Overview: VEX Passport – VEX Library

The VEX Passport allows users to connect with other certified VEX educators around the world. Each connection you make helps to further personalize your professional learning community.

Note: You will need to have a PD+ account – Free or All-Access – to access the Passport and connect with others. For more information on creating a PD+ account, view this article.

What is the VEX Passport?

The VEX Passport is a feature within PD+ that highlights educators around the world who have earned VEX certifications through VEX Intro Courses, VEX Masterclasses, and Competition Courses.

A screenshot of the VEX Passport page in PD+. On the left, the Passport option is selected in the Navigation. The Passport page features a large world map in the center with numbers in circles indicating VEX educators globally. On the right profile information is shown, with a search bar below it.

The interactive map shows the numbers of total certified educators around the globe. You can explore the map to see where certified educators are located, and connect with them individually.

In order to have your information displayed in the Passport Map, you will need to enable your profile information and permissions.

Sharing Your Profile

Update Your Profile Information

Upon first opening the VEX Passport, you will be prompted to update your profile information.

A screenshot of the Edit Profile window with text boxes to enter your Display Name, School affiliation, and About me information.

You can enter the name you wish to have displayed, your school affiliation, and brief biographical information you would like others to know about you.

The next section of the Edit Profile prompt with text boxes to enter location details of city, region or state, zip or postal code, and country.

Scroll down in the window to complete your location details. You can enter your city, region, postal code, and country.

The same image as the one previous, with the Save VEX Passport settings at the bottom of the Edit Profile window highlighted in the lower left corner.

Once you have edited your profile information, scroll to the bottom of the window and select Save VEX Passport Settings.

The VEX Passport page with the edit profile button on the right hand side below the profile name, highlighted.

You can edit or update your profile information at any time by selecting Edit Profile >.

Note: Your profile image is pulled directly from your VEX Login information. To update your profile image, visit login.vex.com.

Update Your Permissions

You must enable permissions to allow others to view your VEX Passport profile information and connect with you through the VEX Passport.

The same image as the one previous, with the Edit Permissions button below the Edit Profile button highlighted in the profile information to the right of the map.

Select Edit Permissions > to open the permissions options.

A screenshot of the Edit Permissions window with checkboxes for each of the following settings: Show profile image, show name, show school, show about me, and allow users to connect listed vertically. In the lower left corner a button reads Save VEX Passport settings.

By default, all of the permissions options are deselected. You must enable the optional profile details that you would like to have displayed.

Select Allow users to connect to enable other educators to send you a connection request.

The same image as the one previous, with the Save VEX Passport Settings button in the lower left corner highlighted.

Select Save VEX Passport Settings to enable your desired permissions.

The VEX Passport page showing the map with the Profile information updated to show user information that is enabled on the right.

Now your profile information will be viewable alongside the interactive map.

Searching in the VEX Passport

You can search in two ways – by location, or by VEX platform.

Search by Location

The center of the VEX Passport page with the Search bar highlighted alongside the lower right corner of the map, below the profile information.

You can enter the country or city you wish to search for in the Search bar. Select the Search button to see the results on the map.

The center of the Passport page, shown with the Search bar reading United Kingdom, and the map zoomed in on that region of the globe.

The map will then zoom in on the entered country or city, and display the specific locations of VEX certified educators within that region.

Numbered pins indicate how many educators are located near that area. You can zoom in further on the map, or select a numbered pin to zoom in on that area.

The same image as the one previous, now with the map further zoomed in on a specific city within the UK, and one VEX Educator's information highlighted.

Select a location icon to see the information of the certified educator it represents.

You will be able to see the profile information that educator has publicly enabled, as well as the platforms in which they are certified and their approximate location.

Search by VEX Platform

You can also search for educators who are certified in specific VEX platforms.

A screenshot of the lower right portion of the VEX Passport page, with the Platform selection highlighted. No platforms are checked.

Selecting a VEX platform will display the global educators certified in that platform.

The PD+ Passport page, showing that the 123 platform has been selected in the platform filters, so only 123 is shown on the map.

The numbers shown in the interactive map will now reflect only the educators in the selected platform. In the example shown here, only the VEX 123 educators are shown in the map.

You can select multiple platforms to see all educators certified in all selected platforms.

Connecting with Other Educators

You can also browse the map directly to find educators to connect with. If an educator has enabled the Allow users to connect permission in their VEX Passport settings, you can send them a connection request.

The Passport map showing numbered pins indicating groups of educators in different areas.

On the Passport map, numbered pins indicate groups of educators located in an area. Select a group to zoom in on that area.

The Passport map zoomed in, showing individual pins for educators.

Zoom in until individual pins appear.

Select a pin to view that educator's name.

An individual pin selected on the Passport map, showing the educator's name and the Request to connect button.

Select Request to connect to connect with that educator. This automatically sends an email to the educator notifying them of your request.

Total Certified Educators

Statistics below the Passport map showing the number of completed certifications for each VEX platform, including Competition, with the total number of unique certified educators and total certifications earned.

Statistics below the interactive map show the total numbers of VEX certified educators globally. Each platform shows the number of completed certifications within it. The statistics below show the number of total unique educators that have been certified, and the total certifications they have earned.