen
14. All questions that may arise during the game proper shall be forwarded directly to the Board of Judges.
15. In case a question relevant to the competition arises, the attention of the Board of Judges and the Facilitator shall be called to resolve the question being raised. The competition should be temporarily suspended until the question has been resolved.
16. The decision of the Board of Judges is FINAL.
17. All participants will be given Certificate of Participation and prizes for the winners.
18. Interested participants must fill up the application form and submit the names on or before September 22, 2015.
Programming Language
This competition will support C programming language with Code::Blocks v13.12 and environments on PC’s running Windows 7

20/09/2015

Contest: Web design and development

General Mechanics

1. The Web design and development contest is open to all Computer Studies students with three (3) entries per course with three (3) participants in each entry. Participants should be officially enrolled this S.Y. 2014-2015 in the course they are representing.
2. Participants should be a combination of 2nd year, 3rd year, or 4th year.
3. Machine problem will be handed out at the beginning of the competition. Copies will be provided for the judges and members.
4. Each group will have one (1) computer assigned to them in a computer laboratory with all raw materials in it.
5. The participants can ask question but only in the first forty five (45) minutes of the competition, so make sure to read and understand all problem first before start coding.
6. The emphasis is on the team creating the website. Therefore, any team determined to be cheating, interfering with another team, or interfering with competition servers/workstations, will suffer a severe point deduction or be immediately disqualified from the competition. Any team disqualified from the competition may also be asked to leave the building for the remainder of the competition.
7. Permitted development tools are adobe Photoshop and Notepad++ only.
8. All participants will be given Certificate of Participation and prizes for the winners.
9. Interested participants must fill up the application form and submit the names on or before September 22, 2015.
Judging Criteria:
1. Content
a. Relevance of content
b. Accuracy of content
c. Correct spelling and grammar
d. Good use of content chunking
i. Definition of “Content Chunking”: The method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier.
e. Adherence to copyright laws (e.g. Content Attribution)
2. Aesthetics
a. Visual appeal and style (color, contrast, fonts, white space)
b. Consistent look and feel
c. Readability
d. Minimalist design (avoid extraneous information)
3. Design
a. Adherence to HTML standards
b. Effective navigation and working links
c. Effective use of multimedia content (images, audio, video, animation, etc.)
d. Browser compatibility
4. Usability and accessibility
a. Written in user’s language
b. Minimize user’s memory load
c. Minimize required user actions
d. Progressive exposition of levels of detail
e. Navigation feedback mechanism
f. Effective user guidance (help and error messages)
g. Accessible for visually impaired users
5. Quality of a three-minute oral presentation on the website when submitting the website to the judges.

20/09/2015

CONTEST: IT Quiz Bowl

GENERAL MECHANICS

1. The IT Quiz Bee contest is open to all Computer Studies students with three (3) entries per course with three (3) participants in each entry. Participants should be officially enrolled this S.Y. 2014-2015 in the course they are representing.
2. Participants should be a combination of 2nd year, 3rd year, or 4th year.
3. The IT Quiz bowl shall be composed of an Elimination Phase and a Final Phase. Both phases are divided into three (3) rounds: Easy, Average, and Difficult rounds. The Elimination Phase is composed of five (5) questions while the Final Phase is composed of ten (10) questions.
4. The questions to be asked in each round shall be from the following categories:
Computer Fundamentals
- Introduction to Computer
- Components of Computer
MS Office Applications
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
Programming and Web Development
- Flowcharting
- Database
- Visual Basic
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
Multimedia
- Imaging (Photoshop)
- Animation (Flash)
- Video Editing

