AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM CYBERPATRIOT ONLINE COACHES AND MENTORS MEETING May 12, 2015 www.uscyberpatriot.org
Meeting Highlights CP-VIII Registration CP-VIII Schedule CP-VIII Exhibition Rounds 2
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM Registration www.uscyberpatriot.org
CyberPatriot VIII Registration Register for CP-VIII by July 1 for 20% discount on registration fees The first step to registering as a Coach and/or Mentor is to create a Volunteer Account If you are a returning Coach, you do not need to create a new Volunteer Account. Just log into your existing account and submit your team application(s) for CyberPatriot VIII. Deadline to submit team applications: October 9 4
CyberPatriot VIII Registration After you submit your Volunteer Registration Form, log into our site using the credentials you created on the form to view your Dashboard and continue the registration process. Click this to edit your name, rank/title, personal email address, or phone number. Click this to access the Team Registration Form. Click this to complete a Mentor Application. 5
Coach/Team Registration Process Coach creates Volunteer Account Coach uses Create Team button to submit Team Registration Form(s)* Verification Official is automatically emailed a link with which to verify the Coach* CPOC reviews and approves Team Registration (Open Division and Middle School Division) Coach pays registration fee* Notes: - Coaches must submit separate team registration forms for each team they want to coach - If you do not see a Create Team button when you log in, try accessing the site with Firefox or Google Chrome -Coaches cannot verify themselves. -Your verification official should be a principal/assistant principal/commander/deputy commander - Each team registration must be verified separately - Information on the CP-VIII registration fee structure is linked to on our homepage and in the Volunteer Registration Form instructions Coach adds Competitors to team roster Competitors are automatically emailed links to longer student registration forms 6
Team Verification If your verification official cannot find the email with the link to verify your registration, you can confirm the address you entered on the form and resend the verification email 1. Confirm address 3. Resend email 2. Edit address, if needed 7
Registration Fee Payment All Service Division team registration fees are automatically waived If you will compete in the All Service Division, make sure to select your service type not Public High School as your team s organization type. All middle school teams will compete in the Middle School Division, regardless of whether they re uniformed. Select Middle School or Middle School Civil Air Patrol as your organization type. Deadline to submit registration fee or to have been granted a fee waiver through the online request form: November 6 Competitor Registration Deadline: November 6 If your team is eligible for one of the waivers outlined on the website, click this to submit a request and supporting information Use this to add competitor s to your roster. You will need their email addresses, names, and t-shirt sizes. Credit card payments are processed by PayPal. You will receive a receipt by automated email. 8
How to Link a Mentor to your Team Only Coaches can officially link Mentors to their teams. Mentors are only able to contact approved Coaches about working with their teams. Click this to access the list of approved Mentors Filter the search by state and select whether to include Mentors available virtually. If you have never spoken to this Mentor before and would like to discuss him or her assisting your team, click this button to send an email. If you know this Mentor and already have an understanding that he or she will assist your team, click this to formally link the Mentor to your team. 9
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION S CYBERPATRIOT NATIONAL YOUTH CYBER EDUCATION PROGRAM Competition Operations www.uscyberpatriot.org
CP-VIII Schedule Round 1 (All Divisions) November 13-15, 2015 Backup: November 20-22, 2015 Round 2 (All Divisions) December 4-6, 2015 Backup: December 11-13, 2015 State Round (Open and All Service)/Practice Round 2 (Middle School) January 29-31, 2016 Backup: February 5-7, 2016 Regional Round (Open and All Service)/Semifinals (Middle School) February 19-21, 2016 Backup: February 26-28 The National Finals Competition (All Divisions) April 10-14, 2016 All teams can compete in Rounds 1 & 2 and the State Rounds!
Exhibition Rounds Not competition rounds no public scoreboard For orientation, recruiting, and practice Do not host images in cloud or use Vsphere Exhibition Round 2 and onward will have Windows 7 and Ubuntu images Same images every round Schedule Exhibition Round 1: April 14-24 Exhibition Round 2: May 12-22 Exhibition Round 3: June 9-19 Exhibition Round 4: July 14-24 Exhibition Round 5: August 11-21
Exhibition Rounds Open only to REGISTERED CP-VIII teams Competitors are not required to register to participate in Exhibition Round Teams can open multiple instances of the images simultaneously Can re-open images throughout the 10-day competition period Limited competition support: 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Eastern Time afa.adobeconnect.com/cpoc New Unique Identifiers and Team Numbers for CP-VIII
Exhibition Round Training Video Training video on YouTube Downloading, comparing checksums, unzipping, and playing images Fixing a simple vulnerability Search YouTube for CyberPatriotAFA https://youtu.be/4uvedn7xn9i?list=plqjjw 6O1Alx7cHb9Qr9KeZHPFjtkJK25v
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