Coding for Beginners - Online Course - Community Learning - 14:00-16:00

About this course

About this course

This is a course for adults who would like to learn basic computer programming using the Python 3.0 language. It is a course aimed at total beginners to coding – no previous experience is required

What will be covered on the course?  What will be taught to learners?

• Learning to display text on screen.
  
• Adding user-input data to your code
• Controlling the flow of code using loops and conditional branches
• Using variables to store and retrieve data
• Using modules to expand the functions of Python

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Learners will learn key principles of coding. They will understand how to plan and write short, simple programs in Python 3.0

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

• Learners should be able to use a computer, mouse/trackpad and keyboard.

Learners will need access to a laptop or desktop computer with at least a microphone (headset or built-in). A webcam is preferable. 

The course will be delivered using Zoom: learners will watch ‘Walkthrough’ demonstrations by the tutor and then attempt tasks set in course materials. 

Written course materials will be distributed as PDF files through the Zoom chat function where possible. 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be  offered the course for free, however if you have a financial  barrier which  may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

 To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire