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App Development with MIT App Inventor

Name: App Development with MIT App Inventor
Price: 95 USD

This course is for students who are ready to move from making projects on a screen to building real mobile apps they can run on a phone. Using MIT App Inventor, a free, block-based platform developed at MIT, students learn to design app interfaces, write the logic behind them, and test their creations on an actual device. Over four months, they progress from simple utility apps to fully interactive games, ending with an original app of their own.

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Next Batch Starting

9 November, 2026

Fri & Sat

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

4 Months

1 Hour Class

Medium

Online - Zoom

Why take this course?

Phones are part of everyday life, but very few people know how the apps on them actually work. This course turns students from app users into app creators. Through Project-Based Learning (PBL), every class builds towards a working app, including a personal profile app, a calculator, a quiz app, a login system, and games like Whack-a-Mole, Ping Pong and Space Shooter.

Along the way, students learn core programming ideas used in every language: event-driven programming, variables, conditional statements, lists, procedures and randomisation. They then apply them to game development with sprites, timers, collision detection and game loops. Because App Inventor is block-based, students can focus on logic and problem-solving instead of syntax, while still learning how real apps are structured.

Students also learn to test, debug and improve their work, and to think like designers about how a user will interact with their app. By the end, they will have planned, built and presented an original app or game, giving them the confidence and foundation to move on to text-based languages such as Python or JavaScript.

Prerequisites:

Comfortable using a computer, including a mouse, keyboard and web browser.
Recommended: Scratch Level 1, or any block-based coding experience. Not required
A typing speed of 20 Words Per Minute (WPM) is recommended. For practice, you can visit these websites:
- typing.com/student/tests
- monkeytype.com
An Android phone or tablet (or iPhone/iPad) with the free MIT AI2 Companion app, to test apps on a real device
To maximize the benefits of this course, students must be age 9 and above or have the qualifications mentioned below.

Course Outline

4 Month Plan

Foundations of MIT App Inventor

Personal Profile App

Students will explore the MIT App Inventor platform, understand its development environment and identify the purpose of the Designer and Blocks Editor. They will learn how to create a new project, add screens, navigate the interface and understand how design components connect to programming blocks.
Students will learn how to use Labels, Buttons, Images, Text Boxes and Arrangements to design a structured app interface. They will understand component properties such as text, colour, size, alignment and visibility. They will implement basic button-click events to display information and navigate between screens.

Digital Greeting Card

Students will explore how to import and manage media assets, including images, GIFs and sound files. They will learn how to use Image, Sound and Player components and understand how to configure their properties to create an engaging digital greeting card.
Students will understand event-driven programming and how event handlers respond to user actions. They will use button-click events to display different messages, play sounds and trigger animations. They will learn how to modify component properties through programming blocks.

Interactive Calculator

Students will learn how to collect and process user input using Text Boxes and Buttons. They will understand the purpose of variables and how to store numerical values for later use. They will explore mathematical operators and the difference between text and numerical data.
Students will implement addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using mathematical blocks. They will learn how to use conditional statements to determine which operation to perform, display calculated results using Labels and handle invalid inputs, including division by zero.

Soundboard App

Students will learn how to organise multiple interface components and associate individual buttons with different sound files. They will explore component naming conventions and understand how to use event handlers to trigger specific actions when buttons are clicked.
Students will implement sound playback controls, including playing, stopping and switching between sounds. They will learn how to test their application, identify incorrect component references, debug basic block logic and improve the overall user experience.

Events, Blocks and App Interactivity

Students will learn how to design multiple screens for registration and login. They will explore how to collect username and password information using Text Boxes and understand how to store user input in variables. They will implement screen navigation between registration and login interfaces.
Students will learn how to validate user credentials using conditional statments and logical operators. They will implement checks for empty fields, matching usernames and passwords, and incorrect login attempts. They will use Labels and notifications to display appropriate success and error messages.e

Quiz App

Students will learn how to organise multiple-choice questions and answer options within an application. They will explore Lists to store questions and answers and understand how list indexing can be used to retrieve individual items. They will create a quiz interface with question displays and answer buttons.
Students will implement conditional logic to check whether selected answers are correct. They will learn how to update score variables, move between questions, track quiz progress and display a final results screen. They will also implement feedback for correct and incorrect answers.

Decision Maker App

Students will explore randomisation and learn how random values can be generated using programming blocks. They will understand how to collect user input, organise multiple choices in Lists and select random elements from a collection.
Students will learn how to create Procedures to organise reusable blocks of code. They will implement procedures that process user choices, generate random results and update the app interface. They will understand how procedures reduce repetition and improve code organisation.

Unit Converter

Students will learn how to design an interface that accepts numerical input and allows users to select different conversion options. They will explore mathematical expressions, variables and conversion formulas to process values such as kilometres to miles, kilograms to pounds and Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Students will implement multiple conversion operations using conditional statements and reusable procedures. They will learn how to validate numerical input, display converted results and handle invalid entries. They will test different values to ensure their calculations are accurate.

