Training Winter 2017

We've made you your own accounts to get set up with Hatch Canada!

If you have any questions re: these accounts, please email [email protected]

As part of the Hatch team, you've got your own email!

Sign in to Gmail (https://myaccount.google.com) with the following credential format: 
email: [email protected]
password: hatch123

Note**: Boston candidates will have a @hatchamerica.com account instead of hatchcanada.com!

This email is where all work-related emails will be sent so it is important that you check in on a regular basis. Please also be aware that this is a professional email and should not be used for personal use. 

If you are having trouble accessing your Hatch email, please email [email protected]

Please visit this link to access the Coach Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7i0Kq7yZFXDOTBLMnA1eWdwM2s?usp=sharing

The Coach Drive contains valuable resources, including JavaScript tutorials, a copy of the Coach Handbook, and other information you may want to access during your training and while you work as a Hatch Coach. 

After you visit this URL once, you should be able to return to the Coach Drive by going to the Google Drive account associated with your Hatch email and selecting "Shared with me" from the menu on the left side of the page.

I have created your Hatch account!

Your username for the Hatch platform is your Hatch Gmail (refer to 'Sign in to Hatch Email' step if you're unsure of your Hatch gmail)

You should receive an e-mail with a link to reset your password for your Hatch platform account. 

If you are having issues accessing the system or haven't recieved an e-mail with instructions to reset your p, please email [email protected] 

*Boston coaches will have a @hatchamerica.com account*

Please check your Hatch email for instructions on how to sign-in with WhenIWork . Once you're signed in, try updating your availability!

If you're having trouble signing into WIW, also try the 'Log In With Google' function and log in with your Hatch e-mail.

Instructions on how to update your availability on wheniwork can be found in the article below:
https://help.wheniwork.com/articles/setting-your-availability-computer/#adding-an-availability-preference

Please note the following:

• You will only be scheduled during your 'Preferred' hours
• Do not leave any white space in your availability
• You cannot set two different availabilities during the same effective dates
• Availability preference does not include travel time - please ensure you have enough time to get to your assigned shift
• For future reference, if your change of availability effects your assigned shifts, please contact your assigned coordinator 

Please have your availability set up before in person training.

If you are having trouble signing in or setting up your WhenIWork account, email [email protected]

Canada:

Please note that you will be paid minimum wage ($14) for all training hours. That includes all hours spent on:

• Javascript Training (6 hours)
• HR Downloads Training (2 hours)
• Your Shadow Session (1.5 hours - may not apply to remote regions)
• In-Person Orientation (5 hours)

The hours spent on your training and orientation should total to roughly 14.5 hours. These hours will be paid out on your first paycheck. 

Boston:

Please note that you will be paid Massachusetts minimum wage for all training hours. That includes all hours spent on:

• Javascript Training (6 hours)
• Your Shadow Session (1.5 hours - may not apply to remote regions)
• In-Person Orientation (5 hours)

The hours spent on your training and orientation should total to roughly 12.5 hours (11 hours if a shadow session is unavailable). These hours will be paid out on your first paycheck. 

HR DOWNLOADS:
ONLY FOR CANADA COACHES.

If you are a coach in the USA, please check this task off and move on to your JavaScript training!

HR Downloads Training!

You are required to complete Government of Ontario Accessibility training.

To do so, please navigate to training.hrdownloads.com

You can log in with the following credentials:

email: [email protected]
password: hatch123

You must score at least 70% in each quiz to pass.

Please complete this training prior to your orientation date!

You will be paid for up to 2 hours of work to watch these videos and complete the appropriate quizzes. 

 Please email [email protected] if you're having any issues

Hello coach!

Welcome to Javascript Training! I’m so excited to see you taking the time to expand your abilities and become immersed in the Hatch community! 

This basic Javascript training will get you understanding the main concepts used throughout Hatch. We will learn the basics of:

• The Hatch Programming Environment
• Coordinate Space
• Color & RGB
• Shapes
• Variables
• Text and Images
• For Loops
• If Statements

Each of these 7 concepts will be explained through a short video that will work through a Hatch project. The video should explain the overarching ideas of the concept at hand and give you a general understanding of the concept. 

