The Lessons 1 to 8 (under the heading Video Courses/Scratch 1) are quite easy and many people in the class have already finished all or most of them. Excellent! They enable you to make lots of things happen on the screen.
The file named ScratchLessons_TableofContents.doc in the Pickup Folder lists the topics covered in each video tutorial to help remind you of what is in each video and what skills you should learn. It lists the following topics for the Scratch 1 tutorials. (Don't be overwhelmed. Learn them one at a time, and you will see they are very easy.)
The Scratch 1 topics are:
Lesson 1: Motion and Sound
• the Motion menu
• the block move x steps - move a sprite x positions to the right or to the left
• double-click on a block to move the sprite
• the block play drum for x secs – its options
• create a script (i.e. connect blocks to play them in sequence)
• create a dance
Lesson 2: Repeating Actions
• the Control menu
• the forever block
• the red Stop sign
• the green flag
Lesson 3: Playing with Color
• the Looks menu
• the change color effect by block – its options
• the when key pressed block – its options
Lesson 4: Create Your Own Sprite
• importing a sprite from the built-in collection of sprites
• get a random sprite
• painting a new sprite
Lesson 5: Speaking and Thinking
• the say block
• the say x for y secs block
• the think block
• the think x for y secs block
Lesson 6: Creating Image Effects
• the change effect x by block – its options
Lesson 7: Add Audio
• the Sounds menu
• using sounds recorded by yourself or importing audio files (e.g. mp3 files)
• associating multiple files with a sprite
• the play sound block
Lesson 8: Creating Animations
• the next costume block
• associating costumes with a sprite (using the tab Costumes)
• importing existing costumes or using the graphic editor to create new ones
• associating multiple costumes with each sprite
