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Google.org uses its resources to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges, combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. Entries for this online challenge will highlight ways VEX Robotics teams use their resources and expertise to help or support their local communities.

Show us the ways your team makes meaningful impacts on problems or needs in your community. Your video should promote the ways your team uses its robotics skills and resources to make significant contributions to your school, town, or other community. The work described in your video can span multiple seasons, and is not limited to REC Foundation or VEX Robotics programs.

Visit this link for a printable summary of this challenge

 

Prizes

Up to ten (10) Winners will each receive an invitation and paid registration to the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship.

Eligibility

Teams must be part of a registered VEX Robotics team for the current season.

• Only one entry per team is permitted. However, each team in a multi-team school or club program may submit one entry. For example, teams 123A and 123B could each submit an entry, but team 123A could not submit two entries. Entries must vary in content and presentation to be considered separate entries. 

• Entries submitted in previous years’ Online Challenges are not eligible for submission this year.

Google Contests Clause (7.4)

7.4 Contests. To the extent that the Project includes a contest, including competitions,
prize draws, instant-win offers, and premium promotions (“Contest”), this Section 7.4 will apply. In relation to any Contest, Organization will be the promoter and will be responsible for:

• A. Administering the Contest in accordance with (i) applicable law, including Applicable Data Protection Legislation and e-Privacy laws; and (ii) advertising regulatory requirements;
• B. Preparing all marketing and promotional materials for the Contest in any media and on any platform;
• C. Preparing all terms and conditions and other legal copy related to the Contest;
• D. Obtaining a complete release of Google from all liability, including a disclosure to participants that Google does not sponsor or administer the Contest and explicit language excluding Google employees, agencies, vendors, and partners and their families from eligibility;
• E. Collecting Contest entries, selecting and notifying the potential Contest winners in accordance with the Contest terms and conditions, verifying eligibility of potential Contest winners, issuing liability releases to potential winners and their parents/legal guardians (such releases must include a complete release of Google from all liability) prior to public announcement of Contest winner(s);
• F. Preparing and sending IRS Form 1099s (or local equivalent) to Contest winners and their parents/legal guardians (if applicable); and
• G. Preparing hashtags and disclosures for Google to use for promotion of the contest on social media.

By uploading a submission to an REC Foundation Online Challenge, you agree to follow the Submission Guidelines and certify that you understand the Intellectual Property Rights held by you and the REC Foundation regarding your submission. Please review the Submission Guidelines and Intellectual Property Rights information at this link before uploading your submission.

Requirements

Show us how you’re helping your community. Your video should highlight the ways your team uses its knowledge and resources to make a meaningful and positive impact on your community. We want to see how you use the skills you’ve gained in VEX Robotics competitions to solve problems or fill needs in the world around you.

Things to keep in mind for a successful submission:

• What skills, knowledge, and resources does your team share with the community? Are they skills you gained from participating in robotics?

• What has your team done to address a challenge or problem in your community?

• Who are the community members that your team supports, and why did you choose to support them?

• What meaningful impact has your team made on your school, town, or community?

Minimum Requirements

A submission must meet these minimum requirements in order to be judged.

1. Entry is created and produced solely by student team members. It is acceptable for adults to help with the technical aspects of creating and submitting a video to YouTube, and adults are encouraged to assist in completing any task that would be difficult or inappropriate for students in their age group.

2. Format: One link to a video file posted on YouTube, SchoolTube, Youku, or equivalent video-streaming platform. Links to Google Drive, Dropbox, or other storage locations are not acceptable and will not be reviewed.

3. Size: Up to three (3) minutes, including title, credits, and any other content.

4. Credits:  Each video must include:

   • Title of submission

   • Names of students who participated (using first names only is acceptable)

   • Team number 

   • Location of team

5. Music must be in the public domain.

Intellectual Property Rights

Your submissions help the REC Foundation further our mission. You will retain all rights to any material you submit, including ownership if applicable. The REC Foundation will endeavor to credit all submissions with the appropriate team number when used in part or in whole.

By submitting entry for an REC Foundation Online Challenge, you grant the REC Foundation and its related entities such as existing and/or potential sponsors and partners a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right in perpetuity to use any part of the submission for any purpose, including but not limited to:

• Display of all or part of the submission on REC Foundation websites.

• Allowing third parties, including but not limited to REC Foundation partners, sponsors, and individuals, to share all or part of the submission on social media.

• Use of all or part of the submission on the Internet and in social media in support of the REC Foundation mission.

• Use of all or part of the submission in the REC Foundation’s and related entities’ internal and external communications and marketing materials including but not limited to web sites and web publications, fact sheets, fundraising publications, advertising, multimedia, displays, presentation and membership services, annual report, and newsletters.

Upload Instructions

Note: All online challenge entries must be uploaded by the primary contact for a registered team. This individual should ensure that the submission meets all requirements and criteria before uploading.

1. Click the green Submit an Entry button on the right side of the screen.

2. Fill out the submission form and add an optional description of the entry to the Short Description field.

3. Ensure you are entering the correct team number and letter, with no spaces.

4. Click Save.

5. Click the blue Links / Videos button in the upper right of the screen.

6. Enter the URL, title, and description of the video.

7. Click on Add Link.

Judging Information

• Up to 5 points for a video that clearly describes the skills, knowledge, and resources the team shares with their community, particularly skills gained from participation in robotics, and how they’ve applied them to solve a problem

• Up to 5 points for a video that clearly describes who the team’s actions support, why the team chose to support them, and how the team has positively impacted them

• Up to 5 points for good video editing, including the structure and presentation of all material

• Up to 5 points for music and/or sound that is clear, appropriate, and well-balanced

• Up to 5 points for a video that is easy to understand, clearly presented, creative, and enjoyable to watch

• Up to 5 points for the scope and impact of the project featured in the video

Current time:
Fri, Dec 6, 2024 8:26 AM CST

Opens:

Wed, Nov 6, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Closes:

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 4:00 PM CST

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