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Coding for Kids – Learn Programming From Scratch

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Summary

Price
£49 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
3 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students
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Overview

Programming is the language of the future.Give your kids the head start they need on all things coding, and learn a thing or two yourself.

This course is also suitable for absolute beginners who just happen to be adults!

In this course, young Joshua will be taking Dr Craig through how to create a game in Scratch. There will be cats running around, balls flying everywhere and dragons breathing fire and racing across your screen.

This is a unique approach to course creation and shows how much we all have to learn from the younger generation, for whom this is all second nature. Equally for young children want to learn to code, they will see that they should have the confidence to do it, just as Joshua does in these lectures.

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Description

Highlights

  • You will register an account in Scratch
  • Understand coding and its building blocks
  • Detect motion through using sensors
  • Allow a program to make its own decisions
  • Create randomisation in games
  • Add sound effects

Then you will able to share your game with whoever you like (or don’t like, it’s up to you!)

Curriculum

Part 1 – Scratching the surface

What is programming?

Register with Scratch

Scratch Overview

Part 2 – Moving cats & drawing balls

Program 1 – a moving cat!

Program 2 – follow that cat!

Program 3 – a moving ball!

Program 4 – drawing a ball with a pen

Program 5 – sounds effects on your ball

Program 6 – make your own sprite

Program 7 – additional moving sprites

Part 3 – Game theory!

Program 8 – random sprite move

Program 9 – Dragon Enemy!

Part 4 – Get competitive

Program 10 – Keeping score

Program 11 – Adding Levels

Program 12 – A Speedy Dragon

Part 5 – Next Steps

Share your game

Summary & The Future


Details

Lectures – 20

Videos – Over 1 hour!

Language – English

Who is this course for?

  • Kids who want to learn programming
  • Adults who want to help their kids
  • Adults who want to learn to program themselves

Requirements

If you can operate your computer, you’ll be fine

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Provider

OfCourse

OfCourse Learning is one of the UK's leading e-learning providers, with over 800 expert-led online courses. Their course categories range from well-being and health to personal and career development. Their courses contain numerous video-lectures, downloadable written materials and engaging assessments. Whether you want to learn sign language, become an excel whizz, or need the latest stress-busting techniques, OfCourse has something for everyone.

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