Studio 1

If/Else 🎭

Studios are based on the idea of learning how to code by watching successful coders code.

In this assignment you will watch two videos on this week's topic; then you will record a meeting with your Studio Group to discuss; then you will respond with a comment on another group's recording.

Recordings are due on a Friday, responses are due on a Sunday.

Instructions

First, as soon as possible, agree on a time with your Studio Group to meet virtually. Schedule this meeting on Microsoft Teams.

(To schedule on Teams, visit teams.microsoft.com. Sign-in with your school email. Go to the Calendar tab. Click New Meeting / Schedule Meeting in the top right. Add a title like "Studio 1 Group 1," invite all the members of your team, quadruple check that you have the correct date and time, then click Save.)

Second, watch these two videos:

As you watch, jot down techincal terms, or questions you have, that the video does not define/answer for you.

Third, pick four of the terms/questions you jotted down (two for each video). Search online for answers, and remember where you found your answers so you can cite them later.

Fourth, meet with your group on Microsoft Teams. Elect someone to lead, keep the overall meeting less than 30 minutes, everyone should answer every question, everyone has two minutes to speak before someone else should have a turn, and keep your video and audio on as much as possible.

(To meet on Teams, go to the Calendar tab on Teams. Click on the meeting you want to join, then click Join in the top right.)

Fifth, turn on recording, then discuss the questions below. You will submit a copy of this recording when you are done.

(To record on Teams, look for the "three dots" button that appears when you hover your mouse around the bottom-center of the call screen. Click the three dots, then click Start Recording. When you are done, click Stop Recording. A few minutes after you stop, Microsoft Stream will send you an email saying your recording is ready.)

Finally, after all groups submit, watch another group's discussion and respond with a polite and meaningful comment.

Questions for Discussion

Names? It's a lot easier to make sure everyone gets their points if the recording starts with a quick round of names.
In each video, was the speaker clear? Was the sound and video quality clear? Was the delivery professional? How would you rate the final product/message of the video? Good? Bad? Amazing? Needs Improvement? Just "Meh"? Why do you say so, what was good / what could be better?
In each video, do you believe the speaker provided sufficient background information/links to the tools/data/research they used? What were these? Which were missing? Why do you say so, what was good / what could be better?
In each video, what course concepts did the speaker demonstrate? How were these used successfully or unsuccessfully to accomplish the goal the speaker had? Give specific examples from what you remember.
What terms/questions did you research? What answers did you find? Share your citation links with the leader so they can submit them later.
Next, everyone share the preferences you wrote in your first Check-in and why you had those preferences. If I assigned languages by the time you're meeting, what languages did everyone in your group get? And, look together at the different ways to write if statements below (from a mix of languages). Discuss, which does everyone believe is/looks the "best," and why?
```
if (a < b){
  do something here
}

if (a < b)
{
  do something here
}

if a < b:
  do something here

if a < b then
  do something here
end if

if a < b
  do something here
end

if (a < b):
  do something here
endif;
```
Finally, what skills, techniques, tools, lines of thinking, designs, etc. from all of this Studio's videos and discussion would you like to "steal" for your own work?

Submission

Only the team leader needs to submit the recording. Download your group's recording from Microsoft Streams, then upload your video to a new thread on the Studio 1 discussion board.

(Download your recording by clicking the "three dots" on web.microsoftstream.com/studio/videos. Do not accidentally click the "delete" button near the "download video" button. Then in Blackboard, create a new discussion board thread for this Studio and click Browse Local Files. Attach your video file to your post. If your recording file is greater than 100mb, you might run into problems when uploading. If that happens, email me ASAP and let me know all the details of what happened.)

In your discussion board post include links to the pages cited by your team.

Grading

Each Studio is worth 4/100 towards your final grade.

4/4 - Discussion recording was submitted on Friday or sooner, discussion covered all required topics while leaving room for new ideas, you contributed equally with the other members of your group, and you responded with a meaningful comment to at least one other group

3/4 - Discussion recording was submitted on Friday or sooner, but the discussion was lacking, or you contributed only the bare minimum in your group's discussion, or you responded with the bare minimum to one other group

1/4 - Discussion recording was submitted after Friday, or you did not contribute at all in your group, or you did not respond at all to one other group

0/4 - No submission