At the end of every video, you will need to complete two tasks:

1. Complete the project demonstrated in the video -> complete a challenge 
2. Complete at least one additional project

Details for all of this are included in the Javascript Training Booklet, which can be found in your Google Drive under 'Manuals'. Once you’ve completed the follow-up projects your Basic Javascript Training is complete!

If you get stuck, you can refer to :

www.p5js.org/reference
www.hatchcanada.com/hints

Or email any questions you have to [email protected]! I’ll do my best to help explain anything that you’re getting confused by.

Now go explore Hatch. Learn some things. Come out a stronger programmer then you came in!

Task 1: Complete Hold a Ball

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project! 
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete Basic House

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges:

Task 3: Complete an additional project! 
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete Origami Cat

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project! 
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete Starter Pokemon project

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project! 
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete Numbered Circles project

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project!
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete If MouseX... project

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project!
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1:  Complete Keep Calm and Learn Arrays project

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project!
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Task 1: Complete The Function Monster project

Task 2: Complete two of the following challenges

Task 3: Complete an additional project!
Make sure you're adding you're own unique modifications to them and trying out the challenges!

Now that we’ve learned all about these programming structures, it’s time to start combining it all together. The most robust, interesting projects will use many and all of the things we’ve learned. Explore Hatch.

Experiment with larger and larger projects. Build your own projects! https://hatchcoding.com/projects/showcase-all

From this link you can select a Blank Canvas. This is a project that has no instructions. Experiment here. Be wildly creative. There is no limit to what you can create with code. The more time you spend with this, the more exposure you have to programming and the more comfortable and proficient you will be.

If you have any questions regarding your Blank Canvas, please email [email protected]

Now that you've gotten some experience in coding, lets see if you can identify some common problems that might happen in a students project!

• Log in to the Hatch platform (hatchcoding.com)
• Follow this link: https://hatchcoding.com/projects/showcase-all
• Scroll all the way down until you see Error Projects (there are 10 them but don't worry, you don't have to do all of them!)
• Challenge yourself and try to complete at least 3 of these Error Projects (whichever ones you want!)
• If you can't solve one, you can always try another.

The secret to debugging errors, is spending 99% of your time reading and understanding how the code is working.

These errors don't require restructuring the code, logic, or adding new functions/objects, you can, but adding a statement of code here and there, or fixing a couple statements is all that is needed to complete the errors.

There will words you may have never heard before or phases that sounds brand new in the context of programming, and that's okay! Google and YouTube are your friends. We implore you to find these answers yourself as it improves your ability to retain this new knowledge.

If you find yourself stuck, please send an email to [email protected] 

It's always important to reflect back on yourself after learning something new. Take some time now to think about what you've just created!

It doesn't end here!

The Hatch platform has over 350 projects! Continue to create, to explore, to discover! Not only will you feel more confident in your abilities the more projects you do, your students will also benefit from having a confident, creative instructor! 

I would also like to leave you with examples of artwork that can be created with code. You’ll see that it can span so much further than circles drawn on a screen. You’ll even see that it can be brought into the real world, in full exhibitions and installations. I hope this inspires you, and I hope that you can use these projects and ideas to help inspire out students as well!

Created with p5.js / processing:

http://fun.the816.com/neobrush/
https://uclab.fh­potsdam.de/cf/
https://vimeo.com/1747316
https://vimeo.com/151334392
https://vimeo.com/10154340

Other:

https://vimeo.com/106798521
http://minimaforms.com/#item=petting­zoo­frac­2
http://nilsvoelker.com/content/onehundredandeight/index.html http://www.niklasroy.com/project/88/my­little­piece­of­privacy/
http://listen.hatnote.com/
http://map.norsecorp.com/#/

Once you've checked off this task, an automated email will be sent to your Hatch Email with instructions on how to book a shadow session and a training date