YCL Midway Competition. Screencast. Submission. Resources

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1 YCL Midway Competition Congratulations on making it more than half way through your Youth Coding League journey! For the Midway Competition, teams will be completing two challenges that will incorporate skills they have learned thus far in the curriculum. The first challenge will have students utilizing the drawing functionality of the arcade library. The second challenge will have students create a text-based dice program that allows the user to roll a die and output the result. The challenges are worth 30 points each, and will be evaluated using a rubric. Students will create a screencast video using Screencast-o-Matic (recommended). More information on screen casting tools is included in this document. Screencast Once the code for each challenge is completed, each school should use a screen recording tool to capture their work. The single recording should be no more than 5 minutes in length, and capture both programs in the same video. The recording should capture the raw Python code, as well as footage of the code being executed by the user. The video should include audio commentary that briefly explains both the code and execution. An example video of a student screen recording and explanation has been provided. Submission Video submissions should be ed to Beth at GlobalHack ( beth@globalhack.org) no later than Friday, November 16. If file sizes are too large, the videos should be hosted (Google Drive, Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) and the link should be shared via . Resources All main components of the code should be original. Any resources or code snippets that have been borrowed should be clearly cited in the screencast submission with their original source. It is assumed that teams will utilize their coaches, mentors, and their notes for support. If there are any questions, please reach out. Good luck!

2 Challenge #1: The Art Contest Use the same project that you have been using, YCL2018. Do not create a new project. Create a new directory called YCL Online Competition Create a new Python file drawing_competition.py We will follow the same parameters as our Session 2 Activity. Keep in mind, that as a competition, you will be judged on creativity. You may also want to design a picture that fits this year s competition theme. To review the guidelines: You must use multiple colors. You must have a coherent picture. No abstract art with random shapes. You must use multiple types of graphic functions (e.g. circles, rectangles, lines) Use blank lines in the code to break up sections. For example, when drawing a tree, put a blank line ahead of, and after. Use comments effectively. For example, when drawing a tree, put a comment at the start of those drawing commands that says #Draw a tree. Remember to put one space after the # sign. Put spaces after commas for proper style. For challenge #1, an additional 5 bonus points on the rubric are available for the top 3 schools that submit a program that outputs the most creative and spirited art submission.

3 Challenge #2: Roll the Dice! Use the same project that you have been using, YCL2018. Do not create a new project. Create a new directory called YCL Online Competition Create a new Python file dice.py When this program runs, it will randomly choose a number between 1 and 6. The program will print what that number is. It should then ask the user if you d like to roll again. You ll also want a function that randomly grabs a number within that range and prints it, by using the random library (import random) from Lesson 7. This program will utilize the print function, loops, input, and the random library. For challenge #2, an additional 5 bonus points on the rubric are available for any school that submits a dice.py program that outputs to a graphical user interface using the arcade library.

4 Recommended & Free Screen Recording Tools Screencast-o-Matic is a free screen recording tool that allows you to launch a screencast from your web browser. If you have a Google account, you can use it to sign-in to Screencast-o-Matic. This tool is often used by AP Computer Science Principles students for their Create task of the AP exam, which requires that students submit a video recording of their code in-action. Available at:

5 ScreenCastify is an add-on to Google Chrome that allows you to record your entire screen. Available at: