Can students use previous Unit projects as a base for their Create PT task? I have students who are interested in using Unit 6, Lesson 4 code as a base and then modifying it to fit create PT guidelines.
If they can use some of this existing code, do they have to cite the previous project? How would this look?
Hello,
Yes - students can use other code as the base and then modify. When they do, they need to make sure that they are not relying on any of the base code to complete the requirements of the task. They do need to cite the previous code. I would have them do this both in the comments in the code itself as well as in their written response.
The create task does not have a required citation format, but they could include something like:
“Parts of this program were developed based on a project from Unit 6 Lesson 4 of Code.org’s AP CSP curriculum. The code was originally created by me as part of that lesson.”
Thank you for the help! Could you elaborate on how the students would cite their work in their written response? I was under the impression citations only needed to be included as comments in the code PDF submission.
Hi @rstambaugh,
Like Madeline said, there is no required format for citation. However, they do need to clearly say which parts of the code are based upon other work.
Here are a few threads where folks discuss how they instruct their students to cite prior work (Thread 1 and Thread 2) as well as a video a teacher made for his students.
Hope that helps!
–Michael K.
Hey! Thanks so much! This is exactly what I was looking for. Invaluable resource for my students. Really appreciate it.