Currently, the first of many CrashCourse products is available online and can be found via our Products page or through our YouTube Channel. An interactive version can be found on USA Football’s website (available with free registration). The CrashCourse interactive curriculum ends with a short test and provides all athletes and coaches with a Certificate of Completion.
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Product FAQs
CrashCourse Product Info
How do I get the CrashCourse product?
When will the other CrashCourse products be released?
In addition to the HD football curriculum, supplementary products will be released in 2019. For more information see here.
Am I allowed to make copies or alter the products?
TeachAids operates under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License. This means any entity is free to use (or replicate) the CrashCourse products in their current form only. The content may not be altered in any way and must be attributed to the TeachAids organization. Please contact us if you are interested in collaborating to create derivatives of the CrashCourse products.
This means any person or entity is able to use any of the TeachAids products at no cost.
I am a student. How can I use CrashCourse products?
The CrashCourse products are designed for contexts beyond athletics. In fact, the #1 cause of concussions are bike accidents. Below are steps to empower your community and elevate your game:
I am a teacher/coach/athletic trainer. How can I use CrashCourse?
As an educator, you are in an instrumental position to promote educational initiatives among young learners. Despite your knowledge level around various health issues, you will be able to use the CrashCourse products to optimize learning and retention in your learning environment. If you are highly knowledgeable about these issues, or have access to a medical/health expert, these products can be used as supplementary tool to reiterate key concepts and messages. However, if you are new to this information, you may simply show the curriculum in classrooms or practice to help build new knowledge and correct misconceptions.
Below are the various ways that the CrashCourse materials have most often been used.
Example 1: One Computer Per Student
Advantages:
- Each learner can work at his/her own pace
- Learners have privacy, which can make learning more comfortable
Teaching Suggestions:
- Option to provide group-wide breaks for discussion
Requirements:
- Headphones, one per learner (optimal)
- Computer with Internet access
Example 2: Computer Projection for Many Students
Advantages:
- Only one computer per group is necessary
- The teacher may pause between concepts to engage the entire class in discussion
Teaching Suggestions:
- Be mindful that some learners may not feel as comfortable asking questions or discussing in front of the entire class
Requirements:
- Speakers
- Blank wall or screen
- Projector
- Computer with Internet access
We are an organization. How can we use CrashCourse?
CrashCourse is partnering with larger organizations throughout the country. Please contact us here if you’d like to discuss the opportunities to share this content with learners throughout your network.
Who is CrashCourse's Intended Audience?
These initial concussion education products are specifically designed for young athletes. However, parents, coaches, athletic trainers and educators have found them useful to provide education on the latest science behind concussions.
Current evidence (2018) supports that majority of postconcussive symptoms will resolve in most children by approximately 10 days. However, some children are at higher risk for prolonged recovery due to pre- and post-injury risk factors. Return to activities should be guided by a clinician with expertise in concussion care. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2018)
How do I access the CrashCourse interactive curriculum and receive a Certificate of Completion on USA Football's website?
How to Access the CrashCourse curriculum on USAFootball.com
- Go to USAFootball.com.
- Click the “Log In” button in the top right corner of the webpage.
- Click the red “Register” button in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Fill out your personal information, create a username and password, and choose answers that you are most associated with.
- Click the red “Finish” button in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Click on the “Training” tab on the left side of the screen.
- Click the red “Take Me There” button in the top right of the screen, and confirm your location when prompted.
- Scroll down to “CrashCourse: Concussion Education” and click the red “Add” button.
- Click the green “Proceed to Cart” button.
- Click the green “Next Step: Checkout” button.
- Click the green “Go to dashboard” button.
- Click the red “Start” button next to “CrashCourse: Concussion Education”.
Once you begin the course, here is how to navigate:
- Click the gray “Next” button to navigate through the slides until you see the slide with a picture of a blue brain.
- Click “Begin Course”.
- When the buttons “Take a Knee” and “Stay in the Game” pop up, click on one of the buttons to select which path you would like to take.
- When the buttons “Yes” and “No” pop up, click the answer that you think is correct. There are two questions in this section.
- Click “Begin Knowledge Test”
- Read the question and click on the answer that you think is the correct answer, and then click “Submit” in the bottom right corner.
- If you answered incorrectly, click “Try Again” and repeat Step 6 until you answer correctly.
- Click “Continue”
- Repeat Steps 6 and 7 for the remaining 9 questions.
- When finished with the test, you will be shown a “Results” page. To learn more about TeachAids or USAFootball, you may click on either of their website links. To receive your certification, click on “Exit Course Get Certification”.
Once you have exited the course, here is how to receive your Certificate of Completion:
- You will be taken to a page where you can leave a review of the course. Click “Save” if you want to save your review or “Close” if not.
- Click on “Completed Courses” on the left
- Click on the button that says “Certificate” next to a download symbol.
- Click on the “available here for download” link located in the green box.
- A PDF of your Certificate of Completion has now been downloaded to your device! Print or save as desired.