Accessing Virtual Skills with an Event Partner Demo Key – Global Robotics & Science Foundation

Virtual Skills Demo Keys give VEX Robotics Competition Event Partners a way to open VEXcode VR Virtual Skills and Virtual Driving Skills. Event Partners can use a demo key to show Virtual Skills to teams and families at an event or open house, and to test a laptop, controller, or internet connection before teams arrive. Demo keys are found in the VEX Events admin and are available to Event Partners for the current competition season.

Finding a Virtual Skills Demo Key

Demo keys are located in the VEX Events admin. Event Partner permissions are required to see them. Contact your Program Support Team to get Event Partner permissions.

Header of events dot vex dot com with a highlight on the rightmost option labeled Login.

Begin by logging in to your events.vex.com account.

Closer view of the upper right corner of the previous image. The options have now changed to language, admin, my account, logout. A highlight is on the my account option.

Once logged in, select My Account in the top-right menu.

Account menu in VEX Events. The last option in the list is highlighted and reads Demo dash Virtual Skills.

Select Demo – Virtual Skills from the menu on the left.

Demo page in VEX Events. The page shows a virtual skills key blurred out and a team number.

Your Virtual Skills Key and Demo Team Number will be shown. The six character key and six character team number are needed to log in.

Logging into Virtual Coding Skills

To practice coding with Virtual Coding Skills in VEXcode VR, you must first enter your team's Virtual Skills Key at vr.vex.com using a Chrome browser.

VEXcode VR home page with a welcome screen and text that reads 'Have a VR Class Code? Login Here' highlighted at the bottom of the page.

When VEXcode VR is launched, you may see this window. Select Login Here to launch the login window.

VEXcode VR File menu with the last option 'Login with Code' highlighted.

If you do not see the window above, select File, then Login Code in order to launch the login window.

Enter the demo team number into the login window.

The same login window now with a space highlighted in the center. The label reads Enter Skills Key.

Once the team number is entered, a space will appear to enter the Virtual Skills Key.

Note: The Virtual Skills Key is not case-sensitive.

The same login window with a highlight on the dropdown above the submit button. The dropdown label reads Demo program.

In addition, a dropdown will appear to allow you to choose between the VEX V5 Competition Playgrounds and VEX IQ Competition Playgrounds.

The same login window with all parts filled in. A highlight is on the submit button.

After entering a Team Number, a Virtual Skills Key, and selecting a demo program, select Submit to complete the login process.

Upper left corner of the VEXcode VR Toolbar with a red VR Logo highlighted.

Once logged in, the icon in the top left corner will change to match the color of your selected platform.

V5: red and white
IQ: blue and white

Upper right corner of the VR toolbar with a highlight on the icon between the project name and open playground. The icon label reads select playground.

To see all available Playgrounds, select the icon in the Toolbar that reads Select Playground.

Playground selection window in V R. Some of the playgrounds show they are unavailable with a banner stating what license is needed to access the playground. Others are selectable.