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Review for test! Alice Chapter 1&2

Review for test! Alice Chapter 1&2. Test is tomorrow! - March 26 th March 25th. Name the different parts of the screen!. a. Object Tree b. Window View c. Events Editor d. Details Panel e. Editor f. Play button. Vocabulary Words:.

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Review for test! Alice Chapter 1&2

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  1. Review for test!Alice Chapter 1&2 Test is tomorrow! - March 26th March 25th

  2. Name the different parts of the screen! a. Object Tree b. Window View c. Events Editor d. Details Panel e. Editor f. Play button

  3. Vocabulary Words: • Alice: Alice is software that will allow you to create computer programs such as stories or games (interactive). • Virtual World: A video game or simulation implemented in 3D. Using a virtual world lends a sense of reality to the simulator and increases its effectiveness. • Pseudocode: loose version of the instructions that will eventually become program code. • Computer Program: is a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do.

  4. More….. • Six degrees of Freedom: Possible directions of motion for the object. • Scenario: is a problem (or task) statement that describes the overall animation in terms of what problem is to solved or what lesson is to be taught. • Documentation: notes explaining a section of code. • Algorithm: a list of actions to perform a task or solve a problem. • Storyboard: is the design approach we will used to create a solution to a probem or plan a list of actions to perform a task. It’s visual.

  5. More: • Flowcharts: is a visual representation of your program. Flowcharts are constructed using a basic collection of symbols. • Comments: They are not instructions, they only help the human reader understand what a program does. • Loop: a section of code that will repeat itself a number of times. • Methods: is a segment of program code (a small set of instruction) that defines how to perform a specific task. • Bug: An error in your program.

  6. Answers to Questions • How do you Open Alice? • Double click the icon on your desktop • How do you open a file in Alice? • File, Open World • How do play your story? • Click the Play button to run the world • How do stop your story from playing? • Click the Stop button in the animation window

  7. More…….. • How do you save your story? • File, Save World as, send to your desktop/flash drive, Name your file, click OK. • How do you add coding? • Drag a method into the editor for an object. • How do you print your coding? • File, Export Code for Printing, enter your name as Author, click OK. Open file from desktop and print.

  8. More….. • Alice named after whom? • Charles Lutwidge Dodson • What address can you fine the Alice website? www.alice.org • What is the six degrees of freedom? • Up, down, back, forward, left, right • Where is the center point for the following objects? • Bird • Person • Object that is held by a person

  9. This is it….. • How do you start an Alice program? • File, new world, template • How do you add an object into your world? • Click the Add Objects button choose your object from the Local Gallery folder and insert it into your world.

  10. For Today: • Worksheet – Study Guide #2. (go get a book!) • Test tomorrow!....Study for test. • Finish any old work.

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