Current Technology Trends and Issues
- Social Networks
- Local Business/ IT Telecom
- Computer Trivia
- Ethics
- Wireless Technology
- Android Applications
5. At the end of the Elimination Phase, the top 5 teams with the highest cumulative score shall proceed to the Final Phase.
6. At the end of the Final Phase, the contestant with the highest cumulative score shall be declared the Overall Winner. The next two highest scoring teams will be declared First and Second Runner up, respectively.
7. Substitute contestant for each team during the contest is not allowed.
8. Calculators are not allowed (in cases of problem solving).
9. In case a question relevant to the game arises, the attention of the Board of Judges and the Quiz Master shall be called to resolve the question raised. The game should be temporarily suspended until the question has been resolved. The decision of the Board of Judges shall be deemed FINAL.
10. Scores of the participating group shall be shown after the end of each round.
11. All participants will be given Certificate of Participation and prizes for the winners.
12. Interested participants must fill up the application form and submit the names on or before September 22, 2015.

READING MECHANICS
1. Questions in any given round may be in the form of Identification, True or False, Multiple Choice and
Problem solving with corresponding time limit depending on the round.
2. Each question shall be read twice after which no repetition of the same will be done.

ANSWERING MECHANICS
1. During the Elimination Phase, contestants will be given a board and marker to place their answers.
2. During the Final Phase, contestants will enter their answer electronically as provided during the event.
3. The contestant can ONLY place their answers after the second reading of the questions and upon the GO signal given by the Quizmaster. For the Easy round, the time allotted to answer the question is fifteen (15) seconds. Average round is twenty (20) seconds and the difficult round thirty (30) seconds.
4. Only exact and complete answers will merit full POINTS. Incomplete answers shall NOT BE ACCEPTED.
5. For numerical answers, proper rules on significant figures and rounding off must be observed.

SCORING MECHANICS
1. The quiz contest will follow a point system of scoring.
2. Points shall be distributed as follows:
Round No. of Items Correct Answer(Points) Total Points
Easy 5 items for Elimination
Phase and 10 items for
Final Phase 1 10
Average 3 30
Difficult 5 50

3. Incorrect, misspelled and no answer is equivalent to zero (0).
4. Scoring system shall be managed by a designated and official scorer. Any error in the scoring of any team should be raised by the duly designated representative of the group. Failure to raise, the score reflected on the scoring board is deemed correct and final at the end of each round.
TIE BREAKING MECHANICS
1. In case of a tie at the end of the last round of this contest, a tie breaker question will immediately ensue for a sudden death.
2. Clincher Questions shall be asked until one team gains an advantage in score over the other.
3. The first team to gain an advantage in score will be declared the victor of the tie.

20/09/2015

CONTEST: Electronic Poster Making

CONTEST MECHANICS:

1. The Electronic Poster making contest is open to all Computer Studies students with three (3) entries per course with one (1) participants in each entry. Participants should be officially enrolled this S.Y. 2014-2015 in the course they are representing.
2. Participants can be 2nd year, 3rd year, or 4th year.
3. The poster must be Letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches); with a resolution: of 150 dpi; Portrait orientation; in PSD format; and RGB color mode.
4. Any breach of the specifications in Rule No. 3 will merit point deductions of 0.10 from the final score.
5. The organizers will provide the participants ten (10) photos to be used in the poster and one (1) computer unit for the production of the digital poster.
Alternate contestants are not allowed to participate once the contest has started.
6. The participants must finish the poster in three (3) hours using Adobe Photoshop. Each team will also be given ten (10) photos to be used in the poster.
7. The poster will be based on the theme which will be announced on the day of the event. Only default present brushes and patterns are allowed.
8. The designs will be judged based on the following criteria:
I. Content 35% (covers topic in-depth with details and examples)
II. Graphical Layout 30% (all graphics are related to the topic and make it easier to understand)
III. Visual Appeal 25% (makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects and others)
IV. Writing Mechanics 10% (No misspellings or grammatical errors. Sources are properly cited)
TOTAL: 100%
9. All participants will be given Certificate of Participation and prizes for the winners.
10. Interested participants must fill up the application form and submit the names on or before September 22, 2015.