Instructions:

For each of the following videos or reading:

• Watch the video (or read the reading), and as you do so,
• do the associated quiz in Moodle.

Videos and Reading:

1. Functions with Parameters and Returned Values
   • Read this explanation of Functions with Parameters
     • Read this important explanation carefully!
     • It reinforces what you saw previously in a video on functions.
     • BRING your QUESTIONS about it to class.
2. Scope and Namespaces
   • Read this handout on Namespaces and Variables' Scope
   • Don't worry if some of its ideas are confusing to you. The NEXT item (a video) should clear up your confusion.
3. Thinking Like a Computer: Namespaces, Parameters, and Returns
   • Video [5:22 minutes] by Valerie Galluzzi
   • Code (from the video, for your reference)
   • The contents of this video are critical to your success in this course. Be sure that all of this video is crystal clear to you, and if not, ** BRING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT IT TO CLASS. **
4. Counted Loops (using FOR loops with RANGE expressions)
   • Read this explanation of Counted Loops (using FOR statements and RANGE expressions)
     • Read this important explanation carefully!
     • Study the examples in it.
     • BRING your QUESTIONS about it to class.
5. The Accumulator Pattern — Summing
   • Video [7:32 minutes]
6. Introduction to Piazza
   • You should have received an email whose subject was CSSE 120: Instructions for an assignment on Piazza.
   • Do the assignment (per instructions in the email) if you have not already done so.
   • Piazza was started by Pooja Sankar, a woman from India. If you are curious about her remarkable story, follow the link.