Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 weeks long, 47 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Introduction to Programming and Animation with Alice is taught by Susan H. Rodger and Stephen Cooper.

Overview
  • This course is an introductory programming course that combines programming
    with animation, using the programming environment Alice. You will first
    learn to tell 3D animated stories by programming Aliceʼs 3D objects. In
    particular you will learn how to set up a scene, to tell a story using
    storyboarding, to move the camera, and how to move and rotate objects. You
    will learn programming concepts such as writing your own instructions,
    repetition, making decisions, and grouping similar objects together. In
    the second half of the course you will learn how to combine the topics you
    have learned with event programming to build 3D games you and your friends
    can play.

Syllabus
    • Course Introduction
    • Producing Animated 3D Movies: Alice Basic Instructions
      • Welcome to week one! This week, you will learn....
    • Teaching Your Bunny to Hop: Procedures and Parameters
    • If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again: Decisions & Repetition
    • Variables, and Arrays, and Functions, Oh My!
    • Building Your Own Interactive Game
    • Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Detecting Collisions
    • Building Your Own Adventure Game