2020-2022 Kick-off and Team Workshop Resource Pages
All of the resources listed below have been generated by Northern California FIRST Tech Challenge teams in an effort to provide team-to-team support for as many teams as possible!
The teams that have created the content are solely responsible for the material. If there are any concerns and/or problems, please contact ftc@playingatlearning.org
For the 2021-2022 Season:
| Title | Slides | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Kick-off Recording | ||
| NorCal Season Overview and Announcements | Click here for slides | Watch Recording Here |
| Field walk-through and Game Q&A | NA | Watch Recording Here |
| Rookie Coach Crash Course | Click here for slides | Watch Recording Here |
| Student Workshops | ||
| Software Workshop by 14162 Bots & Bytes | Click here for presentation | Watch Recording Here |
| OnShape CAD for FTC by 11311 Paragon | Click here for presentation | Watch Recording Here |
| GitHub Workshop by 8404 Quixilver | Watch Recording Here | |
| Outreach 101: How to Get Involved in your Community by Serendipity STEM | Zoom Link Here | |
| FTC Basic Components by 13356 RoboForce | Click here for presentation | Watch Recording Here |
| Engineering Portfolio and Notebook by 14525 Terrabats | Watch Recording Here |
For the 2020-2021 Season:
| Title | Team | Type of information | Slides/Flyer link | Video Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | |||||
| Fusion 360 Tutorials | 5206 - The Knights of Ni | pre-recorded | Link to Fusion 360 tutorials | ||
| CAD and Custom Manufacturing in FTC | 6165 - MSET Cuttlefish | recorded from live session | Link to recorded session | 9-year veteran FTC team 6165 MSET Cuttlefish will be walking you through using CAD in Fusion360 to design your own custom parts and assemblies for FTC robots, and then how to turn these designs into real parts through custom manufacturing. | |
| CAD, Hardware Design and 3D Printing | 11489 - We Love Pi | pre-recorded | Link to videos | ||
| Intro to Design with Onshape | 13180 - RoverDrive | pre-recorded | Link to Onshape slides | Link to Onshape video | This video will introduce the basics of using the CAD program Onshape to assemble robots for FTC (demonstrations included). |
| 3D printing with Cura and TinkerCAD | 13356 - RoboForce | recorded from live session | Link to recorded video | This is a fun introductory class on 3D printing for anyone interested in learning how to print your own design using Tinkercad and Cura, and in winning a small prize. | |
| Prototyping Methods | 16197 - SWARM | pre-recorded | Link to Prototyping Methods video | This run-down offers a comprehensive guide to "kicking off" your season with a great start, and the engineering process of prototyping with a multitude of methods - when it is necessary, how to do it, and the processes after it that leads into a well-designed robot that is well-prepared for competition. | |
| Software | |||||
| GitHub for FTC | 8404 - Quixilver | recorded from live session | Link to recorded video | In the workshop, we will cover the basics of GitHub, GitKraken, and command line git. After setting up these services, we will show you how to create a repository and use git to do version control of your code base. | |
| Learn Code for FTC | 9656 - Omega | pre-recorded | Link to Omega tutorial site | This website is intended to be used as a resource for students and teachers who want to learn basic FTC programming. | |
| Getting started with FTC programming in Java | 16656 - Thunderbots | recorded from live session | Link to recorded session | How to navigate android studio, the basics of programming a simple teleop and autonomous, setting up the controller and figuring out how to program different drive trains. | |
| Others | |||||
| Remote Driver Practice | 11039 - Innov8rz | pre-recorded | Link to information blog | Link to demo video | |
| Engineering Notebook | 14300 - Animatronics | recorded from live session | Link to slides and example | Link to recorded workshop | |
| Creative Fundraising Using FlipGive | 14341 - Hypercube | resource | Link to fundraising page | FlipGive is an online COVID-viable fundraising platform where teams passively gain money through cashback earned on everyday purchases. | |
| Outreach | 14525 - Terrabats | pre-recorded | Link to video | Join us for an introduction to outreach, beginning with the various different opportunities for outreach we can get, learning about some tips to carrying out amazing events and how to influence, impact, and inspire the younger generation, and finishing off with a couple ideas for outreach during the pandemic. | |
| Rookie Coach Crash Course | Dianne | recorded from live session | Link to recorded video | ||
| Inspection | Bob | pre-recorded | coming soon! | Link to recorded session |