Notebook pen color

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This is my first year doing the notebook. Which pen color (between blue and black) would be better for writing and for drawing pictures? Thanks.

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Our team types our notebook, but overall black is more clear and easier to read.

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thank you so much! I wasn’t sure if it was a stupid question or not lol.

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It’s ok! It’s actually a very important question because you want your notebook to be as easy for the judges to read as possible, while still giving a lot of information in the notes. Glad I could help!

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This will be my organizations 3rd year of digital notebooks and I highly recommend using a Google Doc or Slides. Then your whole team can collaborate at all hours.

Still nothing wrong with paper but it is losing ground to a format that is now more familiar to students.

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I’d say black since it’s more legible, but once you choose a color, I’d say stick with that color in one size for your whole notebook (aside from titles and tables and such).

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Still nothing wrong with paper but it is losing ground to a format that is now more familiar to students.

I do agree, but some competitions don’t allow a digital notebook, and you will have to turn in a physical one.

I would recommend using a black pen since it is easier to read.

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We print them. There is no bonus for it being bound so it’s easy to only print the amended pages if you want to save time and paper. Date stamping the pages does provide enough evidence of the timeline. This was originally proposed by the RECF at least two years ago.

The goal is to get more students to follow a process and contribute. We have had more student engagement with a shared digital team document and it follows along with what many higher education and businesses are doing. Using a digital repository to track versions and allow for branching so multiple aspects of the project can be worked on at the same time.

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You can be professional yet be creative (kinda like documentation online of a sort).
Write normally in black, then add informative “Note:” sections using a navy blue pen. You can have “Tip:” in dark yellow, and “Warning:” in dark red expressing information and shortfalls and how to overcome them if an individual with zero experience were to read your notebook to obtain robotics knowledge.

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