1. Visual Programming week # 06
Review
for
Midterm Exam

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Outline
Date
Scope(topics)
How to Prepare for Midterm ?
Format
Exam Sample
What & How to Submit
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Exam Date & Time
SEE the EXAM DATE in our SCHEDULE.
How long ? 75 minutes or 1 hour 15’.
WHERE ? Here at our classroom.
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4. TOPICS <INDEX page>
A) By Components:
B) By Tasks/Events:
Basic:
Play a sound
Image (YOUR REVIEW page # 03)
Draw a Dot (page # 05)
Label
Draw a Line
Button
Select Size
Textbox
Say a Text
Canvas
Print a Text
clock
Calculation
Media:
Working with Strings
Sound
Remember things with Variable(Create, Set, Get)
camera
Animation:
Different situations(If-Then-Else)
ImageSprite
List of similar things
ScreenArrangement:
(Create, Set, Select/Get)
Horizontal Arrangement
Input with a Textbox
Other:
Output with a Label
TextToSpeach
Move ImageSprite randomly
Detect if a click is a Hit or a Miss
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5. How to Prepare for Midterm ?
I) For each component and task, ask these questions:
When should I use it ?
How can I do it ?
Write notes & Practice with that component or task
II) ReDO all class tutorials and homework WITHOUT looking at the solution (blocks)
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TOPICS
For each component or task, ask these questions:
When should I use it ?
How can I do it ?
For Examples:
1) IMAGE
When should I use an image ?
How can I do an image ?
Image by itself ?
Image on a button ?
Image on a Canvas ?
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TOPICS
Example: REVIEW for IMAGE
When should I use an image ?
How can I do an image ?
Image by itself ?
Under “Basic” get IMAGE
Under “Properties”, under “Picture” click “ADD” to UPLOAD a file for the image
Image on a button ?
Under “Basic” get BUTTON
Under “Properties”, under “Image” click “ADD” to UPLOAD a file for the image
Image on a Canvas ?
Under “Basic” get CANVAS
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IMAGE
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IMAGE
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REVIEW for IMAGE: < SAMPLE of YOUR REVIEW PAGE > REVIEW PAGE # 03 Put everything you think you may need (may not remember) at the exam into a separate page and give it a page number (exp. # 03 in this case). Then, link this to the INDEX page (list of topics-table of contents=> see sile06,page04) so that you can find easily it later.
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TOPICS
Example: REVIEW for a Task: Draw a DOT/CIRCLE
When should I draw a DOT/CIRCLE ?
How can I draw a DOT/CIRCLE ?
Need a CANVAS
Need X,Y(position of the DOT), and R(radius)
these can be
predefined (using number blocks) or
let the users enter via Textboxes
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DRAW a DOT/CIRCLE
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DRAW a DOT/CIRCLE
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REVIEW for DRAWING a CIRCLE: < SAMPLE of YOUR REVIEW PAGE > REVIEW PAGE # 05 Put everything you think you may need (may not remember) at the exam into a separate page and give it a page number (exp. # 03 in this case). Then, link this to the INDEX page (list of topics-table of contents=> see sile06,page04) so that you can find easily it later.
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Exam Format
FORMAT:
Similar to a homework
See Sample Exam
What to submit at the exam:
.AIA File
Picture of Design window
Picture of Block Editor window
Picture of Emulator window
A task description, requirements, and a screenshot will be given. No instructions nor tips (design or block editor window) will be available. You are on your own !
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Exam SAMPLE
REQUIREMENT:
Build a calculator of (A+B)*C which can speak the results as well as print it on a canvas at an user-specified position.
Your APP must have a GUI structure as shown in this picture:
let the user enter 3 numbers A,B, and C
a button to calculate, store, and SPEAK the result
let the user enter X and Y for printing position
a button to print the result on the BOARD and play a sound.
You can use the hit sound and miss sound files at:
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Exam SAMPLE
Try to do without looking at this DESIGN window (with your own pictures):
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Exam SAMPLE
Try to do without looking at this BLOCK EDITOR window:
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19. WHAT & WHERE to submit the Exam ?
At BLACKBOARD
Go to VP page then EXAMS, and Midterm Exam
For rehearsal/practice : JustTest
WHAT to submit at the exam ?
.AIA File (download from your APP Inventor account)
Picture of Design window
Picture of Block Editor window
Picture of Emulator window
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