This hands-on workshop will explore how to make use of “Code Avengers Lesson Plans”, which include the following:

• Lesson notes.
• Interactive applets for teaching concepts
• Presentation mode.
• Online lessons.
• Online coding projects.
• Online quizzes (kahoots style or individual).
• Worksheets.
• Unplugged activities.
• Printable cheat sheets, posters and solution guides.
• Assessments & marking guides.

At Code Avengers, we provide lesson plans for our courses that teachers could use to:

• help them prepare for lessons using our courses
• share with their students to launch lessons or to support discussion
• find additional resources to support and extend the online courses.

When the lesson plan icon is selected you will be taken to a menu which displays the lesson plans available for our junior, pro and free courses.

@Lesson Plan menus available for each course

You will notice that the menu indicates an age band we have found to be appropriate for most students - you can use this as a guide for selecting the course in each track that will best meet the learning needs of your students. Select the appropriate lesson plan.

• as part of launching the lesson
• to clarify an area of the lesson that students might or are finding a challenge,
• to quickly access the online lesson or other resources or activities that relate to that lesson.

@Course outline for CT2

The lesson is introduced with a brief introduction to the purpose of the lesson and the storyline. The student objective is written in language that students should be familiar with and will help you focus them on the learning purpose of the lesson.

Notice:

• the START button at the top righthand corner. This will take you to the online version of the lesson.
• the Vocab list. These are primarily technical words that students will come across in the lesson, they are directly linked to a glossary which will provide a definition. You may want to discuss these with your students before sending them off to work independently.

Each task is separately listed below the vocabulary list. These titles expand to include a student learning outcome for the task and a little more information about plot development or what the task involves. Screenshots, diagrams and additional explanations are provided that you can use to introduce new concepts to your students - setting them up for success prior to beginning a task, or providing further information or scaffolding when needed.

@Task Description example

Video links are also included in these sections to provide additional background information for students. These may be to expand on a digital technology concept or to provide richer background knowledge for students with limited life experience of some aspect of the lesson or storyline. These links maybe embedded or included as a 'clickable'link. Please note that these sometimes link to external sites so it is good practice to preview them to ensure that they are working and appropriate before sharing with your students.

@Video link example

Finally, within the task menu you will find other expandable menus for activities, games, worksheets and quizzes. Equipment or materials necessary for each activity are listed to make preparation as easy as possible, clear instructions are provided and these can be shared when explaining an activity to students.

@Activity example

Worksheets maybe previewed by the teacher and are easily printed or photocopied. Often there is more than one version of the worksheet or activity, this will assist you as the teacher to personalise the activity to the knowledge, skills or interests of your students.

@Differentiated task example

Answers for worksheets are provided through a link available to teacher but not student accounts - these can be displayed for students through the link provided. A list of the activities available in each track can also be accessed through the Resource Library on the 'Teacher Dashboard'.

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Keep an eye on the 'Resources for Use with Students' section as we are adding to it all the time.

If you have ideas about what we can add to make it more useful for you and your class - please let us know!

• Leaderboard A list of students that can be projected to the class. This can be used to push engagement in competitive students or give an easy glance to see completed milestones.
• Progress Similar to Leaderboard view of a course but emails are in easy reach. See below to see all the interactions these views are capable of.
• Report Sortable data analysis for a variety of headings. Main screen to edit, delete, view and control accounts.
• Quizzes View completed quizzes for a course.
• CSV-Report Generate a CSV report to have the data downloaded in a spreadsheet file.
• User Guide Shows you how to use the REPORT tab.

In this view you can select a course or project in order to view the performance of your class or manage and change student data.

This view shows the following information:

• Total points: total points scored across all tasks in all courses.
• Tasks: tasks completed in the selected course.
• Points: points scored in the selected course.
• Average: points / tasks completed
• Time: total time spent on the tasks in the selected courses (*see notes above).
• Average: time / tasks completed
• Last task: the last time the student completed a task.
• Class: the class the student is assigned to.
• Course: the courses that the student has access to.

This video can answer a lot of questions you might have about the REPORT page.

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1. Course Selection

1. Progress & Summary View Progress view shows a visualisation of students progress and points scored in each lesson. Progress is color coded to indicate students that are struggling. The summary view shows the total tasks, points and time taken for the course.
2. Sorting by Heading

1. Filter by Field Filter the list by class or any other field
2. Student Options Click here to change a student's password or view their projects
3. Modifying Values Click a value to change it: Name, Codename, Email, Class Code
4. Modifying Multiple Students To make changes to several students at once, select the checkboxes then choose an option at the bottom of the table to: change course access; change passwords; change classcodes; change email domains; reset accounts.

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• Each lesson has 5 tasks.
• Perfect scores are 10 points.
• There is a minimum of 5 points per task (So you can lose between 1-5 points).

How to lose points:

• Lose 1 point for every 2 incorrect attempts to complete a task.
• Using hints costs 1–2 points per hint.
• You score 5/10 if you use the solution code.

There are also bonus points to be earned in the bonus games after completing each lesson. Bonus points are excluded from the points on the student progress reports.

The timer is paused in the following situations:

• The student switches to another application or web browser tab;
• After 2.5 minutes of inactivity (i.e. no scrolling or typing);

You are now viewing the student's account and can go to the MY PROGRESS tab to get a quick visual overview of all the courses and projects they worked on
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