== Overview ==
Much of the Fall (September-December) is spent on training: building the skills we will use during build season.  Training is divided into Overview Training (for all students/mentors) and Advanced Training (more specialized training for students on a sub-team such as control systems or mechanical or operations).

The purpose of overview training is to help everyone understand what 2537 does as a team and how it does it.  After overview training, students should understand what a robot is, how it is built, how the team operates to build it, and the basic skills used.  Overview Training should:

 * Be on the team wiki (if you don't have access, please let [mailto://david@dalbert.net me] know asap) - NOT on the Google Drive
 * Provide the big picture (e.g. how the robot works or how funds are raised)
 * Help new students and mentors understand in detail what each subteam does
 * Be fun and light-hearted (dad-jokes '''are''' allowed)
 * Be hands-on as much as possible (include exercises)
 * Be self-paced (many students don't attend every meeting)
 * Use/link to as much existing online material as possible (don't re-invent the wheel)

Overview training should not:

 * Cause death by power-point
 * Teach detailed skills (soldering, crimping, Java, milling)
 * Focus excessively on theory (math/physics/etc.) or requires skills/knowledge a freshman might not have
 * Take more than 2-3 meetings per discipline (electrical, software, mech, ops, etc.)

Please don't re-invent the wheel!  For almost any topic, there are already existing excellent training materials that you can link to (see Training Resources below).  A template for developing training materials is [http://wiki.team2537.com/attachment/wiki/TrainingMaterials/Controlling%20Direction%20and%20Speed%20of%20a%202-wire%20DCMotor.docx here].  Some past examples of self-paced online lessons are [http://wiki.team2537.com/wiki/ArduinoDevelopment here]

An outline/template for new student/mentor training is [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8L47JRpLswwO-4dss5SNeubF6jOkbMq-2dMc6rmVXY/edit?usp=sharing here]

You can get fancy with wiki pages if you know html; you can embed most html tags in wiki pages, see [https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/WikiHtml here] for info.

== Tools ==
 * [https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/make-your-own-fritzing-parts/what-is-fritzing Fritzing diagrams] are great for showing how electronic circuits are wired without needing to understand schematics.
 * [https://youtube.com youtube] has video tutorials on virtually any topic

== Training Resources ==
 * http://learn.adafruit.com
 * http://learn.sparkfun.com
 * http://instructables.com
 * https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485
 * https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=FRC+Tutorials