Scratch - Getting Started
Teacher Support Information
Step-by-step Tutorial on getting Started with Scratch
Scratch Guide_ Teacher Accounts.pdfPrintable Guide
Create Class & Add Students
Creating a Class Studio for Student Submission
Adding Student Projects to a Class Studio
Scratch Tutorials - For everyone
Introduction to Scratch Environment
Pinnquaq did a fantastic job in creating a page to help staff/students to become more comfortable with the Scratch environment. Click here to access this page on their website or click on the image on the right to view/print/download a PDF copy.
Draw Backdrop
Watch this brief tutorial to learn how to quickly and easily create a backdrop for your Scratch programs.
How to Use Backpack
There is a great tool in Scratch that most people don't know about - it is the backpack! It's a great place to store your codes other people's codes to use in future projects.
Pixel Art in 3 Ways
This tutorial will show you 3 ways to create pixel art (sometimes known as 8-bit art). This is an art style where each pixel is drawn individually. Pixel art is commonly found in video games and animations.
Add Music Code Blocks
In Scratch you can actually make music! Add these music blocks to use various instruments and notes. You will need to repeat this process for every time you would like to use the music code blocks.
Introduction to Variables
Start off with something simple when introducing variables for the first time in Scratch. Watch the video on the left. You and your students can access this program by clicking on the button below. Make sure to remix the program to get your copy of it and try adding the Steps variable.
Remove & Delete Variables
Now that you have added a variable to Scratch, you may want to know how to remove it from the screen displayed to end users; how to rename the variable; or simply how to remove it. This short video will show you all 3.
Printable Blocks!
This folder will provide you with PNG files for blocks you and your students would use in the newest version of Scratch 3.0. There are also extra blocks if you use the micro:bit, Makey Makey, Video Sensing, Pen, LEGO EV3, Text to Speech, and Translate options.
Scratch Glossary
Scratch Activities
Scratch Activities that are grade specific for Ontario students, visit our 'Math - New Ontario Curriculum (K - 8)' page.
For practice activities for anyone to learn how to get started and build their skills, please visit our 'Scratch Coding Challenges' page.
More activities can found here as well: https://creativecomputing.gse.harvard.edu/guide/curriculum.html
Scratch Offline
