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LEARNING PATHWAY Learning to program with Mr Bit

Mr Bit Tutorials explain how to create programs and the Exercises give you practice in developing programming skills. Here is a suggested pathway which helps you build up your expertise in simple steps.

You don’t need the actual micro:bit to get started - all the programs work on the screen as a simulation. However, you will soon realise that there is a lot of fun when you use your programs to control a real micro:bit.

START Tutorials

How to use Mr Bit

Skip this if you don’t yet have a micro:bit

How to build a simple program

How to make images and animate them

How to time images and messages

Now try Exercises

Create a flashing image

Control images with inputs

A repeating animation

Show a message with a gesture

Although the tutorials and exercises have clear instructions on how to build programs, remember not to stop there but use your imagination to make a program work slightly differently: Try using different inputs or outputs, or try altering the conditions that trigger the action.