Advanced Techniques: The finishing touches

Unit IV: Advanced Techniques

In this lesson, you will use several advanced techniques. In order to create interesting programs, you will add things like sound, text, background pictures, and other special effects. You will practice working with larger projects and designing, coding, and testing procedures. You will be using many of these techniques in your final project.

In this module, you will use several advanced techniques. In order to create interesting programs, you will add things like sound, text, background pictures, and other special effects. You will practice working with larger projects and designing, coding, and testing procedures. You will be using many of these techniques in your final project.

Objectives:

• Implement markers to move to specific locations.;
• Utilize vehicles to move two objects together;
• Add sound to an Alice project.;
• Create billboards and camera positions to change scenes;
• Use text objects to create headlines;
• Write code that uses the argument asSeenBy to show movement through the eyes of another object;
• Create scene procedures and change the ground and visibility of objects;
• Adding transitions to scene changes;
• Use camera markers to switch from scene on the left and one on the right;
• Add properties to a class.

Please study the material at each of the links below.

1. As Seen By: A different point of view: The argument asSeenBy shows a movement through the eyes of another object.
2. A UFO as the vehicle for the camera: Video show how to assign a vehicle to the camera.
3. Playing Sounds: Video shows how to import and play any mp3 file.
4. Using billboards to display images: A UFO lands in Paris using a billboard with a picture of Paris.
5. A Simple way to change scenes: Create scene procedures and change the ground and visibility of objects.
6. Cinderella scenes with camera markers: The camera uses camera markers to switch from scene on the left and one on the right.
   Uses two different Cinderellas.
7. Adding transitions to scene changes: Transitions are created by fading a billboard in and out.
8. Export and Import procedures: This video illustrates how to export and import procedures and functions.
9. Adding properties to a class: Video shows how to add properties to a class.
10. Self-Study Questions on advanced techniques: What have you learned in the advanced lesson?
11. Active Learning: Advanced Techniques: Show what have you learned
12. Discussion questions on advanced techniques: What do you think?

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