Hack Smarter.
Innovate Impactfully.
Host Confidently.
Create Amazing Ideas.

Effortlessly elevate online innovation hackathon experiences & streamline host organiser’s workflows.

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About the Platform

A vibrant digital platform where hackers & innovators thrive

Savvy Hackers + Stage-Gate Process = Next Level Virtual Experiences
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1. A vibrant digital platform where hackers & innovators thrive

Students engage in learning that is hands-on and minds-on. Teams solve exciting, complex industry-relevant challenges, designed by their educator for the module they’re studying. They empathise, solve problems, peer review, validate & iterate on ideas, make and test prototypes.

Savvy Hackers + Stage-Gate Process = Next Level Virtual Experiences.

Hosting tech where mentors & domain experts accelerate innovation

Real-Time Dashboards + Superstar Mentors = Trailblazing Ideas
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Hosting tech where mentors & domain experts accelerate innovation

Learners are immersed in an intuitive, structured, proven framework for real-world, hands-on collaborative problem-solving challenges and projects. Our stage-gate process, ‘pro tip’ prompts and gamification keep students engaged and motivated to learn.

Real-Time Dashboards + Superstar Mentors = Trailblazing Ideas.

Creative collaboration fosters supportive, cross-functional networks

Guided Chaos + Creative Collaboration = Supportive Networks
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Creative collaboration fosters supportive, cross-functional networks

Students are motivated to think creatively, make unexpected connections, and craft innovative solutions. Teams critically analyse and refine ideas, evidence, and arguments, including feedback triggers on their ideas from our custom-trained AI Idea Assistant.

Guided Chaos + Creative Collaboration = Supportive Networks

An inclusive problem-solving experience that benefits everyone

Inclusive Culture + Accessible Tech = Empowered Communities
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4. An inclusive problem-solving experience that benefits everyone

Participants experience baked-in neuro-inclusiveness that creates learning experiences designed to support different ways of focusing, different sensory needs, different pacing and different ways of processing information. It is intentionally designed to help intercultural collaborators with different first languages to work together smoothly, respectfully, and effectively.

Inclusive Culture + Accessible Tech = Empowered Communities.

Clients

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Benefits

Upgrade the Virtual Hacker

& Innovator Experience

Participants consistently deliver standout solutions—guided by our smart, proven design-thinking flow, timely prompts & built-in motivational nudges, handy intuitive templates, Idea Assistant, rich resource library and more.

Our stage-gate, deadline-driven flow keeps every team on track, while smart dashboards spotlight the right moments for mentors and organisers to jump in and offer support when it matters most.

Our rapid DISC assessment forms high-performing, skill-diverse teams in minutes. Quick energisers build alignment fast, while chat rooms and live voting turn the whole event into a networking playground.

Anytime Creativity is inclusive by design with baked-in accessibility features (chunk content, multimodal resources, assistive tech, clear navigation and adjustable pacing) that support everyone. This means that neurodiverse learners, representing anywhere between 10 and 30 percent of participants, feel fully supported and hackers from diverse cultures and linguistic backgrounds can collaborate with ease.

Improve Student Learning Outcomes
Streamline Educator Workload

Streamline Host Organisers Online Workflows

Our friendly, experienced team works closely with you to shape the challenge parameters & timelines that align with your hackathon. From there, the platform gently guides participants on an immersive, empowering problem-solving journey.

Breakout rooms aren’t black boxes. Real-time progress updates give hosts, mentors and domain experts a clear view on who’s thriving and who needs support so they know exactly when—and where—to jump in with the right support.

The platform takes care of all instructions and common queries, reducing organisational workload so that participants & hosts can focus on creating amazing solutions for important challenges. Meanwhile, our timely prompts, Pro Tips, and Anytime Chatroom keeps students motivated, on track, and fully engaged throughout.

Your active learning experience thoughtfully blends personal and collaborative components, helping you ensure every student is meaningfully engaged. Our educator dashboard offers rich, easy-to-use analytics that support you to understand & assess individual and collective impact.

Streamline Host Organisers Online Workflows

Our friendly, experienced team works closely with you to shape the challenge parameters & timelines that align with your hackathon. From there, the platform gently guides participants on an immersive, empowering problem-solving journey.

Breakout rooms aren’t black boxes. Real-time progress updates give hosts, mentors and domain experts a clear view on who’s thriving and who needs support so they know exactly when—and where—to jump in with the right support.

Our automated communication system takes care of all student instructions and common queries, reducing admin load so you can focus on what you do best—bringing your subject to life. Meanwhile, our step-by-step explainer videos, timely prompts, Pro Tips, and Anytime Chatroom keeps students motivated, on track, and fully engaged throughout.

Your active learning experience thoughtfully blends personal and collaborative components, helping you ensure every student is meaningfully engaged. Our educator dashboard offers rich, easy-to-use analytics that support you to understand & assess individual and collective impact.
Streamline Educator Workload

Typical Hackathon Process

Our platform is flexible and modular so we can easily build a process specifically customised for your needs. We can delete stages or add scenario planning, business modelling & portfolio tools, reflective practice and more.

  • Empathy & Define

    Students choose from lecturer-identified focus areas, capture research findings on our interactive Insights Whiteboard, and frame a narrowly defined problem using our point of view statement template.

  • Ideate & Validate

    Students brainstorm solutions on our roughwork canvas and engage with Inspiro, our integrated persona-driven AI Idea Assistant, to validate their ideas. They also hone their prompt engineering & critical thinking skills.

