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Expo: Instructions for Teams

These are the plans and recommendations for the online exhibition. The exhibition will be open on 20 and 21 May, 2021, from 9:00 through 16:00.

Please tell friends and relatives about the online exhibition! The recommended link is: Expo 2021 

Preparation has two parts. Part I is to be done as soon as possible; part II on 19 May, 2021 (but you can start earlier, if time allows).

Preparation part I: the expo page

The Canvas page Expo 2021 is the official starting page for the online exhibition. For this page, each team submits the following:

  • An eye-catching screenshot or image showing the product. The image format must be a Jpeg image (file.jpg), with exactly 250 by 250 pixels. The file size must be smaller than 48 kibibytes (49152 bytes) - preferably much smaller.
  • After the image comes the team name (not submitted, supplied by the examiner), such as "Group Alpha's"
  • After the team name comes the type of your product, such as "mobile game"
  • After the type of product comes the product name in italics. The name is chosen by the team, such as "Rocket Science".
  • Following the team name, type and name of the product comes a dash, then a short description using up to 7 words.

The image and text are submitted separately, through the assignments Product image or icon and Name and description. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines, or that are otherwise not acceptable, will be rejected.

Here is an example:

placeholder.jpg  Group Alpha's mobile game Rocket Science - build and fly a virtual rocket.

Preparation part II: the exhibition website

The image and text will link to a website made by the team. The website must be world-readable without any login procedure, and should show and describe the product and the team. It is recommended to have or two screenshots of the product together with the explanation. It should be possible for visitors to test the product, if at all possible. If possible, please provide download links, limited test-accounts (to be removed after the exhibition) and so on to help visitors try out your product. There can also be short video clips showing the product, particularly when the product itself can not be made directly available to visitors.

One or two photos of the team (or parts of the team) is recommended, together with a short (up to 2 sentences) presentation of the team and/or members. Important: names and photos of team members are optional, and not obligatory. Only team members who explicitly agree to having their photos and/or names online can be included in photos and descriptions.

The website must follow the general rules for webpages related to KTH. Specifically, you cannot have a KTH logotype on your website (but you can certainly write that your product is part of a course at KTH). For details on the rules, please see: KTH Rules for Publishing on the Web 

There must be a way for visitors to contact the team to ask questions. Consider yourself as a visitor and ask yourself: how would you like to learn more? Some possibilities are listed below. Please use more than one method, so that visitors have a choice.

  • An e-mail address. E-mails to this address must be answered within an hour or so during opening hours (9:00-16:00 on 20 and 21 May). This is the simplest solution, but it is rather uninviting for the visitor.
  • A chat of some kind. Consider creating a Facebook group for your team and product.
  • A Zoom meeting, open at some specific hours such as 10:00-11:00 and 14:00-15:00. You cannot use the team's Zoom meeting, since that meeting is configured to only allow people logged in at KTH to participate. Instead, create a meeting of your own at kth-se.zoom.us - sign in using SSO with "kth-se". Click "Schedule a meeting" and fill in the details. Make sure that the meeting options are unchecked:
    • Allow participants to join anytime - NO, you don't want this, as it enables people to hi-jack your meeting when you're not there.
    • Mute participants upon entry - NO, you don't want this, since it should be as easy as possible to ask questions.
    • Breakout Room pre-assign - NO, you don't want this because you have no idea who will come.
    • Automatically record meeting on the local computer - NO, you don't want to scare people off by having a voice saying "This meeting is being recorded" when they connect.
    • Approve or block entry for users from specific countries/regions - NO, anyone should be able to join.

(End of instructions)