Slideshow
Scratch- Lesson 1: Create a Slideshow 1. Your job is to create a slideshow that answers some of these questions. Each slide should have a picture. -What subjects would you like to learn about that are not being taught in school? -What is something most adults do that seems really silly to you? -How I spent last summer... -If you could know something about your future what would it be? 2. Once you choose your topics, create a folder containing at least five images to include in your slideshow. These images can be from your own camera or you can drag them from Flickr. Below is a quick tutorial on how to download an image from Flickr.
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3. Once your folder is filled with images, open up Scratch. Delete the “Cat” Sprite by holding your mouse down on it and selecting “delete”.
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4. Next, click on the “choose new sprite from file” button.
5. Click on “Desktop”.
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6. Locate the folder with your pictures in it (unless you just dragged it directly on your desktop). Double click on the first picture in your slideshow.
7. Now click on the “Costumes” tab.
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8. Click on the “import” button.
9. Select the second slide in your slideshow by double-clicking on it.
10. Repeat steps 8-9 until you have all the slides for your slideshow.
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11. Click on the “Scripts” tab.
12. Switch to the “Control” category and drad the “when flag clicked” code block to the script area.
13. Next, switch to the “Looks” category. Drag the “switch to costume” code block.
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14. You want your program to start with your first slide when the green flag is clicked. So, from the drop-down menu of the “switch to costume block” select your first slide.
15. Next, we’ll create a script that takes us to the next slide every time we press the space bar. Click back on the “Control” category. Drag the “when space key pressed” code block onto the script area.
16. Switch to the “Looks” Category and drag “next” costume below “when space key pressed”.
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17. Test out your program by pressing the green flag.
18. One last thing: users of your program may not know to press the space bar to go to the next slide, so let’s write it in. Click the “Paint new sprite” button.
19. Click on the Text tool.
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20. Change the size of the font to 14.
21. Change the Font if you’d like. Click on the font drop-down list and select “more..” until you find the font you want. I’m choosing “Arial”.
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22. Now, drag the black square to where you want your letters to begin.
23. Write something like “Press the Space Bar to go to the Next Slide”. Don’t worry if all the words don’t seem to fit...keep writing. You can use the slider to see the rest of your text.
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24. You might also want to add a box around the text. Choose a color other than black and drag a box around your text. Press “Ok”
25. Drag the text where you want and test out your program. If it works, you’re done!
26. Click File --> Save.
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27. Give your slideshow a filename, write your name as the author, and give a brief description about the project. Press “ok” when you’re done.
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3. Once your folder is filled with images, open up Scratch. Delete the “Cat” Sprite by holding your mouse down on it and selecting “delete”.
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4. Next, click on the “choose new sprite from file” button.
5. Click on “Desktop”.
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6. Locate the folder with your pictures in it (unless you just dragged it directly on your desktop). Double click on the first picture in your slideshow.
7. Now click on the “Costumes” tab.
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8. Click on the “import” button.
9. Select the second slide in your slideshow by double-clicking on it.
10. Repeat steps 8-9 until you have all the slides for your slideshow.
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11. Click on the “Scripts” tab.
12. Switch to the “Control” category and drad the “when flag clicked” code block to the script area.
13. Next, switch to the “Looks” category. Drag the “switch to costume” code block.
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14. You want your program to start with your first slide when the green flag is clicked. So, from the drop-down menu of the “switch to costume block” select your first slide.
15. Next, we’ll create a script that takes us to the next slide every time we press the space bar. Click back on the “Control” category. Drag the “when space key pressed” code block onto the script area.
16. Switch to the “Looks” Category and drag “next” costume below “when space key pressed”.
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17. Test out your program by pressing the green flag.
18. One last thing: users of your program may not know to press the space bar to go to the next slide, so let’s write it in. Click the “Paint new sprite” button.
19. Click on the Text tool.
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20. Change the size of the font to 14.
21. Change the Font if you’d like. Click on the font drop-down list and select “more..” until you find the font you want. I’m choosing “Arial”.
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22. Now, drag the black square to where you want your letters to begin.
23. Write something like “Press the Space Bar to go to the Next Slide”. Don’t worry if all the words don’t seem to fit...keep writing. You can use the slider to see the rest of your text.
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24. You might also want to add a box around the text. Choose a color other than black and drag a box around your text. Press “Ok”
25. Drag the text where you want and test out your program. If it works, you’re done!
26. Click File --> Save.
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27. Give your slideshow a filename, write your name as the author, and give a brief description about the project. Press “ok” when you’re done.
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