The weekly challenges are structured activities designed to help anyone practice and develop talent. Think of the challenges as a ground for cultivating talent. You also win great prizes while doing so. Here are some elements we will focus on:

1. Varied. The challenge topics are varied to strengthen all your creative muscles. We have challenges for graphic design, multimedia, photography, singing, cooking, and more.

2. Functional. Functional. The tasks you perform to complete each challenge are based on activities you’ll perform on your way to stardom.

3. Intensity. Intensity. It’s up to you how much or how little intensity you commit to each challenge. If you’re new to all this, try committing to doing one challenge per month and to commenting on 10 projects each week.

Most of the people who participate are beginners. Although there are some pros and future pros who are trying to gain the skills and confidence to work full-time one day.

Absolutely. The people who get the most from the challenges are people who are not afraid to try a new thing.

New challenges are posted every Friday. The current challenge will always be the most active because users are sharing and commenting on each others’ projects. The older challenges aren’t as active, so some people prefer to get started that way.

The recap post for the current challenge is posted the following Thursday. If you submit an example after the recap post goes live, I’ve still got you covered. I’ll update the recap as your submissions come in.

The challenges are designed to be simple practice activities where you can commit whatever time you want. Some people do more, and some do less. For example, I know users who won’t spend more than 30 minutes on their demo, while others spend 6 or more hours. It’s up to you.

You can find them at the Hailerz Challenges hub by hovering over the Learn drop-down menu on the E-Learning Heroes homepage. You can always find the current challenge in the top left corner of the page.

This is a great opportunity to practice your presentation skills while developing your talent. To share your files, do one of the following:

Register: Sign up for a free account on www.hailerz.com. You will instantly have your own space where you can store your submissions.

Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published project. The comments section allows links and attachments. You can also ask for help or feedback.

Personal blog:Post your published example on your social media sites and ask your followers to vote for you.

You can find them at the Hailerz Challenges hub by hovering over the Learn drop-down menu on the E-Learning Heroes homepage. You can always find the current challenge in the top left corner of the page.

Challenges are always open—even when the deadline for voting has passed and a winner has been announced. If you missed a challenge, just add your demo in the challenge comments and I’ll update the recap post. You can find the complete list of challenges here.

Hailerz is a collaborative community. If you have an idea for a challenge, I definitely want to hear about it. You can share your challenge idea in this form.

This is a great opportunity to practice your presentation skills while developing your talent. To share your files, do one of the following:

Share your work. Post your examples on your blog or website. If you’re on Twitter and LinkedIn, share links to your work and use the hashtag #hailerzchallenge. 

Write about your projects. One of the best ways to learn is to document what you know and what you’re learning. Think of your blog writing as a learning journal where you reflect on each project’s design concept, production process, mistakes you made, etc

The best way to learn is by doing. Here are a few more ways to start practicing and showing your work in the weekly challenges:

Make it a goal to participate monthly.You don’t need to join every challenge. If you’re just getting started, commit to at least one challenge per month.

They don’t need to be perfect. The main thing is to come up with an idea and then see if you can make it work. Some people build simple prototypes, and some put more work into them. It doesn’t matter. The main thing is you’re playing around with ideas and the software.

Check out the recaps every week.Even if you don’t do the challenge, look at the weekly recaps to see what others have done. You’ll see a broad range of ideas, and many share their source files, so it’s easy to deconstruct them and learn from what they did.