About this course

Learn more about what you'll be learning over the course, and meet our educators and the other participants who will accompany you.

• • 1.1 Welcome to the course

Preparing to learn

This course assumes some Python knowledge, so in this activity we'll check that this course is suitable for you. We'll also make sure your programming environment is set up, and introduce comments in code.

• • 1.2 What you need

  • 1.3 Check your understanding

  • 1.4 Clarity through comments

Functions with parameters and returns

Learn how to use functions with parameters (inputs) and return values (outputs).

• • 1.5 Functions as units of code

  • 1.6 Functions including parameters and returns

  • 1.7 Functions with parameters

  • 1.8 Return values

  • 1.9 Functions quiz

  • 1.10 Preparing to use functions

Teaching functions

Expand your understanding of functions and how to teach them

• • 1.11 Improve a piece of code with functions

  • 1.12 Challenge: create your own function defined by inputs and outputs

Week review

Look back over what you've learnt this week.

• • 1.13 Recap of week one