Can multiple people work on the Engineering Notebook?

[Bb3456]

Can multiple people from my team work on the Engineering Notebook or is that not allowed?

Thanks and sorry if it’s a stupid question!

[9MotorGang]

@kmmohn

For any question about the legality of something, we must turn to the game manual (or the Official Q&A). As you read the game manual (https://link.vex.com/docs/2022-2023/vrc-spin-up/GameManual ), keep in mind that the game manual tells you things that you must do, and things that you are prohibited from doing. It can’t tell you everything you might do, so if the game manual does not prohibit an action, then it is generally legal. The game manual does not generally discuss any particular game strategy or mechanisms you might use.

[RoboCatz]

Yes, I’m fact I would highly encourage it. This allows everyone to be involved in the documenting process, which will help y’all during judging. Having people on other subteams (programming, building, etc.) working on it will help y’all improve the quality of documentation as well.

Also, the game manual does not have any stipulations for notebooking, bedsides that your team must be student centered. I would consult the Judges Guide for more information regarding judging and for creating/maintaining an engineering notebook.

[lacsap]

Another good resources is to look at teams.vex.com

You will find good advice on notebooks:

VRC Engineering Notebook Basics

VEX announced at the EP Summit that they will be releasing VRC and VIQC digital notebook templates that should help all teams be more expressive and collaborative.

[Zawackiest]

The more people working on the notebook, the better!

Shameless self-plug, but the notebook article on the BLRS wiki was also just updated, if you’re looking for more resources

Segments of the Notebook