External Hack (BETA)

 

 

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Site Home Page
• Pipeline Step View
• Additional Configuration Needed

Getting Started

• To get started, navigate to Products > Ecosystem and select External Hack. 

• Once there, select Set Up External Hack Event...

• Follow the steps and fill out the required information to complete the wizard.

 

Updating Content

• Once you create your new Hackathon event, you will be brought to your External Hack site home page.
• Here, you can update the site hero image, change your submission form, and update all the customizable widgets on the page. 
• Idea boards and browse functions can also be customized; see options here.
• Read through the participation feature here. 

 

Pipeline Steps View

• After successfully creating your Hack, you will see that it comes with preconfigured Stages and Steps. To navigate there, select "Steps" under the Admin navigation.

 

Project Submission 

• Moderation
• Once a user submits a project, it will be put into the Review Submissions step
• This step comes pre-configured as Review tool type
• Evaluators will receive a Review action item. This gives evaluators the opportunity to make edits to the submitted project before it is passed into the Rate Submissions step

• Rate Submissions
• After projects pass the Review Submissions step, they are added to the Rate Submissions step
• This step is configured as a Single Scale tool type
• After projects are placed into this step, Evaluators will receive a Single Scale action item. This gives evaluators the opportunity to rate the Project submissions before they are passed to the Hack on Projects step

 

Hackathon

• Hack on Project
• There is no tool type configured for this step. This step is designed as a placeholder step where team members will commence working on their approved projects.

 

• Judge Projects
  • The Judge Projects step comes configured as a Judging tool type
  • Judges will receive a Judging action item once a project advances from the Hack on Projects step after projects are presented to the judges.

 

Results

• Select Winners
• The Select Winners step is for projects that have been selected as winners for the Hackathon event. There is no configured tool type for this step, however, Administrators can configure a tool type for this step if additional analysis is needed.

• Track Business Impact
• The Track Business Impact step is for tracking project success post-selection. There is no configured tool type for this step, however, administrators can configure a tool type for this step if additional analysis is needed.

 

Additional Configuration Needed

Leveraging domain restriction: This configuration change allows administrators to secure their audience by using email address domains. Fully secure other initiatives in the system so public end users can’t navigate to the other internal initiatives, domain restrict each initiative. 

• Navigate to System Setup > Access > Registration and enable Restrict Self-Registration by Email Domain
• Add company domains, including brightidea.com

Profile settings: Disable enterprise profiles and global navigation for users in this Initiative. Allows login to show on Site.

• Navigate to Site Setup > Site > General Settings and uncheck Enable Global Navigation on this Initiative
• Navigate to Site Setup > Site > Enterprise and uncheck Enterprise Profiles

Enable Initiative Terms & Conditions: Allows admins to include T&Cs for external users.

• Navigate to Site Setup > Terms and check Initiative Terms and Conditions

 Making Site Public 

• Navigate to Site Setup > Access > Security and select Public for  “What type of site do you want?”

Registration options: For administrators who want to allow only invited end users to register and access the Site/Initiative.

• Navigate to Site Setup > Access > Security and select Admin Invite Only for “Which users do you want to allow to register?”

Inviting Users: The admin can then configure the registration invites.

Note: For whitelisted emails, end users may not receive the registration request email from the system if the administrator has sent registration invite emails.

 

Secure Login for Initiative: Enables external users to access the initiative, bypassing SSO authentication.

• Uncheck Unified Login under Site Setup > Beta

View Idea 3.0: Allows administrators more flexibility and a nicer interface.

• Site Setup > Ideas > View Idea 3