How connectFIRST works
Screen by screen, what each part of connectFIRST does and how to use it — written for whoever's looking at the screen right now.
Getting started
Your daily home
Running the season
The Plan
Creating work, tracking it on the board, and moving it to done.
Read moreApprovals
Where a coach decides on submitted work and new membership requests.
Read moreDrafts
AI-assisted first drafts for the writing a coach does every week — reviewed before anything sends.
Read moreCalendar
Official FIRST events, your own practices and meetings, and a feed you can subscribe to.
Read moreWorking together
Channels
Where the team talks — and how a parent's read-only view differs from a coach's.
Read moreFiles
Sharing documents through the team's Google Drive, without students ever signing into Google.
Read moreHistory
An append-only record of who did what, and when — filtered to what your role can see.
Read morePeople on the team
Team & access
The roster, everyone's role, and how to reach a coach directly.
Read moreProfessionals
Inviting a mentor or outside expert to help with one area, without opening up the rest of the team.
Read moreTeam settings
The roster and team profile, a full data export, connected services, dietary notes, and the child-safety rules that can't be turned off.
Read moreYour account
Profile & access
Your own account — role, AI access, signed-in devices, and your private calendar link.
Read moreNotifications
What you're alerted about, how, and the quiet hours that hold everything else until morning.
Read moreSearch
One search across work, messages, files, events, people, and history — scoped to what you can already see.
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