Review for Final June 13, 2016

Today’s Objective: Review for Final Agenda: Review for Final PowerPoint (also on www.prosseracademy.org ) This is your study guide! Your Final is Wednesday-June 15th! Finish any old work! Call me when finished with programs for credit.

What should you know? The screen!

Anything else? Know: What is a sprite? A sprite is a 2D character. What is a stage? A stage is where you see your stories, games and animations come to life. Sprites move and interact with one another on the stage. The stage is 480 unites wide and 360 units tall. It is divided into an x-y grid. The middle of the stage is 0 for x and 0 for y.

Are buttons to switch between small and large stage view Are buttons to switch between small and large stage view. You can use small stage view to display Scratch on small screens or to expand the script area. Is a button when you want to present your project. To exit, press ESC button. View Mode Presentation Mode

Sprites! When you start a new project it begins with a single cat sprite. How do you create a new sprite? Click on Delete a sprite? Select the scissors from the toolbar and click on the sprite. Sprite List displays thumbnails for all sprites in a project. To show, export, duplicate, or delete a sprite, right-click on the sprite’s thumbnail in the Sprite List. Stage – can change its appearance by switching backgrounds. To see and edit the scripts, backgrounds, and sounds associated with the stage, click on the Stage icon at the left of the Sprite list.

Blocks Pallete/Scripts Area To program a sprite, drag blocks from the Blocks Palette to the Scripts Area. Create scripts (programs) by snapping blocks together into stacks. Right click to find out what a block does. Right click to add a comment to your script. Click the costume tab to see and edit the sprite’s costumes. 4 ways to create new costumes: Click Paint button, Import button, Camera button, or drag in one or more images from the web or your desktop. Can record or import sound files.

Regarding your sprite: Where can you fine the sprite’s name, x-y position, direction, lock state and pen state? In the Current Sprite Info section. Rotation Style buttons control how the costume appears as the sprite changes its direction. Click on the toolbar to select a tool, then click on other objects to perform an action. ToolBar

Menu bar! Green Flag To change the language for the scratch interface. To save your project. Share – to upload your project to the Scratch website. Let’s you create a new project, open a project, save a project. Can undelete, start single stepping, compress sounds/images, show motor blocks. Can upload your project to Scratch website. Can access a help page with links to reference materials, tutorials and FAQ’s. The green flag provides a convenient way to start many scripts at the same time. Starts all scripts that have this block at the top. In presentation Mode, pressing the Enter key has the same effect as clicking the Green Flag. Green Flag

There are 3 main types of blocks. Stack Blocks: have bumps on the bottom and/or notches on the top. Hats: These blocks have rounded tops. Reporters: These blocks are designed to fit in the input area of other blocks. Block Palette!

Test is Wednesday. Are you ready? 8 color-coded categories Motion Looks Sound Pen Control Sensing Operators Variables You can find a table of each block and its explanations on pages 12 – 21 of the Reference Guide in the Help Menu of Scratch. Test is Wednesday. Are you ready? Block Descriptions