Hackathon 2026

Tools every uni student
actually needs

Building Drop-In Tables— a live map of who's studying where on campus.

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The 16 ideas — we picked Drop-In Tables

Course Planner

DegreePath

Visual draggable graph of every valid path through your degree. Like Figma for your degree plan.

Course Planner

Course Compatibility Score

Heatmap of your semester showing weeks where assignments stack, scored by past grade distributions.

Course Planner

TimeBlock Optimizer

Generates the timetable that minimises campus days and clusters classes. One-click export to enrollment.

Course Planner

Crowd-Sourced Course Truth

Anonymous reviews with real grade distributions, workload hours, and exam format. Replaces RateMyProf.

Assignment Planner

LMS Auto-Extractor

Browser extension that scrapes Canvas/Moodle into one calendar, auto-prioritised by weight × urgency.

Assignment Planner

Workload Forecaster

Visualises your stress curve across the whole semester so you can flatten it before week 9 kills you.

Assignment Planner

Rubric Tracker

Paste a rubric, get an auto-generated checklist. Progress bars fill as you write — predicted mark included.

Assignment Planner

Pomodoro Leaderboard

Group study sessions with focus time logged for everyone on the same assignment. Friendly competition.

Learning Assistant

Lecture Heatmap

Upload a lecture video → colour-coded timeline of definitions, exam hints, and worked examples. Skip to what matters.

Learning Assistant

Spaced-Repetition Auto-Builder

Slides + readings → flashcards with a review schedule adapted to your actual exam date.

Learning Assistant

Concept Graph Visualiser

Maps how every concept connects. Nodes light up as you study. MRI of your brain on a course.

Learning Assistant

Past Exam Predictor

Aggregates past papers, weights topics by frequency × recency. Outputs a probability-weighted study guide.

Friend Finder

Drop-In Tables

Live map of who's currently studying where on campus, tagged with course. Walk over and join.

Friend Finder

Study Buddy Match

Matches by enrolled courses + study style. One low-pressure match per week.

Friend Finder

Hobby Slot Matching

Post 3 things you want to do this week. Get matched with someone whose list overlaps. Low-stakes meetups.

Friend Finder

Class Whisper

Enroll in a course → opt into a verified private channel for classmates only. No randos, no Discord chaos.