New Students

Please take some time to go through this page. It is crucial that you have a good understanding of all our platforms and follow all the required steps. Skimming through this will only make things more confusing and time-consuming down the road.

STEP 1 - Fill out AHS Tech Booster's Robotics Sign-Up Form & In case you missed it, here's the (2023) presentation for new students to view for some rough info about the team & FIRST.

Link: Presentation

The AHS Tech Boosters need certain information for official FRC registration and other matters.

Link: Robotics Sign-Up Form

Step 2 - Read the Team Handbook. This has a lot of information for you and your parents to read together in order to get a good understanding of the team, roles, and functions.

Link: Team Handbook

Make sure you print The Acknowledgment form at the end of the handbook, page 17 (18 on the PDF). Read it, sign it, and give that page to Mr. Fyock. Feel free to use the handbook as a resource throughout the year, please bear in mind that any missed information is your responsibility.

STEP 3 - Official FIRST Youth Registration

We'll also send this in Team Snap later, but PARENTS need to register their youth on the team through FIRST in order to officially be on the team. Give this to your parents and then complete the rest of the onboarding.

Link: https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/youth-registration-system

The first rule in robotics is SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY!!! NO ONE is allowed to work on the robot without understanding some basic safety guidelines and completing our safety forms.

SAFETY COMES FIRST!!!

STEP 4 - Read through the Safety information and Complete all of the following safety quizzes. Retake safety quizzes until all tests and questions are 100% completed and correct.

Links:

Safety information: Safety

Quizzes: Safety Tests

STEP 5 - Print a Copy and Sign the Technology and Engineering Education Laboratory Acknowledgement Form

Then, Give your copy to Mr. Fyock

Please make the following accounts if you don't have these accounts yet.

STEP 6 - Create an Onshape Education Account: https://www.onshape.com/en/education/ - Use your HCPSS email (username@inst.hcpss.org)

Onshape is a web-based tool we use to 3D model our robots, or in technical terms, it's a computer-aided design (CAD) platform.

If you need help setting up an Onshape account, please see Setting Up an Onshape Account.

STEP 7 - Create a Tinkercad Account: https://www.tinkercad.com/join - Use any email

Tinkercad is a web-based tool we use to learn how to make various circuits (though the tool can be used for basic CAD as well).

If you need help setting up a Tinkercad account, please see Setting Up a Tinkercad Account.

You will need to have the team send you email invites for the following platforms (we're using the email address entered in the Sign-Up Form). If you are missing one, make sure to check your spam/junk and any other folder that receives emails. If you still can’t find it, make sure you're checking the right email address. If you have waited for an email invite for at least 2 days, please reach out to the team.

STEP 8 - Join Teamsnap via Email Invite

We use Teamsnap for official team communication.

After joining our Teamsnap, please review our short list of Teamsnap Guidelines.

STEP 9 - Join Slack via Email Invite

We use Slack for unofficial team communication and direct messaging.

After joining our Slack, please review our short list of Slack Guidelines.

STEP 10 - Make sure you have access to our Google Drive Folder: Robotics: Team 2537 - USE A PERSONAL EMAIL

We use Google Drive for documentation during the current season (anything that needs to be documented for future seasons will be placed in this wiki).

STEP 11 - Join ClickUp via Email Invite

We use ClickUp to help manage our projects.

Once you are on ClickUp, please watch Navigating ClickUp.

If you have made it this far, congrats! You are now ready to have some fun (don't worry, this was the boring, but important, part)!

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