Motion and Keyboard Entry Creates Interest

Interest is created when you are watching a video with motion or a video that engages the user with an interaction through the keyboard. This next tutorial has both as we move from basics into creative techniques. You will have your first delve into using a keyboard key for interaction as well as how to make objects move. Additionally, this area will stretch you into some abstracted code that you write to create a brand new procedure!!!

The purpose of this module is to learn more as all of our assignments do require. However, as noted in the prior assignment (Decisions), a generic purpose with this explanation will not be accepted. Think how this video could be used to teach / educate, entertain, allow for issue awareness of other area of life in the world. We write code and create for a reason always.

As you noted, in the last assignment (Decisions), the purpose is a question on the Directions for Programming and is therefore an important question for your AP Exam Task that you will do in this course. It is there because College Board will ask you about yours. You must have ideas of what you want to build and do as well as practice on answering the questions. Always include the root stem of the question in your answer, example, "The purpose of . . . is" , or ". . . is the purpose ", etc. Learning to technically write answers is important. Technical writing is to the point, no fluff. No opening sentence that must be a summary and no closing sentence to summarize that might twist your point around. Provide information that is detailed, but correct, and move on.

You will find that certain points of this are redundant, the same as the Decisions Assignment before. This is because we are practicing the format and information needed for College Board. All items that are on the Directions for Programming are targeted towards the AP Exam. It is important that you do your best with these questions to learn now from feedback. This is not allowed with your final project.

Assignment Requirement Directions:

A. Create the program as detailed in the tutorial provided below in the PowerPoint. This format will allow you to work in portions. Don't forget to comment at the beginning where this code came from (document has a first page providing University providing the work). Citation example:

// All code in this program is created from XYZ Tutorial from _________

// as provided by GaVS except as noted.

// Notations of code I created will be commented prior to the code starting

// and after at each instance. Code noted as such will have been created solely by

// me without assistance from others.

APS_DukeWitchTutorial.pptx

B. Test as you go along to make sure small parts of the code is working. If you wait until the end, there may be issues causing other issues, making debugging a long process.

Testing as you go is part of the development process for creating code. As you test a future section of code you must go back and continue to test existing sections as you may have added code causing unintended consequences to prior working code. This is the point that you debug, not just for the new code, but to also fix anything that was not anticipated with the new section of code.

C Add an extension or modification to the code that is created by you, documenting that this is code created by you. A short note here (very) for the purpose of the code is required. Citation example:

// Code below is created by me without assistance to . . .

Here you pick something succinct and to the point. This is not where you write excessive detail. Detailing the full purpose and function (how it works) is to be done in the question answers. Here you provide keywords to provide the intent of the code

// End of code nameYouGaveTheSectionOfCodeForComments created by me.

Note that the long-connected words above are written in camelCase. Note that your eyes catch the capitals and can read the words just as normal without the spaces. Please write variables and procedureNames using camelCase. This is not a code requirement, but an accepted norm for coding. Spaces are not valid in variable and other names in code.

D. The extension / modification must have an intended purpose that will extend your learning past that of this tutorial or use information that you learned in a new and unique way. Yes, you may add to the scene other characters, objects, etc. No, you may not do something you did in the past. Look around, try another procedure or function you have not used prior to adding to the program in a new, unique way. Add decisions to combine with new items here and stretch a little more. This will involve multiple statements not just one.

Example of unacceptable addition to a program: Suppose you add another avatar and it moves right through another figure in the scene. Unless you are creating a spooky scene, this may not be appropriate. Time to analyze visually what happened, reflect, and modify some code, either in the new code you entered or from prior to now get your intended outcome.

E. Follow the directions in the APS - Resources rubric (Witch) for your work. The number of the question should always be used, followed by the answer to the question using the stem words in the question.