MERCEDES COLLEGE

YEAR 7 Digital Technologies 2023

Task – Coding interactive animation – Part A

Sophia Gabriel
Name: ______________________________ DATE DUE: 1440623
Task description:

Individually, create an interactive animation using Scratch online to inform and educate young
Australian teenagers on a digital technologies concept. Explain it in a way Year 7 students can
understand.

Choose ONE of the following topics:

a) The difference between a wired and wireless network

b) How mobile networks work
c) The role of hardware components of a network

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d) How information is sent over the internet

You will need to think creatively, reason systematically and work persistently.

Time allowed:

You will be given TWO lessons in class to complete this task. You are required to work at home if
you need more time or if you are absent from class.

Instructions:

¨ Complete this task booklet.

¨ Use Scratch online on your iPad to create your interactive animation.
¨ Include a title screen with a start button.
¨ A minimum of 6 screens.
¨ Include sound/voiceovers appropriately.
¨ Demonstrate creativity and a range of coding skills – eg. you may like to include a quiz.

Submissions via SEQTA E-Submission for Part A:

ü This task booklet.

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Investigating – Brainstorm:
Tick ONE topic you have chosen to create your interactive animation on.

¨ The difference between a wired and wireless networks

¨ How mobile networks work
¨ The role of hardware components of a network
¨ How information is sent over the internet

Brainstorm information ideas you could include in your interactive animation.

messages
Sogidmedia

Phone aging Topic:

Y'fer
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email websites
airdrop

too

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Investigating – Research:

1. Describe 5 factors that make a good interactive animation.

One of the 5 factors i thought about was duration, for example how fast
i) _____________________________________________________________________
and how well the animation moves. If you have a fast sound and a slow
_____________________________________________________________________
animation or a rough and not smooth movement it will not look very good,
another example is the animation and the characters not moving the way
_____________________________________________________________________
you would like it to.
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
Another of the 5 factors is character meaning if the character is appropriate
ii) _____________________________________________________________________
for the animation you are doing, for example if you are doing a cyber
awareness and your character is drawn as a hacker hacking someone
_____________________________________________________________________
else's account that wouldn't be the best thing
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Don't forget to engage your audience.if your animation is boring people

iii) _____________________________________________________________________
might just click o before even looking at the actual thing
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
Add some humour, just because it is a information animation doesn't mean
iv) _____________________________________________________________________
it can have humour otherwise its just kind of like those really long speeches
quite boring
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

v) _____________________________________________________________________
And last but not least sound e ects just so you are not sitting in complete
silence.
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

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2. Now that you have chosen your topic, in your own words, explain:

a) What you are creating.

_________________________________________________________________
I am creating a interactive animation that teaches yr 7s about how
_________________________________________________________________
online info is sent online
_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

b) Who you are creating it for – your target audience.

_________________________________________________________________
This is targeted at yr 7 that are wanting to learn about how online info
is sent
_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

c) What the purpose of your interactive animation is.

_________________________________________________________________
The purpose of this animation is to let people know the process of how
_________________________________________________________________
information can be sent online
_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

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3. Bibliography – insert the sources of information you used in your research. Use proper
referencing technique. Use the SLASA Referencing Generator (Middle School Level) available
from the Library portal on SEQTA – https://org.slasa.asn.au/apa

Example:
Britannica. (2022). Computer network. https://www.britannica.com/technology/computer-network

Gillis, A.S. (2022). ISP (internet service provider). TechTarget.

https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/ISP-Internet-service-provider

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Devising – Storyboards:
8 A storyboard is a draft of your intended work. Your sketch will help guide you when
creating your digital design.

8 Show what each screen will look like. A minimum of 6 screens. There are more the 6
screens in this booklet. You do not have to use them all.

8 Screen 1 must be your title screen which includes the start button.

8 Include colour in your storyboard. Hand-draw your sprites.

Title screen
Screen number 1: ______________________

SPECIAL OFFER: TO LEARN HOW INFORMATION

IS SENT ONLINE...

DO YOU ACCEPT?

