Skip to main content
CS Teaching Tips

Main navigation

  • Browse All Tips
  • Tags
  • 3D
  • About
  • Rate Tips
  • Tip Sheets

Misconception: Students have difficulty understanding how to share App Inventor projects between different computers.

Share Misconception: Students have difficulty understanding how to share App Inventor projects between different computers. with FacebookShare Misconception: Students have difficulty understanding how to share App Inventor projects between different computers. with Twitter
  • To share an App Inventor project so that it can be edited, it must be saved as a .aia file.
    • To learn how to share App Inventor projects, visit theSharing and Packaging Apps tutorial from MIT’s App Inventor Team.
      • Students can email these files to each other or upload them to the cloud using a cloud storage tool like Google Drive.

More about this tip

Tags

  • Content Misconceptions
  • Development Methods
  • App Inventor
External Source
Interview with Jennifer Rosato
Other Tips By
Other Tips By Jennifer Rosato

Similar tips

Reinforce that certain types in Python such as lists are mutable while others (e.g. strings, tuples) are not. Students have difficulty tracing code that uses mutable types because they often forget this.
Use assignments with visual output to help students understand what their program is actually doing.
Misconception: Return is a mystery to students because they may not understand that functions have an entry point and an exit point. This results in mistakes such as assuming Python will return the right thing.
  • CSTT Facebook
  • CSTT Twitter

For more information or to report a bug, contact us at admin@csteachingtips.org. Built with Bootstrap. Footer Icons by Mohammed Alyousfi. Powered by Drupal.

Privacy Policy

  • National Science Foundation
  • Sage Fox Group
  • Harvey Mudd College