Basic IT Course Update 5

I have now completed all 6 units of the Level 1 Basic IT course. I am now waiting, for this final module to be assessed, or for my work to be returned with instructions as to any changes that need to be made.

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At Paignton virtual Code Club, we are now approaching the end of the Scratch modules. Well done to everyone. The next step is probably to progress to Python [2][3].

If you don't feel ready to do lots of typing, you may want to look at Trinket and blocks. Then perhaps move to the Code Club modules [3].

Blocks, as the name suggests, is a block based system. The difference here is, that the blocks are all Python statements and code. So combining these allow you to easily start coding in Python.

To get started you need to sign up for an account on the Trinket website [1]

Click you user name and select new trinket and then select blocks

You are now presented with your development area.

You may want to change your project title to something meaningful.

You can select the category of block, then simply use click / drag in similar way as you would with Scratch.

So in this example I am just going to draw a square.

As we are using turtle, you will need to change the pen up, block so that it says pen down.

Adding comments to your code is important, as it helps you keep track of what the code is doing and helps with debugging also helps others understand your code.

You can also view the Python code that is produced, this can be copy / pasted to IDE so you can just run the Python code on its own.

![View Python]

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Finally you can share your project with others.

Hopefully this is helpful.

Resources

1 Trinket 2 Python 3 Code Club python Modules

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Code club today was very productive, we had 8 young people attending all of whom were engaged in either Scratch or the Free Code Camp (FCC) curriculum.

We have now moved on to CSS, and we had one attendee starting with HTML. So in all, this course is actually proving to be popular.

Certificates have been awarded for the completion of the HTML module.

Good to see Ryan again and he lent his expertise too.

Next week is the South Devon Tech Jam – (14/3/2020) from 11 till 15:00. The week after we are back to code club (21/3/2020)

Hopefully, I will have figured out, why, when I log in to FCC at the library, it doesn't show my progress. Not that it matters too much.

Resources

• FreeCodeCamp
• Scratch
• South Devon Tech Jam

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