Scenarios dedicated to primary school learners, 4th - 6th grade (basic level) These materials have been developed by Ośrodek Edukacji Informatycznej i Zastosowań Komputerów (Centre for Information Technology Education and Application of Computers) in Warsaw as part of the “Mistrzowie Kodowania” (“Masters of Coding”). Programme funded by Samsung Electronics Polska, licensed under CC BY-SA “Attribution – Share Alike 3.0”.

Creating a Scratch account

Enter the following Scratch address in the web browser: http://scratch.mit.edu We click Join Scratch on the top bar (join the Scratch community).
A registration window opens, in the first step we fill in three boxes:

1. Choose a Scratch Username – enter the desired username (not your first or last name, preferably a nickname). When we get to the second box if the name we have typed is already in use by another user, we will be informed that this username already exists (Sorry, that username already exists!).
2. Choose a password – we enter the password, the system tells us to remember it and not disclose it to anyone (Remember it – don’t tell anyone else).
3. Confirm password – we enter the password again. If the entries are not the same, a message appears telling us that the passwords do not match (Your passwords do not match). We should then enter the password again.

If all entries have been accepted, click the Next button in the bottom right corner.
In the second step, we fill in information about the user:

1. Birth Month and Year – select the month and year of birth from drop-down lists. In the information which opens when we click the question mark (Why do we ask for this info) we can read: We use this information to calculate the age range of people who use Scratch, and to confirm that you are the owner of the account if you contact us. Your birth month and year will not be made public.
2. Gender – we should check Male, Female or the blank window (if we do not want to provide gender information). Explanation: This helps the Scratch design team understand who is using Scratch, and provides information that helps us broaden participation. This information is not visible on your account, and is only used to describe overall participation.
3. Country – select Poland from the drop-down list. IV.E-mail address – we enter the e-mail address [students can enter the address of a parent or a teacher]. Explanation: We use it only in case you need to reset the password [receive a new password]. We won’t share it with anyone.

Note: There is no need to enter real data, we only need an e-mail address to regain access to our account if we forget the password. In case of reluctance to provide personal details, we can skip creating an account and still be able to do our work. The disadvantage of working in this way is the need to store projects locally on our computer and lack of opportunity to share our projects with other Scratch users.
We click the Next button to finish setting up our account. In the last step, it is enough to click the OK Let’s Go button to go to the Scratch page. On the final sign-up screen we can read in sequence: Thanks for joining Scratch [community]. You are now logged in.