Google Code-in (GCI) is a contest for pre-university students (e.g., high school and secondary school students) with the goal of encouraging young people to participate in open source. We work with open source organizations, each of whom will provide a list of tasks to be completed by student contestants. Tasks can be anything an organization needs help with, from bug fixes, to writing code, to user experience research, to writing documentation. The contest takes place entirely online.
Participating open source organizations create a list of tasks and other contest information pages on www.google-melange.com.
Students claim ownership of a particular task and submit their work for assessment according to the instructions for each task.
Representatives from the open source organization evaluate the work submitted.
If the work is accepted, the task is closed.
If the work needs polishing, the task remains open and the organization representative may give the student additional time and guidance on improving their work.
If the work does not meet expectations, the task can be reopened for another student participant to claim and work on.
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