You won’t need to know any computer programming to do this. Instead, you’ll write your algorithm as a set of instructions for another person to perform a task. (You’ll write some real code in Week 2 of the course.)
The task you’re going to solve is one that has challenged people for hundreds of years, particularly in the UK: how to make the perfect cup of tea.
Your task is to come up with a set of instructions to make a single mug of tea for another person. You should be able to give those instructions to somebody else even somebody who’s never made tea before.
When you’ve come up with your algorithm, share it in the Discussion. Try not to read the other learners’ responses until you’ve submitted your own. Think about the following:
Which other learners’ algorithms are similar to yours, or the same?
Which are very different?
Are there any you think are ‘wrong’, or ‘don’t work’?