A: Teams must be registered for the season with FIRST prior to registering for a Qualifier or Expo event. Teams registered prior to August 30, will receive a separate email with the registration link the last week in August. For all other teams, within 3-5 days of teams registering on the FIRST Dashboard, coaches will receive a welcome email from engineeringoutreach@iastate.edu that will contain the link to the event registration portal.
A: We will start assigning Qualifiers on October 7 and communicate those assignments that week via email to coaches. Qualifier registrations received after that date will continue on a first-come, first-assigned basis until all slots are filled at a location.
Yes, every youth and coach who attends a qualifier will need to have a completed consent and release form for Iowa State University. Youth will need to have a parent or guardian fill out the ISU Youth Consent Form on their behalf.
Adult coaches and volunteers at qualifiers and expos will need to complete an online ISU Volunteer Service Agreement.
ChatGPT and AI can be used for helping generate program code or Innovation Project content. In fact, we should highly encourage our participants to use this technology, within standards, as another tool in the toolbox for students to use. We also want to promote responsible use, which includes attribution so that if/when students use systems like ChatGPT that they give credit.
Robot Game scores can be found via FIRST Event Hub Leaderboard. Once events are complete, links will be posted below:
All coaches listed on your FIRST Dashboard roster as having completed YPP training will receive an email from FIRST Event Hub with a personalized invitation and link to view the site. You will need to respond to this invitation within 72 hours of receipt.
You will be able to review the scores your team received in judging and any comments judges may have added.
Please refer to the FIRST Event Hub Coach Guide for more detailed guidance.
12/14/23 update: It can take up to one week to receive these rubrics.