How to Enter

Overview

Things to Remember

  1. If you are under 13, please get help from a parent, guardian or teacher to submit on your behalf.
  2. Participants can submit a project (8th June 2024) and be judged on only one project (either individual or group) at Coolest Projects Malaysia.
  3. You can enter as an individual or as a team (max. 3 people). 
  4. All submissions must be in English or Bahasa Malaysia. A video with audio in Bahasa Malaysia is required to have integrated English subtitles.
  5. All project and video submissions will be accessible to the public. Make sure you don’t include any personal and sensitive information in your projects and videos.
  6. You must answer the three questions about your project. Please remember this when recording your submission videos and double-check this before you submit.
  7. The URLs of your visual programming projects (if you are participating in the Visual Programming category), web projects (if you are participating in the Web category), and video presentations are important. Make sure you have them ready when filling out the submission form! You also need to upload a programming code file URL for Games (if you are participating in the Games category) to help the judges understand your project better. Additionally, you may upload a programming code file URL for Hardware projects (if you are participating in the Hardware category)  if you think it might help the judges understand your project better.
  8. Top entries for each category will be invited to showcase their projects to our panel of judges to determine the winning entries. This session will be conducted in-person at Spice Arena, Penang.
  9. Please ensure that your project is original and not copied from someone else’s work.
  10. All participants are reminded to refrain from using any inappropriate, violent and/or copyrighted content in their projects.
  11. Coolest Projects is open to unfinished projects: just submit your project and showcase the parts that are working. Coolest Projects is all about the experience and learning gained from participating and showcasing what you have created.

Instructions

You will need

  • A laptop, desktop computer, or tablet with internet access
  • The URL of your completed Visual Programming project to be uploaded to our submission form
  • A device with the ability to record video

How to submit your project

  1. Develop your project.
  2. Record a short video (maximum of 5 minutes – content beyond 5 minutes will not be considered) to show us your project and answer these three questions:
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  3. Once you have completed your video, upload it to YouTube. Remember to disable comments on your uploaded video and to make sure that it is public.
  4. Once that’s successful, visit the submission page and complete the form. Remember to include the URL (link) of your project and video. 
  5. Optional to submit the project files in submission form, to help the judges to understand your project better.
    • If you would like to submit your project file, please refer the steps here.

Quick checklist for Visual Programming projects

  1. Have you recorded and uploaded a video that answers the following questions onto YouTube?
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  2. Have you filled in the submission form with the URL of your Visual Programming project and URL of your video?

You will need

  • A laptop, desktop computer, or tablet with internet access
  • The URL of your completed web project.
  • A device with the ability to record video

How to submit your project

  1. Develop your project.
  2. Record a short video (maximum of 5 minutes – content beyond 5 minutes will not be considered), which shows us your project and the code you used to make it. In the video, answer these three questions:
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  3. Once you have completed your video, upload it to YouTube. Remember to disable comments on your uploaded video and to make sure that it is public.
  4. Once that’s successful, visit the submission page and complete the form. Remember to include your zipped web project (refer here) and video. 
  5. Files needed:
    • File 1: Zip your projects files and upload them in the submission form. 
    • File 2: Make note of the URL link of your website that is hosted online.
 

Quick checklist for Web projects

  1. Have you recorded and uploaded a video that answers the following questions onto YouTube?
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  2. Have you filled in the submission form with the URL of your website, zipped web project and URL of your video?

Note:

  • For primary school students, not all are expected to code their own websites, so they are allowed to use platforms like Canva, Google Sites, Wix, and similar tools.
  • For secondary school students, using such platforms is not permitted, as they are expected to have more exposure and knowledge of coding.

You will need

  • A laptop, desktop computer, or tablet with internet access
  • A device with the ability to record video
  • Hardware used in your project.

How to submit your project

  1. Develop your project.
  2. Make a short video (maximum of 5 minutes – content beyond 5 minutes will not be considered), which shows us your project with your hardware  and the code you used to make it. In the video, answer these three questions:
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  3. Once you have completed your video, upload it to YouTube. Remember to disable comments on your uploaded video and to make sure that it is public.
  4. Once that’s successful, visit the submission page and complete the form.  Remember to include the URL (link) of  your video. 
  5. Optional to submit the project files in submission form, to help the judges to understand your project better.
    • If you would like to submit your project file, please refer the steps here.

Quick checklist for Hardware projects

  1. Have you recorded and uploaded a video that fulfils the following requirements onto YouTube?
    • Shows your project
    • Shows your code
    • Answers the following questions
      • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
      • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
      • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  2. Have you filled in the submission form with the URL of your video?

You will need

  • A laptop, desktop computer, or tablet with internet access
  • A device with the ability to record video

How to submit your project

  1. Develop your project.
  2. Make a short video (maximum of 5 minutes – content beyond 5 minutes will not be considered), which shows us your project and the code you used to make it. In the video, answer these three questions:
    • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
    • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
    • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  3. Once you have completed your video, upload it to YouTube. Remember to disable comments on your uploaded video and to make sure that it is public.
  4. Once that’s successful, visit the submission page and complete the form.  Remember to include the URL (link) of  your video and submit your project files in the submission form, to help the judges to understand your project better.
    • To submit your project file, please refer the steps here. 

Quick checklist for Games projects

  1. Have you recorded and uploaded a video that fulfils the following requirements onto YouTube?
    • Shows your project
    • Shows your code
    • Answers the following questions
      • Tell us about your project. Why did you choose to make it?
      • What did you find difficult while making your project and how did you work it out?
      • Is there anything you would do differently or you would add if you had more time?
  2. Have you filled in the submission form with the URL of your video and your project file?

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