Notes for Class No. 3

Creating Instruments with the MaKey MaKey Board and Scratch (continued)

(1) As of 8:45 AM this morning (Tuesday, January 26th), 32 of the 37 students enrolled in this course had completed the form at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/166cx_uRhYJ24qoI-zMrs1dpWVyOw5iloQ-ojjF41lv4/viewform

(2) 34 of the 37 of you have joined the class discussion forum at:

http://piazza.com/uml/spring2016/comp2120mued2120

if you have not, please do so immediately
once again: please be sure to use your full first and last names (not just your first name) with proper capitalization
- otherwise, the student list does not sort properly
you can change your name in your Account/Email Settings, which you access by clicking the gear symbol
also in your Account/Email Settings, under Edit Email Notification,
- select Real Time under both “For new Questions or Notes” and “For updates to Questions or Notes you follow”
- in addition, check the Automatically follow every question and note checkbox
- then click the Save Settings button

The Scratch website at http://scratch.mit.edu

Most of you saw that there are two basic sounds you can play with Sound blocks

recorded sounds
- stock sounds
- ability to upload sounds as MP3s and some other formats
MIDI notes

Basic conditional structures

Basic variable usage

Starter Project

create a Scratch account on https://scratch.mit.edu
go to https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/94926409/
- this is a simple template for creating MaKey MaKey code
click See Inside
click Remix to copy into your own account

Don’t forget to complete the Reflection form by answering the questions posted at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NaNxvFazvwv8WQ9o7nI2EH9IN8vhm3sN6i7vHrVghTo/viewform

On Thursday you will perform your original composition and hand in your notation