Getting Started with Coding Certificate
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Getting Started with Coding is put together as a series of projects and related big ideas in coding. Each project is presented as steps for constructing both graphic design and code, start to finish. The big ideas connect a project with the skills you’ll perform over and over again when coding. Best of all, projects can be customized to bring to life the craziest ideas your imagination can concoct!
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What you will learn
Introduction
This module introduces fundamental security concepts and principles that are essential for understanding and implementing network security measures. It covers topics such as:
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- About This Course
- What’s New in this edition
- About You
- About the Icons
Project 1: Get Started
This module explores common network security threats and attacks, covering their techniques, motives, and impact. It includes topics such as:
- Coding QuickStart
- Flowcharting
- Picking a Language
- Using a Dashboard (IDE)
- Setting Up Your Account in Scratch
- Getting Around in Scratch
- Using the Code Tab in Scratch
- Getting Around in MakeCode
- Using the Code Toolbox in MakeCode
- Fixing Errors
- Getting Help
Project 2: Jungle Chat
This module covers essential security protocols and standards used for secure communication and data protection. It delves into protocols like TCP/IP, HTTPS, TLS, SSH, VPN, and standards like ISO 27001 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
- Brainstorm
- Flowchart
- Start a New Project
- Add a Backdrop
- Add Animal Sprites
- Add Text-to-Speech Commands
- Code the Monkey to Run When Clicked
- Code the Monkey to Ask the User’s Name
- Make and Give the Greeting
- Code the Monkey to Play a Sound
- Code the Snake to Play a Sound You Record
- Code the Toucan to Play a Sound from the Sound Library
- Enhance Your Scene
- Save, Test, and Debug Your Program
- Share Your Program with the World
- Big Ideas in the Project
Project 3: Freee the Pops
This module explores firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) as key components of network security. It covers:
- Brainstorm
- Flowchart
- Start a New Project
- Make a Variable
- Code Button A to Measure and Show the Temperature
- Continue Coding Button A to Show If the Pops Are Frozen
- Save, Test, and Debug Your Program
- Transfer Your Program to the micro:bit
- Put Your micro:bit in the Freezer
- Enhance Your Gadget
- Big Ideas in the Project
Project 4: Jellyfish Jumble
This module covers fundamental cryptography concepts, algorithms, and applications in network security. It includes topics such as:
- Brainstorm
- Flowcharts
- Start a New Project
- Add a Backdrop
- Add a Jellyfish Sprite and Custom Costumes
- Make a Mr. Jelly Sprite and a Fake Sprite
- Code the Green Flag Blocks
- Code the Faker Clones to Swish
- Code Mr. Jelly to Know He’s Been Found
- Enhance Your Scene
- Save, Test, and Debug Your Program
- Share Your Program with the World
- Big Ideas in the Project
Project 5: Card War
This module focuses on securing wireless networks, including WLANs and mobile device connectivity. It covers topics such as:
- Brainstorm
- Flowcharts
- Start a New Project
- Make a Variable
- Code on shake to Make and Send Your Number
- Code an on radio received Block to Identify a Winner
- Save, Test, and Debug Your Program
- Transfer Your Program to the micro:bit
- Enhance Your Gadget
- Big Ideas in the Project
Project 6: Avoid the Asteroids
This module discusses the importance of network segmentation and security zones for isolating critical systems and limiting the impact of security breaches. It covers concepts like:
- Brainstorm
- Flowcharts
- Start a New Project
- Add Three Backdrops
- Add a Robot Sprite
- Add an Asteroid Sprite
- Make Dents and Timer Variables
- Add Background Music from the Sound Library
- Code the Green Flag Blocks
- Build Your Asteroid Field
- Code Key Control of the Robot
- Enhance Your Scene
- Save, Test, and Debug Your Program
- Share Your Program with the World
- Big Ideas in the Project
Project 7: Get Fancy
This module covers incident response methodologies, techniques for incident handling, and digital forensics principles. It includes topics such as incident detection, containment, eradication, and recovery.
- Programming Your Own Ideas
- Getting Your Scratch Programs into the World
- Making Your Gadgets Real
- Upping Your Game
- Souping Up User Interfaces in Scratch
- Next Steps