Finding Your Team's Virtual Skills Key

Each VEX Robotics Competition registered team is provided a Virtual Skills Key for accessing Virtual Skills. This article explains how to access both Virtual Coding Skills, and Virtual Driving Skills.

To find your team’s Virtual Skills Key, go to RobotEvents.com.

Screenshot of the top portion of the VEX Robot Events website, with the Login option highlighted to the far right, beside Register and below the REC logo.

1. Select Login.

The Robot Events website is shown with the login fields to enter your Email Address and Password highlighted. There is a blue Login button in the lower left corner that is also highlighted.

2. Enter the email address and password associated with your Robot Events account. Then select the Login button.

Don't have an account? Go here to create a RobotEvents account.

Robot Events website is shown after logging in, with a list of settings on the left titled My Account. The My Teams option is highlighted in the menu, between the Workshops and My Orders options.

3. Once you have logged into your account, select My Teams from the account navigation.

The My Teams page in the Robot Events website, with the first column for Team Number and the third column for Virtual Skills Key highlighted.

4. Here you will see a list of your registered teams with their Virtual Skills Keys.

No key listed? Make sure that your team’s registration has been renewed for the current season.

Note: The Virtual Skills Key is specific for each team. If you have multiple teams, make sure to record which Key goes with each team.

Accessing Virtual Coding Skills

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

Note: The Virtual Skills Key can be used by multiple members of the same team.

Prompt window that reads Welcome to VEXcode VR is shown. At the bottom of the pop up window, below the buttons for Students and Educators, there is a highlighted option that reads Have a VR Class Code? Login Here.

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

File dropdown menu is opened in VEXcode VR with the Login with Code option highlighted. Login with code is the tenth option in the menu, in between the About and Purchase VR options.

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

Enter your team number into the login window.

Login prompt that reads Enter Class Code or Team Number. The Team Number has been entered, and below a text field the enter the team's Virtual Skills Key is highlighted.

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.

Login prompt with both the Team Number and Skills Key entered. Now, the Submit button is highlighted at the bottom of the window.

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

Upper left corner of VEXcode VR is shown and the VR logo is highlighted. The logo has blue letters that read VR against a white background.

Once logged in, the icon in the top left corner will turn white and blue for VEX IQ Robotics Competition teams and white and red for VEX V5 Robotics Competition teams.

Then you can begin coding your robot!

Accessing Virtual Driving Skills

VEX VIQRC Virtual Driving Skills Practice page. Underneath the Connection and Drive Mode settings, there is a Driving Skills Practice login window with fields for the Team Number and the Virtual Skills Key.

Launch Virtual Driving Skills Practice by navigating to vrskills.vex.com on a Chrome browser and selecting your competition's Virtual Driving Skills Practice.

VIQRC is shown here as an example.

Login screen in the Practice window in Virtual Driving Skills. The fields to enter the Team Number and the Virtual Skills Key are highlighted.

Enter your team number and your team's Virtual Skills Key.

The same image as the previous one, now with the Login button below the Virtual Skills Key field highlighted.

Once your Team Number and Virtual Skills Key are entered, select Login.

VIQRC Driving Skills Practice field logged in and ready to use.

You are now logged in and ready to connect your IQ or V5 Controller!