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Slide 2 Creating Interactive Games Your trainer today is: Luke Milner lmilner@brunts.evolvetrust.org Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Slide 3 Course Objectives Learn how to create simple interactive games using advanced features of PowerPoint including basic VBA script Encourage creative and computational thinking using familiar software Outline of session A bit about me .but its only PowerPoint Exemplar work & skills / tools used Simple coding Have a go? Questions / Resources Derbyshire County Council Children and Younger Adults Department Slide 4 Key Stage 2 Pupils should be taught to: design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output; generate appropriate inputs and predicted outputs to test programs use logical reasoning to explain how a simple algorithm works and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world-wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration describe how internet search engines find and store data; use search engines effectively; be discerning in evaluating digital content; respect individuals and intellectual property; use technology responsibly, securely and safely select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information. Slide 5 A bit about me Multimedia Technology, Leeds Met Uni, 2000 Worked as Graphic Designer, Multimedia Designer and Web Designer from 2000 - 2006 Qualified in 2007 Worked at Redhill, Minster, Portland and later Outwood Academy The Brunts Academy AST and Masters Degree in 2010 Currently working as Assistant Headteacher Teaching & Learning Slide 6 .but its only PowerPoint!? Great success with OCR Nationals Unit 4 and now Cambridge Nationals Unit 5 Creating an interactive product using multimedia components Gone are the days of All about me Year 6 Project for feeder schools along with Lightbot, Scratch and Flowol Introduction to Games Design and Computational Thinking Advanced animations, actions, loops, triggers, timings, delays Make appear On Click of X On MouseOver, Play Sound and Go To Slide X Repeat until end of slide Delay for 5 seconds and then animate, IF after 20 seconds Object X is not clicked, go to slide X Visual Basic Applications Combine with other software: graphics, animations, video Boys & Girls Accessible to almost all. No setting up of online accounts. Cost effective. Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Main Screen Instructions Level 1 Intro Screen Level 1 Unlucky Try Again Level 1 Well Done Level 2 Intro Screen Level 2 Level 2 Well Done Level 3 Intro Screen Game Intro with animation Level 3 End Screen with Video & Links Unlucky Try Again Algorithm 1 Slide 23 Click the key Path revealed Delay 2 seconds Play sound Character follows path Repeat until end of slide Second character moves Play sound Start Level Repeat until end of slide Algorithm 2