Teachers
How do my students participate?
You can register as a coordinator by going to https://challenge.bebras.nz/admin (please be patient while it loads). You can enter as many students as you want to and you'll be given a login for each of them. This way, we can collect important data for you and send you an in-depth report on the results, including grades, aptitiude assessment and certificates. Just follow the Coordinators' Instructions to register.
Download the Coordinators' Instructions here.
What does my school need to facilitate this challenge?
The only thing your school needs is a connection to the internet and some computers or tablets with Windows, MacOS or Linux that the students can use to complete the challenge.
Who can participate in this challenge?
It is recommended that all students in a year group are entered, because one of the objectives of this challenge is to discover aptitude. The small tasks in this challenge start off relatively easy to every student can participate and get something out of it.
When will the challenge be held?
There already is a practice challenge availble for students and teachers that want to know what to expect. The official challenge will be available for you on any day in the fortnight of the challenge by going to Bebras Challenge.
Instructions before and after registration
Students don't have to prepare or practice anything for the challenge, but there are several easy steps for you to take in order to make the challenge a successful one:
Before the Challenge
- – Think about how you want your students to enter. Individually, or would you rather have all the information sent to you and enter the students yourself? Then go to the Admin Panel.
- – Arrange for the challenge to be held during the fortnight of the challenge. each participating student will need access to a web browser connected to the internet. If your school has a large enrollment and/or limited lab space, you can run it on multiple days. If you decide to do so, please try to limit the interaction between students who have commpleted the challenge already and those who still have to complete it.
Immediately before the Challenge
- Make sure everyone understands the format of the challenge.
- Instruct students to visit the Online Challenge website and follow the directions listed there.
- Ask students to carefully provide their name, grade and gender as instructed.
- Supervise the challenge. The system will give each student exactly 45 minutes to answer the questions. Teachers can provide scrap paper and pens/pencils to students to assist them in solving the problems, and students can use a calculator if necessary (they may want to use a calculator app on the computer).
After the Challenge
- Make sure you download the results of every student. That way you can discover aptitude. You can reward the students with certificate, for example. We have templates available for that.
- Discuss the solutions with your class. They are available online after participation and give detailed information about the connections to Computer Science.
- If you want to, you can let the students retry the tasks or try a challenge at a different level.