# Student Build-a-Thon Q&A

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## [Student Build-a-Thon Q&A](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/student-build-a-thon-q-a/103161)

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**Author:** [@dGrussenmeyer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dGrussenmeyer)\
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**Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/student-build-a-thon-q-a/103161 "2025-03-03T17:36:45Z")

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Welcome to the first Student Build-a-Thon! The Build-a-Thon in past years has been a staple event for the Ignition Community Conference. In early 2020, we launched our Educational Engagement Program to work with and supp…

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## [A couple of questions I have received: Faculty Access & Third Party Modules](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-i-have-received-faculty-access-third-party-modules/115184)

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**Author:** [@ahaley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ahaley)\
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**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-i-have-received-faculty-access-third-party-modules/115184 "2026-04-21T16:21:03Z")

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I have received a couple questions I wanted to address to the larger group: Faculty Access: The faculty sponsors do not receive an Amazon WorkSpace login. If you do want to review student projects, please feel free to u…

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## [Are you a student preparing for the event?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-you-a-student-preparing-for-the-event/114936)

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**Author:** [@ahaley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ahaley)\
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**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-you-a-student-preparing-for-the-event/114936 "2026-04-07T21:20:41Z")

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Pssst….Check out these helpful resources: Webinar Covering Previous Student Build–a-Thon Winning Project Challenge Documents from 2025 Student Build-a-Thon Good luck!

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## [The 2026 Student Build-a-Thon Sign Ups Are Open!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-2026-student-build-a-thon-sign-ups-are-open/114471)

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**Author:** [@ahaley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ahaley)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-2026-student-build-a-thon-sign-ups-are-open/114471 "2026-03-12T20:26:36Z")

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Hey everyone! Sign ups are open for the 2026 Ignition Student Build-a-Thon. If you are part of a school or know a school that wants to participate, please let me know. The challenge starts in about a month!

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## [Question! translator in certfication its legal?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-translator-in-certfication-its-legal/106914)

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**Author:** [@ostanvladislav](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ostanvladislav)\
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**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-translator-in-certfication-its-legal/106914 "2025-06-02T20:29:34Z")

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whether a translator can be used in certification? My English is not very good I would like to use the Deepl translator

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## [Use of Public Domain or self-created Icons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-public-domain-or-self-created-icons/105609)

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**Author:** [@BenjaminHallaway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BenjaminHallaway)\
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**Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-public-domain-or-self-created-icons/105609 "2025-04-27T04:14:47Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if it was against the rules to either create my own .svg icon using another software or to download a public domain icon for our website. For example I would be using a icon for: Hamburger, Cup, Straw…

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## [Student Contest Prep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/student-contest-prep/105457)

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**Author:** [@jrankinen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jrankinen)\
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**Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/student-contest-prep/105457 "2025-04-23T14:33:04Z")

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Hey All, Excited get the competition started! My student are working through the Building in Perspective elective course from Inductive University. Tomorrow we are doing a dry run with a simple Perspective project made …
