The VEX V5 Leaderboard is a fun and interactive tool that can be used to display and document student performance in the STEM Labs, keeping students engaged with each other.
Using the VEX V5 Leaderboard with Your Classroom
The VEX V5 STEM Lab are focused around Rethink challenges. Challenges promote collaboration and naturally motivate students to improve their robots, their strategy, and their code. The VEX V5 Leaderboard is designed to help facilitate these challenges by providing an interactive tool for educators to use to present and record challenge data.
Display the leaderboard throughout your challenge to show team scores and ranking, making it easy for students to visualize overall team performance throughout the challenge.
Customizing the Leaderboard for Your Challenge
The steps below outline how to add information and customize the leaderboard for your classroom challenge.
Access the VEX V5 Leaderboard
To access the VEX V5 Leaderboard, go to https://education.vex.com/leaderboard/. Then select the V5 Leaderboard.
Name Your Leaderboard
The leaderboard name text is editable.
Rename the leaderboard by selecting “Leaderboard Name” and edit the text.
Select anywhere outside of the name text or select "Enter" once finished.
Label Score Columns
The score column text is editable.
Rename the columns by selecting the title and edit the text.
Select anywhere outside of the text or select "Enter" once finished.
Select the "+” or “-” icon to add or delete score columns.
Add Team Names
Select a team in the Team Name column to enter a team name in the leaderboard.
Add more teams by selecting the “Add Team” button.
Delete teams by selecting the trashcan icon.
Once you have added all participating teams and score columns, you are ready to start the classroom challenge.
Running a Classroom Challenge with the VEX V5 Leaderboard
The leaderboard makes it easy to run a classroom challenge. The accessible interface allows you to display the time for all students competing to see, as well as input scores and see team rankings update in real time as the challenge progresses.
Keep Time for Challenges
Select “Start” to start the timer on the leaderboard.
Select “Stop” to end the challenge run and stop the timer.
Select “Reset” to set the timer back to zero for the next run of the challenge.
See Scores and Team Ranking in Real-time
Add team scores by selecting a score in the score column, then add the score. Scores can be changed or overwritten at any time.
Scores for multiple runs are automatically totaled for each team and appear in the "Total Score" column.
As scores are added, the teams will automatically be ordered by rank from highest to lowest score. If two teams have the same score, they will share the same rank.
Document and Celebrate Student Performance
Select “Print Leaderboard” to print or save the the entire leaderboard as a PDF.
The PDF will display the team names as well as the scores.
Select the printer icon to print or save an individual team certificate as a PDF.
The certificate will include the challenge name, team name, team rank, and the team's total score.