CoderDojo Badges

CoderDojo participants can receive badges as a recognition of their developing skills or their participation in the CoderDojo community. Examples include badges for JavaScript programming, for attending ten Dojos, or for being a Mentor.

Badges are awarded by Dojo Champions, for most things, or by the CoderDojo Foundation in the case of events like Coolest Projects.

Programming Badges

Scratch Beginner Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Scratch by learning core principles below:

Move & turn
Using keyboard controls
Using x/y coordinates to position sprites
Changing the look of the stage and a sprite with costumes and show/hide
Forever loops
Detecting when sprites are touching

This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo Scratch Sushi (Beginner) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Beginner_Scratch]
Writing a program that demonstrates their knowledge of the principles above.

Scratch Intermediate Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Scratch by demonstrating principles of the language including:

The Pen tool
Using and updating variables in loops
Repeat Until loops
Getting input values with Ask blocks
Using multiple lists with properties related by index

This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo Scratch Sushi (intermediate) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Intermediate_Scratch]
Writing a program that demonstrates their knowledge of the principles above.

Scratch Advanced Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Scratch by demonstrating principles of the language including:

Cloning sprites
Using variables inside cloned sprites
Creating and using “More” blocks
Reusing code in several places with “More” blocks
Messages to trigger behaviours across sprites
Using variables to configure your program

This can be shown by either of the following:

Writing a game that demonstrates their knowledge of the principles above.

Completing the official CoderDojo Scratch Sushi (Advanced) cards: [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Advanced_Scratch]

HTML & CSS Beginner Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of HTML and CSS by learning core principles such as:

Using a text editor to create and save a HTML file.
Building a site that has a heading, paragraph text, a list and an image.
Using a web browser to open this file and display their site.
Linking pages to each other and also linking one external site on the web.
Creating a table that includes headers and multiple rows.
Creating a CSS file and styling their site by designing a simple menu bar and changing colours, backgrounds and borders.

This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo HTML and CSS Sushi (Beginner) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/My_First_Website]
Creating a simple website using HTML and styling it with CSS, showing that they understand the core principles outlined above.

HTML & CSS Intermediate Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of HTML and CSS by demonstrating principles of these languages including:

Have a basic understanding of how and why to use the Developer Tools in their web browser, in particular the Inspector.
Understand how to use classes and IDs to assign CSS properties to HTML elements, as well as the difference between the two
Know how to use relative (e.g. %, vh, em) and absolute (px) measurements and understand the difference
Know how to use the hover pseudo-class with a selector in CSS to produce a visible change in an element
Animate HTML elements by use of CSS animations and keyframes

To earn this badge the applicant must first have been awarded the HTML and CSS Beginner Badge. This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo HTML and CSS Sushi (Intermediate) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Intermediate_HTML_CSS_Sushi]
Update an existing website, or create a new one, demonstrating that they understand the core principles outlined above.

HTML & CSS Advanced Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of HTML and CSS by demonstrating:

Using a simple template for their web page (copy-pasted)
Building an animated menu from a ul element with CSS Transitions
Understanding and using the technique of a relatively positioned parent and absolutely positioned child element(s)
Understanding of the z-index & visibility properties
Using pseudo-classes other than hover, e.g. click, target, etc.
The ability to search online for solutions to issues they encounter

To earn this badge the applicant must first have been awarded the HTML and CSS Intermediate Badge. This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo HTML and CSS Sushi (Advanced) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Advanced_HTML_CSS_Sushi]
Using their knowledge to create a website demonstrating the above

JavaScript Beginner Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Javascript by learning these core principles:

Including JavaScript in a HTML file
Using a linter to debug and check for errors
Using the onClick attribute of HTML tags to trigger JavaScript
Using the alert & document.write functions
Including the jQuery library on a web page

Triggering actions on click events, modifying CSS properties and retrieving element values with jQuery.

This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo JavaScript Sushi (Beginner) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Beginner_JavaScript_Sushi]
Any other means of demonstrating the basics of modifying HTML documents with JavaScript, as outlined above.

JavaScript Intermediate Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of JavaScript by demonstrating principles of the language including:

Logging messages to the browser console and reading them
Using the developer tools in their browser to investigate and debug code
Store simple datatypes and function results in variables (var), retrieve and modify their values
Create functions and pass variables to them
Use string concatenation operations
Conditional logic and comparison operators with if/else if/else
Create, add to and read from arrays
Mathematical operations and random number generation

To earn this badge the applicant must first have been awarded the JavaScript Beginner Badge. This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo JavaScript Sushi (Intermediate) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Intermediate_Javascript_Sushi]
Learning JavaScript techniques including logging, listening for actions, variables, conditional statements, arrays and functions.

