MIT App Inventor 2.0 Foundation Workshop

"With MIT App Inventor, anyone can build apps with global impact!"

Date: 2019 August 21/23/26/28/30 (Mon/Wed/Fri) 5 days

Time: 10:00 am -12:30 pm

Venue: CYT 201 (Cheng Yu Tung Bldg, CUHK)

Medium of instruction: Cantonese

Capacity: 50 current CUHK students & staff

Fee: Free

Link to registration:

https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=350147

Before coming to class, participants need to bring an Android mobile, and then follow the instructions below to install the app and aistarter.

https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup-device-usb.html

Please bring your own notebook to each class.

Lesson details :

Lesson 1

Introduction of App Inventor 2.0 Development Interface
Introduce event-based programming, canvas and image sprites
Project: Zombie hunting

Lesson 2

Review events, event parameters, call procedures and properties
Project: Photo Editor

Lesson3

Introduce random generator, if-then-else condition, accelerator
Project: Slot machine

Lesson 4

Introduce speech-to-text and text-to-speech, activity starter (for Google Map), if-then-else condition
Project: Chatbot

Lesson 5

Introduce list and TinyDB
Project: Chinese Idiom Game
Introduce Firebase
Project: Multiplayer drawing board

**Students will learn the basic function of MIT APP INVENTOR 2.0

**6 Projects will be taught throughout this course

**Students will receive certifications upon completion of the whole course. (Attending all 5 classes)
**Students who completed the foundation course will have first priority to register for an advanced course