Summer 2011 Project Zimmerman

 After discussion and initial introduction to Alice, students will receive another overview and use existing code to create a project. Then students will create their own project and investigate the software capabilities and record a tutorial over one aspect of their choice.

 Using templates  Adding objects  Object positioning  Changing object appearances  Backgrounds  Properties  Methods (Motion)  Functions

 File, New World  Examples  Select “lakeSkaterDemoSt”.  Don’t use worlds that have content. They may have code that won’t work with your assignment.

 Select Add Object  Find the Ice Skater in the “People” Category  Either double click (add instance) the Ice Skater or drag it onto the stage.  Practice with the controls at the top right to locate and orient the objects as you like. (Use control + z or command + z to undo as needed.)

 There are different options for moving objects around. Tumble is not recommended.  Try out the options.  Don’t forget about undo.

 Make sure you have the object (iceSkater) you want to work with selected and click on the “Method” tab.  Drag the option you want to the “Methods Editor” box.  If you want more than one thing to happen together, you must first drag “Do together” out from the bottom of the screen.

 Drag out “move”, etc. and enter the amount you want. (You may use “Other” to enter a different amount.)  To change the speed or motion, you can play with the “Style=“ options.

 To ask the user questions, you have to select the “World” option in the Object Tree. (Top left.)

 Copy the code from the sample I gave you.  Add at least one other object and motion.  Investigate options and select one process or “code” to create a Jing tutorial video of and post it to your wiki.  Grading will be based on completion and the difficulty of what you chose to use for your tutorial.

 Alice for Windows or Mac - oads/download_alice2.2 oads/download_alice2.2  Storytelling Alice – dex.html dex.html