hi!!! it’s my first year as a notebooker, and the resources for notebookers (other than highschool notebookers) are pretty bare bones i’m not totally sure what to add to my cycle pages, anything could help!!! (i cropped out my name, also please ignore the date i was too lazy to try and remember what the date was)
Hey
There have been many topics about how to improve or fill up notebook pages already made.
Though I’m in V5 I’ll try and help you out,
1st thing- The date.
I find it kind of sad that you pushed the notebook out of your mind so heavily that you couldn’t do the notebook entry in the same month. But it’s fine. In the future track each and every day, say what you did (psst… called daily logging) and refer to it when needed. Now, for this page I would remove the “ughhhhh” and replace it with an estimate date. What week of October was it? Do you meet every day or only on some days? Now- take that and make your estimate.
2nd thing- The goals
Good goals, nice and short. I’d recommend making it check boxes though Then on future entries (when you accomplished the goal) refer back to this page and say you completed goal # whatsoever
3rd thing- Empty space, talk about your plan
How are you accomplishing these goals? Be detailed for future you.
hope that helps, tell me if you need some more help, I’ll elaborate further if needed
Hi!
I am a VEX IQ notebooker too, and it is also my first year notebooking. Some tips that may help you.
The date:
Just like @71300ffical said, try to track every day in the future and also try to estimate the date.
A Summary:
Try to write a quick summary about the meeting. Don’t write too much because no one wants a 5 paragraph essay about one meeting .
Drawings:
Some drawings could definitely help your notebook. They help people understand what you are writing about.
Hope everything I listed helps. Ask me if you need any more help!
Good luck !
Hi @rooboo, this is a brilliant start! I am an IQ notebooker (have been for 3 years), and do think I have some suggestions. Alas, I understand the pain it may bring to not know what to add.
I greatly agree with what 71300fficial has said; those changes will be essential to improving the quality of your notebook. (Side note: Especially the “ughhhhh”, please aim to sound professional)
First, I’d suggest you to check out other forum threads about notebook improvements:
Alas there’s too many topics, so I just included some of the most recent or best ones.
Some of these threads actually have award-winning examples included. I recommend you check those out! (Also btw these links may be for V5 but the same notebooking concepts follow)
Specific reccommendations on that page will be:
Detail what steps you actually took to achieve your goals. Judges don’t just want the final product - they want to hear about how you achieved it.
Describe what happened AFTER you achieved your goals.
Maybe detail “next steps”, i.e. what you plan on doing next (whether it be driving or changing the claw).
“Build the Backlash” sounds a bit too vague - you might want to divide entries into daily or weekly entries, and detail what you did each practice. E.g. you could put the goal for week 1 of October as “Finish the claw”, week 2 “attach claw to chassis”, and so forth.
The goals could seem redundant. You may want to merge number 1 and 2. And, of course you want to score points! Detail a specific amount of points, like 91.
Other than that, check out the REC Library section for judging and notebooking. ALWAYS look at the rubric.
Oh, and lastly: I understand your concern about there being only high school V5 notebooking tips, but the idea is the same, and many IQ teams actually take inspiration ffrom V5 teams. Unlike building (beams to C channels) or programming, IQ and V5 are pretty much very similar in notebooking. Please don’t let the program label limit you from checking out the brilliant resources on the forums.
wow guys, i keep forgetting how helpful and kind the vex community is!!! thank you too everyone who responded or will respond in the future, your help will go miles <3
i’m not totally sure what to add to my cycle pages, anything could help!!! (i cropped out my name, also please ignore the date i was too lazy to try and remember what the date was)
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