This is a 3-Day Series.  Students will meet 3 times.
Please note: This class will run 3 times in the same week during holiday breaks.
In addition to basic computer skills like typing, opening and closing programs, saving and exporting files, and mouse maneuvering, this class requires some Scratch experience. For students who have no coding and animation background, we recommend joining Series Part 1 before proceeding to this class. Please see the link below:
Coding & Animation Part 1: Fundamentals for Beginners
https://outschool.com/classes/3-day-coding-and-animation-art-tech-series-part-1-fundamentals-for-beginners-0ak9VANq#usRzeseCIM

In this Winter Holiday Special Edition class, students will learn to create interactive animation. By utilizing scripts tied to keyboard or touchpad input, they are able to run animated holiday activities with Sonic, Among Us and Pikachu.

Day 1 - Sonic Snowball Fight
Students will animate Sonic the Hedgehog tossing snowballs at a Badnik in the Arctic hill zone. Students will utilize keyboard or touchpad input to activate a simple gratifying animation with a through line of Sonic throwing a snowball to hit the robot and have it knocked out.

Day 2 - Deck the Polus Halls with Among Us
Students will animate an Among Us crewmate wrapping a present for their friends. Students will implement manual input to animate one action in the task or expand to add additional inputs for the sequence in gift wrapping.

Day 3 - Light Up the Christmas Tree with Pikachu
Students will create several frames to animate Pikachu bringing his Christmas tree to life with a button or touch pad input. Students can build anticipation for the results of their input in the animation by coding something “new” to happen with each input.

Students can use what they learned throughout the course in games and animation, starting with Scratch and then later in complex programs. Students will discover how to apply previous Scratch knowledge and basic understanding of animation to longer and more complex projects.

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Mandatory Video Check-In
Video check-in is mandatory for safety purposes per Outschool policy. Students are required to have their cameras on to allow the teacher to check in and verify each learner. After check-in, students have the option of either turning off their camera or leaving it on, whatever is their preference.

Refunds & Missed Classes
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Class Recording Access
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Late/ Missed Class
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Minimum Enrollment & Class Cancellation
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Technical Difficulties
In the event of class delay/ cancellations due to unforeseeable technical issues, all families will be notified and a make-up section will be posted, or a refund will be issued if a make-up class cannot be scheduled.