Interactive Game Development

Catch the Cat

Students will explore the Canvas component and understand how it provides a drawing area for games. They will learn about ImageSprites, screen coordinates, X and Y positions, and how to place characters within a game environment. They will design the basic game screen and position the cat sprite.
Students will learn how to use the Clock component to create timed events and update sprite positions at regular intervals. They will implement random positioning to make the cat move around the screen. They will use touch events to detect when the player catches the cat and update a scoring system.
Students will learn how to work with multiple sprites and manage their individual positions and properties. They will understand how to implement character movement using directional buttons or touch controls. They will create a game environment containing a player-controlled cat and a moving mouse.
Students will implement movement logic to allow the cat to chase the mouse. They will explore distance, positioning and conditional statements to determine how characters interact. They will use collision or touch events to detect when the cat catches the mouse and update the game state accordingly.

Whack-a-Mole

Students will learn how to create a reaction-based game using randomly appearing objects. They will explore the Clock component, random number generation and sprite positioning to make moles appear at different locations. They will design a game interface containing targets, a score display and a timer.
Students will implement touch detection to identify when a player successfully hits a target. They will learn how to update scores, manage object visibility and control the duration of each round. They will introduce game-over conditions and display the player's final score.

Maze Runner

Students will learn how to design a grid-based maze environment using Canvas, images and sprite positioning. They will implement directional movement using buttons or touch controls and understand how to update character coordinates based on player input.
Students will learn how to implement collision detection between the player and maze obstacles. They will use conditional statements to restrict movement through walls, detect arrival at the destination and implement winning conditions. They will test the maze for movement errors and improve gameplay.

Advanced Game Development

Ping Pong

Students will understand the concept of a game loop and how timers continuously update game elements. They will learn how to control the movement of a ball using speed and heading properties. They will design the game environment and implement paddle movement using player controls.
Students will implement collision detection between the ball, paddles and screen boundaries. They will learn how to change the ball's direction after collisions and use conditional statements to manage game rules. They will implement score tracking, point detection and game-over conditions.

Fruit Catcher

Students will learn how to create multiple moving objects using ImageSprites and timed events. They will implement random spawning positions and falling movement to simulate fruits dropping from the top of the screen. They will design player controls to move a basket horizontally.
Students will implement collision detection between the basket and falling fruits. They will learn how to update scores, detect missed objects and manage player lives. They will introduce difficulty progression by adjusting falling speed and spawning frequency as the game progresses.

Space Shooter

Students will learn how to design a shooting game environment containing a spaceship, enemies and projectiles. They will implement player movement and use timed events to generate moving enemies. They will explore how projectiles can be created and moved across the Canvas to simulate shooting mechanics.
Students will implement collision detection between projectiles and enemies. They will learn how to manage enemy destruction, player health, scoring and game-over conditions. They will introduce increasing difficulty through faster enemies, additional obstacles or changing spawn intervals.

Final Capstone Project

Students will independently select an original mobile application or game idea and plan its development. They will identify the required screens, components, user interactions and programming logic. They will create a project layout, organise their assets and begin implementing the core functionality using concepts learned throughout the course.
Students will complete and refine their applications by testing functionality, identifying bugs and debugging programming blocks. They will improve the user interface, validate user interactions and ensure the application works as intended. Students will present their completed projects and explain their design decisions and programming logic.

Learning Outcomes

Navigate the MIT App Inventor environment, and explain how the Designer and Blocks Editor work together to build an app.
Design clear, structured app interfaces using Labels, Buttons, Images, Text Boxes and Arrangements, and control their properties such as size, colour, alignment and visibility.
Use event handlers to make apps respond to user actions like clicks, touches and text input.
Store and process information using variables, mathematical operators and the difference between text and numerical data.
Apply conditional statements and logical operators to validate input, check answers and handle errors such as empty fields or division by zero.
Organise data with lists and list indexing, and use randomisation to create unpredictable outcomes.
Build interactive games using the Canvas, ImageSprites, X and Y coordinates, Clock timers and touch events.
Test and debug apps by identifying incorrect component references and faulty block logic, and improve the overall user experience.

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Mishal Ahmed
Teaching App Development with MIT App Inventor
Joined: November, 2024
2 years and 0 months
Building an app is exciting. Understanding how it works is what makes a great developer. In this MIT App Inventor course, students learn to design and develop real mobile applications while exploring concepts such as user interfaces, data handling, sensors, and event-driven programming. Rather than simply assembling components, they learn how to plan features, solve technical challenges, and create apps that serve a real purpose.

Navaal Noshi
Teaching App Development with MIT App Inventor
Joined: August, 2025
1 year and 3 months
Get ready for an incredible ride! In this MIT App Inventor course, we don't just assemble components we build real, working mobile apps! From exploring user interfaces to using phone sensors and data, kids will learn the logic behind event driven programming. Every session pushes students to tackle technical challenges and create apps that serve a real purpose, all while keeping it fun and exciting.

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