JavaScript Advanced Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of JavaScript by demonstrating principles of the language (potentially with the aid of library code, e.g. jQuery) including:

Separating code into functions for re-use and easy management
Storing data as key/value pairs in object literals
Boolean variables, and inverting their values with ‘!’
Removing and filtering values from arrays
Modifying CSS classes on DOM objects from JavaScript
Modifying the DOM, adding and removing items
Retrieving input values from HTML forms
Listening for actions on all DOM objects with particular properties (class/tag/id)
The ability to search online for the solutions to issues they encounter

To earn this badge the applicant must first have been awarded the JavaScript Intermediate Badge. To earn this badge the applicant must prove their creativity and knowledge of JavaScript by either:

Completing the official CoderDojo JavaScript Sushi (Advanced) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Advanced_Javascript_Sushi]
Learning to build a web application using advanced JavaScript, with the option to use library code

Python Beginner Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Python by learning core principles such as:

Know how to save and run Python programs using a text editor and the command line.
Printing text to the screen
Basic string concatenation (including using str() to convert numbers)
Storing text and numbers in variables
Getting user input (including int() to convert numbers)
Simple math operations
If/elif/else statements and comparison operators
While loops

This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo Python Sushi (Beginner) cards. [LINK]
Building a project, potentially a simple number guessing game, that demonstrates the principles above

Python Intermediate Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of Python by demonstrating principles of the language including:

Using lists to store variables, as well as common list operations: append, remove, reverse, length.
Using dictionaries to store key/value pairs
Using for loops: Repeat some code a number of times, or on a list
Using Functions: Re-use your code, or someone else’s
Using Files: Read from, write and append to a text file

To earn this badge the applicant must first have been awarded the Python Beginner Badge. This can be shown by either of the following:

Completing the official CoderDojo Python Sushi (intermediate) cards. [http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Intermediate_Python]
Writing a program that demonstrates their knowledge of the principles above.

App Inventor Beginner Badge

The owner of this badge has proven their creativity and knowledge of App Inventor by creating and running an app, either on an Android device or emulator that:

Includes more than one screen and allows the user to move between them
Uses buttons or some other control to trigger a behaviour on the screen, e.g. displaying a message or image
Uses layouts to place elements in columns and/or rows, and to align them
Displays a media component, e.g. video or image
Uses at least one variable in the blocks of the app
Uses blocks to take text input from the user and display it
Takes a conditional action based on user input

App Inventor Intermediate Badge

The owner of this badge has taken their creativity and knowledge of App Inventor to the next level by creating and running an app, either on an Android device or emulator that:

Uses the sound recorder or camera functionality of the the phone
Saves user-submitted information to a file on the phone
Loads that information from the file and displays it
Uses at least one procedure in the blocks of the app
Uses at least one loop in the blocks of the app
Uses at least one list in the blocks of the app
Uses blocks to take text input from the user and display it

Soft Skills Badges

Champion Badge

The owner of this badge has chosen to start a CoderDojo in their community. They are running a Dojo teaching kids and young people to learn how to code for free, showing them that coding is a force to change the world!

Mentor Badge

The owner of this badge has chosen to share their coding knowledge with others by Mentoring at their CoderDojo. This is no easy task and they have excelled! By sharing their coding knowledge they are showing others that coding is a force to change the world!

Inspiring Ninjas: How to be a CoderDojo Mentor

The owner of this badge has proven their commitment to improving their skills as a mentor by taking the CoderDojo E-Learning Module ‘Inspiring Ninjas. The module gives volunteers an understanding of;

How to be a CoderDojo Mentor

In the module volunteers learn about mentoring styles and how to use them in practice as well as an overview of how to plan and set up for a CoderDojo session.

CoderDojo Ethos: Implementation and Practice

The owner of this badge has proven their commitment to improving their skills as a mentor by taking the CoderDojo E-Learning Module ‘CoderDojo Ethos; Implementation and Practice’.

The module gives volunteers an understanding of;

the CoderDojo Ethos
how to implement and put the CoderDojo Ethos into practice in a Dojo

Events Badges

My 1st Dojo!

The owner of this badge has proven their interest in learning or sharing coding knowledge by attending their first session at their local Dojo!

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) for their attendance at their local Dojo.

Attend 5 Dojo sessions!

The owner of this badge has proven their interest in learning or sharing coding knowledge by attending their five sessions at their local Dojo!

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) for their attendance at their local Dojo.

Attend 10 Dojo Sessions!

The owner of this badge has proven their commitment to learning or sharing coding knowledge by attending ten sessions at their local Dojo!

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) for their attendance at their local Dojo.

Attend 25 Dojo Sessions!

The owner of this badge has proven their commitment to learning or sharing coding knowledge by attending twenty five sessions at their local Dojo!

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) for their attendance at their local Dojo.

Coolest Projects 2016

The owner of this badge has demonstrated their creativity by taking part in the CoderDojo Coolest Projects 2016 as a project presenter.

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) by taking part in CoderDojo events.

Kilkenny CoderDojo: Scratch Competition entry

The owner of this badge has proven their interest in learning or sharing coding knowledge by becoming a TECH week award winner!

To Apply: Specific badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) for their participation at their local Dojo. If you have a badge you’d like to add please contact info@coderdojo.com

Europe Code Week 2016

Congratulations you have attended a CoderDojo session during Europe Code Week 15th – 23rd October!

DojoCon 2016

Congratulations you have been awarded this Badge for attending DojoCon 2016 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland! http://dojocon.coderdojo.com/

Coolest Projects 2017

The owner of this badge has demonstrated their creativity by taking part in the CoderDojo Coolest Projects 2017 as a project presenter.

To Apply: Attendance badges are available to be earned by all CoderDojo community members (Ninjas / Mentors / Champions) by taking part in CoderDojo events.