Alice Assignment 1

Do 1 (one) - Your choice.

Name: How Tall Are You? Introducing Decisions and the use of Functions

Level: Level I

Time: 30 minutes

Prerequisites: one-hour beginner tutorial, or 4 part beginner tutorial

Description: This tutorial shows you how to make a decision by asking a question whose answer is true or false. If the answer is true, you can do one action, if the answer is false, you can do another action. You will make a decision with an IF/ELSE statement and using functions height and distance. You will help the guy and the penguin figure out who is the tallest. The tallest will then indicate they are the tallest.

Save as: A2 How Tall Are You

Name: Teaching Characters to Walk: Learning Methods, Part 1Level: Level ITime: 30-45 minutes Prerequisites: Any Essentials TutorialDescription: This tutorial teaches the basics of writing methods. You will teach a turtle how to walk, a kangaroo how to hop, and then make them race against each other.

NOTE: The directions state that you need to download the file "MethodStart.a2w". You will find that file in the Alice 2.2 Files in the Platten folder of the Share drive.

Save as: A2 Learning Methods Pt 1

Name: Using Parameters to Simplify Your Methods: Learning Methods, Part 2Level: Level ITime: 20 minutesPrerequisites: Learning Methods Part 1Description: This tutorial builds on "Learning Methods, Part 1", continuing the story of the turtle and the kangaroo. You will learn how to use parameters, and how to save out your characters and use them in other worlds. You will also learn how to use the "isShowing" property.

Save as: A2 Learning Methods Pt 2

Name: Buttons and Birds: Introduction to EventsLevel: Level ITime: 30 MinutesPrerequisites: Learning Methods or 4-Part Introduction TutorialDescription: This tutorial introduces simple interactive events in Alice so that the user can interact with an Alice world using keystrokes and mouse clicks. The tutorial covers keyboard and mouse click events. Concepts used include methods.

Save as: A2 Intro to Events

Name: Lights Camera Action! Part 1: Camera ControlLevel: Level ITime: 30 MinutesPrerequisites: 1 Hour Introduction TutorialDescription: This tutorial shows how to move and control the camera during world set up and drop dummy cameras. Concepts covered include adding and positioning objects in the world.

Save as: A2 Lights Camera Action Pt 1