Innovation Challenge Management System for Student Eligibility and Consent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current innovation challenge management tools have limitations such as restricted scope, limited functionality, lack of curriculum, and inability to accommodate participants under 13 years old, with inadequate technology infrastructure to manage and track student eligibility and consent, and limited file formats for submissions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing innovation challenges that includes automated challenge origination and judging, wide-range submission format acceptance, student information collection and consent management, and curriculum management, utilizing a computing apparatus with a processor and memory to implement a content management system, user management system, and submission management system for comprehensive participation and judging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing innovation challenge management tools are used, then basic challenge hosting is possible, but they cannot accommodate participants under 13 years old due to consent and eligibility management limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments users by age groups and consent status, creating distinct management pathways for minors under 13, teenagers 13-17, and adults. This segmentation allows the platform to apply appropriate consent mechanisms to each group while maintaining a unified challenge management system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary consent management layer that mediates between challenge administrators and minor participants. This intermediary infrastructure handles parental consent collection, storage, and verification, enabling the system to accommodate minors without requiring complete system redesign.
2Ease of operation
If microsite hosting with hard coding is used, then individual challenge implementation is possible, but educators and students have limited visibility into the system
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal dashboard platform that serves multiple functions: challenge creation, participant registration, submission management, judging coordination, and analytics. This multi-functional dashboard provides comprehensive visibility to educators and students while consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate microsites.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges previously分散 (dispersed) challenge management functions into a single integrated dashboard. Educators can view all their challenges, students can access all available challenges, and administrators can monitor system-wide participation, creating comprehensive visibility without requiring separate microsites for each function.
3Adaptability or versatility
If off-the-shelf system tools are used, then quick implementation is possible, but the file formats for challenge submission entries are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic file format support that can adapt to different challenge requirements. Administrators can configure which file formats are accepted for each specific challenge, allowing the system to support diverse submission types (images, videos, documents, code) while maintaining a consistent underlying infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of file format acceptance from fixed to variable. By allowing administrators to specify acceptable file formats on a per-challenge basis, the system achieves broad format support without requiring complete redesign for each new file type, balancing versatility with implementation simplicity.
4Productivity
If automated challenge origination and judging is implemented, then efficiency is improved, but comprehensive tools for managing all aspects of challenges require enhanced infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring challenge templates, judging criteria, and submission requirements before challenges begin. Automated workflows are established in advance for participant registration, submission validation, and judging processes, enabling efficient automated operation without requiring complex real-time decision-making infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service capabilities where the platform automatically handles routine tasks such as participant registration, submission validation against configured criteria, and judging workflow management. This self-service automation improves productivity while the infrastructure complexity is contained within standardized automated processes rather than requiring complex human-in-the-loop systems.
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AI summary
A system for managing innovation challenges includes a computing apparatus having a processor and a memory with computer readable program code, wherein the processor under control of the computer readable program code is configured to implement, a content management system that operates to automatically generate an innovation challenge for students based on a common template that includes student eligibility requirements, a user management system that operates to collect user information, obtains parental or guardian consent, and determines individual student eligibility for specific innovation challenges, a submission management system that operates to automate ingestion, display, storage, and judging of challenge entry submissions, and a dashboard display that operates to manage innovation challenge participation.