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Sprites:

start button
Backdrop:

white backdrop
Animation:

stars spin
Interactivity:

Pressthe start button

Sounds/voiceovers:

some music
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 introduction
Screen number 2: ______________________

tippositiTIIa you
about how information is
Sent online

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Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:
backdrop
White
Animation:
will
wogs
theme
Interactivity:

Press Next
Sounds/voiceovers:
A undertale toriel's sound
effect
Song "smashing windows" not the
re-orchestra version

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 Table of contents
Screen number 3: ______________________

What would you like

is I Learn first

É Social media
hone services
netsages Email
website
wiretowersandhowtheywork

Next

Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:

white backdrop
Animation:

88dgwill
Interactivity:
colouredSentences
Press one ofthe
afterallate
read
Press Next
Sounds/voiceovers:

Tories voice

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 Social media screen
Screen number 4: ______________________

Social media
The evolution of social media has been fueled by the
human impulse to communicate and by advances in digital

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technology. It is a story about establishing and

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nurturing personal connections at scale.

According to Merriam-Webster, social media is defined as

“forms of electronic communication (such as websites for
social networking and microblogging) through which
users create online communities to share information,
ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as
videos).” The 2019 Pew Research Center report on social
media use in the United States showed that 72% of
American adults use some form of social media. In 2005,
the year after Facebook went live, that number was 5%.

What follows is an examination of the origins of social

back to
media, its relatively rapid growth as a sociological and
commercial force, and the change it has brought to the
L others marketing world.

Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:
backdrop
white
Animation:

words will
come on
Interactivity:
to others
The back
button
Sounds/voiceovers:

Toriels voice

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 Phone services
Screen number 5: ______________________

Phone services
iigoterio Cell phones use radio waves to communicate.
Radio waves transport digitized voice or
data in the form of oscillating electric and
magnetic fields, called the electromagnetic
field (EMF). The rate of oscillation is
called frequency. Radio waves carry the
information and travel in air at the speed of
light.

back to
L others
Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:

white
Animation:
Words will
appear
Interactivity:

Press backtoothers
Sounds/voiceovers:

tories undertale speechnoise

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 Airdrop
Screen number 6: ______________________

Airdrop
iiggolETII It uses Bluetooth on your phone to
broadcast and create connections between
two devices. Then it uses point-to-point Wi-Fi
to transfer the data between the two
devices. This allows for really fast data
transfer without any data loss.

back to
L others
Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:

white
Animation:

Words will
appear
Interactivity:

Press backtoothers
Sounds/voiceovers:

tories undertale speechnoise

Year 7 DT @ Mercedes College

 email
messaging
Screen number 7: ______________________

iigosentis messages leman

An email message is a text, typically brief
and informal, that is sent or received over a
computer network. While email messages are
usually simple text messages, attachments
(such as image files and spreadsheets) can
be included.

back to
L others
Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:

White
Animation:

Words will
appear
Interactivity:

Press backtoothers
Sounds/voiceovers:

toriel undertale speechnoise

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 website
Screen number 8: ______________________

website
iIIIainI a collection of publicly accessible,
interlinked Web pages that share a single
domain name. Websites can be created and
maintained by an individual, group, business
or organization to serve a variety of
purposes. Together, all publicly accessible
websites constitute the World Wide Web.

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L others
Sprites:

Gin
Backdrop:

white
Animation:

Words will
appear
Interactivity:

Press backtoothers
Sounds/voiceovers:

tories undertale speechnoise

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 towers
wire
Screen number 9: ______________________

Wire towers
An electrical tower is a reticular structure
giggppgisEI made of steel that functions as an aerial
support for transmission lines for
electrical power distribution, whether high
or low voltage. Depending on its use or the
voltage of the distributed energy, it can
vary in shape and size.

back to
L others
Sprites:

Girl
Backdrop:

white
Animation:
Words will
appear
Interactivity:

Press backtoothers
Sounds/voiceovers:

tories undertale speechnoise

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 Ending
Screen number 10: ______________________

iIIHEDII
thanks for
beinghere
the to restart
Press flag
allartby
sophistries

Sprites:

Gir
Backdrop:

white
Animation:

Eggswill
Interactivity:

Sounds/voiceovers:

toriel undertale speechnoise

Year 7 DT @ Mercedes College