Programming with GUIs

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What is the course about?

Programming with GUIs

The course Programming with GUIs is an online class provided by Raspberry Pi Foundation through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn what a Graphical User Interface is and write your own GUI-based applications with this practical course for teachers.

Course description

Gain hands-on experience building your own interface
3 weeks

Discover how to build your own Graphical User Interface (GUI) with guizero. On this course supported by Google, you will learn how to incorporate more interactivity in your program. You will experiment with different types of widgets and build the confidence to design more complex GUI-based apps in the future.
You will have the opportunity to put what you’ve learnt to practice using the guizero library. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to produce applications with interactive elements such as buttons and text boxes.

Using widgets to build a GUI
Responding to user inputs using events
Reading and modifying the properties of widgets
Designing GUIs and using boxes and either auto or grid layouts to implement them
Adjusting the appearance of your GUI to improve the user experience
Using time-based events
Decomposing a project to make it more manageable

Experiment with different widgets that can be used to build a GUI
Develop a GUI that responds to the user through the use of events
Explain how event driven programming works, and the differences between an event driven program and a procedural program
Produce a countdown timer using guizero’s built-in methods
Design several different GUIs, including a text editor and a picture-matching game

This course is designed for teachers delivering computer science lessons at GCSE level or equivalent. It’s aimed at teachers who have basic experience with Python. If you don’t have much experience with Python, perhaps complete Programming 101: An Introduction to Python for Educators first.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Programming with GUIs

Course Topic

Coding & Programming, IT & Computer Science, STEM Teaching, Secondary Education Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Computing

University, College, Institution

Raspberry Pi Foundation

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Programming with GUIs

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Raspberry Pi Foundation you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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