This article explains how team contacts find, share, upload, and track Consent Forms for their team on events.vex.com. This article is written for a team's Primary Coach, Secondary Coach, Financial Contact, and District Administrator.

Definitions of the terms used here are maintained in the central glossary.

For signing rules and Consent Form requirements, see Consent Form Rules and Requirements.

There are two ways a participant's Consent Form can be submitted, and only one of them requires an upload:

  • Electronic form – Submitted automatically when the participant completes the form through the team's unique link. No upload is needed, and the participant's status updates on its own. Follow the steps in Electronic Consent Forms below.
  • Printed form – Completed and signed on paper, then scanned and uploaded to events.vex.com by a team contact. Only a team contact (Primary Coach, Secondary Coach, Financial Contact, or District Administrator) can upload printed forms. Follow the steps in Printed Consent Forms below.

Electronic submission is preferred. Use printed forms only when a participant cannot complete the form electronically.

Log In

The top-right corner of the events.vex.com page, zoomed in to show the VEX Robotics logo and the Login button highlighted beneath it.

On events.vex.com select Login in the top-right of the page.

The login screen with a text box in the center to enter your email address, the password field directly below it, and a Login button beneath.

Enter your login credentials and select Login.

Both submission methods start from the team's Consent Forms section.

A team row on events.vex.com with a red icon indicating missing Consent Forms, and the Consent Forms option highlighted.

Teams with missing Consent Forms show a red icon in their row. Select Consent Forms in the team's row.

Electronic Consent Forms

The Consent Forms section showing the buttons for copying the online Consent Form link.

Select the Copy link to Online Consent Form with prefilled Team Number button, then share the link with each participant who needs to sign the form.

To include instructions with the link, select the Copy link to Consent Form and Instructions button instead.

The copy link button displayed in green, confirming the link was copied to the clipboard.

The button turns green to confirm that the link has been copied to your computer's clipboard.

Forms completed through this link are submitted automatically and do not need to be uploaded.

Printed Consent Forms

The Consent Forms section with the Download consent form and instructions button highlighted.

Select the Download consent form and instructions button and provide a printed copy to the participant to complete and sign.

The upload section for printed Consent Forms, with fields for the participant's first name and last initial.

Once the completed paper form is returned, scan or photograph it as an individual PDF, JPG, or PNG file. Enter the first name and last initial of the participant the form was signed for.

The file selection and Upload button for submitting a scanned Consent Form.

Select the file from your computer, then select Upload to upload it to events.vex.com. Repeat for each participant with a paper form.

Checking Submission Status

The Consent Forms section showing each participant's submission status for the team.

Whichever way a form is submitted, confirm before each event that every participant's Consent Form shows as completed. A participant without a completed Consent Form on file cannot compete on the day of the event.

Contact Support

If you need additional assistance, contact your Program Support Team. If you are unsure who your Program Support Team is, you can find their contact information at events.vex.com/support.

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