Programming in Scratch

I think this is a great course if you are new or nearly new to programming or you want to find out in a structured way what Scratch is about. Scratch is a wonderful platform and I can enjoy doing projects with my 7 year old son. The course teaches the basics very well and also gives good techniques about how to handle common problems coming up when trying to do a Scratch project.

I did not spot any errors in the problems, not even grammatical ones, so everything was done with care. I can fully recommend the course for the intended audience.

The only little things I did not like about the project were that
1. In the exercises I often found extreme nested loop constructs where one had to keep track of variables which was quite tedious and error-prone (even for an experienced programmer). I don't think one gets much out of this sort of exercise and, since such loops represent bad programming style I would advise against using them even for problem sets.
2. I have taken and am taking quite a few MOOCs and what I deem very important is seeing the instructor once in a while in a video, which usually is the case. Other than in a few of the earlier videos, this was not the case. I think that personal touch (beyond only hearing the lecturer's voice) is very important for motivating students and to compensate a bit for the fact that one is not in a lecture hall.