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At the conclusion of the contest, contestants will receive a t-shirt and certificate for completing at least one task (maximum of one shirt & certificate per contestant) and 100 USD for every three tasks completed (maximum 500 USD per contestant). Additionally, there will be ten grand prize winners from the entire program. They will receive a trip to Google's Mountain View, California, USA Headquarters for an award's ceremony for themselves and one parent or guardian.
Here's a short video about "Google Highly Open Participation", the test program in 2008 that turned into GCI this year:
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You should read the official frequently asked questions from Google and visit the official GCI site for more important information.
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- (1..n) Write 10 unit tests (see ?Unit Testing/wiki/spaces/AR/pages/18514819)
- (1..n) Finish a low complexity ticket (see ?Getting Started as a Developer (Archived Version))
Documentation
Tasks related to creating/editing documents
- (1..n) Cleanup and categorize 10 wiki pages in Confluence (of reasonable size -- see ?Wiki Cleanup Project)/wiki/spaces/AR/pages/18515093)
- Clarifying/rewriting module documentation to make it more useful, including one or more screenshots
- Either develop a new wiki template or move content into an existing template
- Work with a module developer to increase/write documentation for that module
Outreach
Tasks related to community management and outreach/marketing
- Create a short video montage for the "I Am OpenMRS" project
- Interview an OpenMRS user/implementer and write a blog post about their experiences using OpenMRS
- Find/collect OpenMRS videos and load them into the ?/wiki/spaces/AR/pages/18514758
Quality Assurance
Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality
- (1..n) Find and document (in a JIRA ticket) a bug within OpenMRS and get it approved as "ready for work"
Research
Tasks related to studying a problem and recommending solutions
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Training
Tasks related to helping others learn more
- ??Make a screencast of how to use an OpenMRS feature (demo site can be used) -- see ?How-To Make an OpenMRS Screencast
Translation
Tasks related to localization
- Translate one of the foreign language messages.properties files (needs scope)
User Interface
Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction
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