  • Prototype

    Our built-in AI image generator brings student ideas to life quickly and effortlessly, while lecturers can also opt for students to design and upload more granular prototypes.

  • Discuss

    Students engage with each other’s ideas through a social media-inspired feed, where they can react, comment, and spark meaningful conversations, enabling them to understand their idea from diverse perspectives.

  • Digital Badges

    Students who complete each stage are rewarded with a digital badge, which they can add to LinkedIn to showcase their in-demand skills to future employers.

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Case Study

UCD One Health

Thilo Kroll, Full Professor of Health Systems Management at University College used our platform to offer a real-world challenge to his 155 Master students on his Regulatory Affairs for Life Sciences Masters module. The primary goal was to deepen learning around the proposed revision of the directives & regulations of the European Medicine Agency (EMA). A secondary goal was to foster a .

We collaboratively designed a customised challenge with Tom where students developed sustainable innovations for key sectors of the Irish economy. The platform seamlessly guided them through five structured stages, allowing Tom to focus on teaching whilst the platform engaged students in their challenge.

  • 20% increase in students’ confidence to solve problems.
  • Over 80% of students rated the platform as “Very useful” or “Extremely useful” in keeping them engaged throughout.
  • Approx. 50 hours saved by the educator.
  • On average, students rated the overall experience as 8.5/10

“Once we decided on the challenge topic and content, the Anytime
Creativity platform and team handled everything seamlessly, freeing me to focus on teaching while maintaining oversight on student work throughout the process. It’s a great tool for busy educators.”

Dr. Thomas Macango,
Innovation Education Lead &
Innovation for Sustainability Module Coordinator,
UCD Innovation Academy

“The platform made our sustainability challenge feel exciting and easy to dive into. The breakdown into stages and dynamic tools along the way made it a smooth experience. The engaging, interactive interface
and the creative stage launches added a fun, dynamic element to the
experience too. It almost felt like we were being taken on a magical
mystery tour!”

Anne-Marie Driver,
Student

PwC

The Craig Slattery, Assistant Professor at UCD used our platform to offer a real-world challenge to his 155 Master students on his Regulatory Affairs for Life Sciences Masters module. The primary goal was to deepen learning around the proposed revision of the directives & regulations of the European Medicine Agency (EMA). A secondary goal was to foster a collaborative problem-solving mindset among everbody in the world.

We worked closely with Jean to design a challenge that allowed
students to develop new ideas for the immunotherapeutics community. By using the platform, students were able to engage in collective
critical thinking and creative problem-solving, while staying within the scientific boundaries necessary for the subject.

  • 95% of students found the platform ‘Very Useful’ or ‘Extremely Useful’ at deepening their subject matter knowledge
  • 100% of students found the platform ‘Very Useful’ or ‘Extremely
    Useful’ at supporting effective collaboration
  • On average, students rated the overall experience as 8.5/10
  • 15% increase in students’ confidence to generate creative ideas

“We used Anytime Creativity within our immunotherapeutics class to
challenge students in a way that went beyond traditional methods,
fostering a deeper, more engaged learning experience. The platform
allowed me to seamlessly integrate challenge-based learning into the
module, encouraging collaboration, creative thinking and critical
analysis.”

Dr. Jean Fletcher
Associate Professor of Immunotherapeutics and Director of Undergraduate Teaching & Learning
Trinity School of Biochemistry & Immunology

“It was a fun challenge to do that got us thinking about drug
development in a different way.”

Student (anonymous survey response)

FAQs

Anytime Creativity is designed to be used anywhere, anytime and on any device, supporting collaboration however the educator or hackers wish. We’ve seen it used equally as effectively within both in-person and virtual classes.

This varies greatly depending on the emphasis the facilitator wants to place on the challenge as part of their module.

Typically we see challenges run over 3-4 weeks within a module – approximately a week for each of the team stages to allow time for collaboration and half a week for each of the individual stages. However, if the facilitator would like to include additional premium components, such as scenarios, BMC or portfolio, we suggest approximately one week for each.

On the other hand, the platform also serves as an excellent tool for improving the effectiveness, output and learning experience within Hackathons. In such instances, a challenge may only last 2-4 hours, depending on the time allocated to the Hackathon.

Ultimately, it is totally the facilitator’s decision on how long a challenge lasts and the weight (if any) that it carries as part of the module assessment.

Once you’ve agreed to use the platform as part of your module (or Hackathon), we estimate your time commitment to be around 3 hours pre-launch. Our goal is to handle as much as the logistics as possible and free up your time to focus on delivering academic content.

Your 3 key responsibilities are;

1. Challenge customisation – agree on the challenge parameters that best suit your hackathon (in collaboration with one of our CBL experts)

2. Team formation.

3. In-class updates and feedback (we manage communications of the hackathon process).

There is no limit. We’ve had classes with as few as 20 students use and hugely value the experience. On the other hand, the platform is designed to easily engage large groups so can handle hundreds, or even thousands, for any given challenge.

Yes. We can accommodate LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) integration, embed the challenge directly into course pages, export hackathon progress data for educators to review or integrate with gradebooks.

Yes. You can customise each challenge as you see fit. We have a pre-set challenge that is free for anyone to use, which gives you a taste of the learning journey your students would hackers on. We’re also happy to arrange micro pilots for you and your faculty colleagues or a sample of hackers to test the platform.