Scratch 2.0 in 4 easy steps (animated gif)

Posted in block coding, Teach CS

 

4 Steps in an animated Gif:

Animated Gif showing how to create and run a simple Scratch program.Animated Gif showing how to create and run a simple Scratch program.

 

Step 1) Go the  Scratch home page/editor

Step 2) Drag the block code from the left side and into the editor on the right.

Scratch Blocks and editor
Scratch Blocks and editor

 

Step 3) Make sure that you have some kind of event  that your  code is attached to. (picture of the events blocks).  For your first program, you probably should use the event for “when the flag button is pressed” Scratch flag button event

 

Step 4) run the program! If you followed our advice, just press the flag button on the top right and as shown in our animated Gif

Animated Gif showing how to create and run a simple Scratch program.
Animated Gif showing how to create and run a simple Scratch program.

 

As the steps show you, starting out with Scratch is very simple. Just a few button clicks and drags! For further reading on the many other things Scratch can do, check out Scratch’s official “Getting Started with Scratch” pdfA.