Check out the winners of the "Music" contest!

From Khan Academy Challenge Council Member Allison (tAG54):

For the months of May and June, participants for this month’s contest were prompted to create a webpage or PJS program showing, describing, or representing music in their life. Participants created games, slideshows, graphics, and simulations depicting how music has impacted their lives and the benefits of it, along with showcasing some of their favorite music.

Below you’ll find the ensemble of winners, along with the judge’s comments. Congratulations and thank you to all the winners and participants!

Advanced Bracket

HexaTone Alpha version
Created By: Kiefer

Why we chose this program:
This program features a very creative game concept! (sound wave + maze + puzzle = cool) The code was well commented and the walk-through mode was very well done!

Circular Rhythm
Created By: SKY

Why we chose this program:
This program has a very clean, and simple to use interface with a clever way to create music measures. The code was clear and overall very well done!

3D Marble Machine instrument
Created By: Ꚃ 𝚎 ə ɱ υ ട

Why we chose this program:
This program is amazingly detailed, and we particularly liked the blueprint and vintage film wheel effects!

Music - My Entry
Created By: KING

Why we chose this program:
This program has a nice entry animation, followed by an easy-to-follow layout and lots of great information!

Intermediate Bracket

A Jazz Space
Created By: E A

Why we chose this program:
This is a beautifully rendered, intimate stage. The light effects are great, and there is an excellent use of functions with position and other arguments to layout objects in the scene.

My Musical Journey
Created By: Stephen

Why we chose this program:
This is a very well done, personal slideshow! The program has a good use of coordinate transforms to lay out objects, and includes interesting comments throughout!

A guy with a beat
Created By: 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓

Why we chose this program:
This program features an excellent graphic, with good uses of the beginShape, endShape, and vertex functions.

The benefits of music
Created By: JI Peter

Why we chose this program:
This program has a very nice, clean design and it features a good use of jQuery for the multiple pages!

Beginner Bracket

Stage Performance
Created By: LILI <3

Why we chose this program:
This program has good rendering, with organized, well commented code. The visuals are very detailed, and the curtain opening was nice touch!

Spin-off Contest: MusicWIP
Created By: Poorvi Singhai

Why we chose this program:
This is a beautiful drawing with significant detail. The program makes good use of subroutines as well as begin/endShape.

Dj for: Contest Music
Created By: purplebanane12

Why we chose this program:
Music is something to participate in, and we liked how this program had the user interact with it!

My Favorite Music
Created By: bookwhiz

Why we chose this program:
This program has good use of stylesheet, as well as a clean layout!

Khan Academy AP® CSP updated for 20-21 standards

Last year, we released our AP Computer Science Principles review course to help students learn and practice a vast array of computing concepts.

Now that this year's AP CSP students have submitted their portfolios, we've updated the course to reflect the new AP CSP 2020-2021 standards from the College Board.

We've added:

• New unit: Digital Information
  • Includes previously covered topics of binary numbers, compression techniques, and licenses.
  • Adds new topics: bytes, binary representation of text, sampling analog data.
• New unit: Online data security
  • Includes previously covered topics of cookies, browsing history, geolocation, encryption, phishing attacks, and passwords.
  • Adds new topics: PII, search history, rogue access points, multifactor authentication.
• New unit: Simulations
  • Includes previously covered topic of randomness. Adds new content on exploring and creating simulations.
• New unit: Computing Innovations
  • Covers similar topics as previous "Global impact" unit but with new exercises focusing on the harms and benefits of innovations.
• New lesson: Parallel & distributed computing (in Algorithms unit)

We've changed a lot of the content in the Internet unit. There's a big overlap in the content covered in the articles, but the exercises have changed to reflect the change in the standards, and the content now covers UDP, WWW, scalable systems, and open protocol development.

We're removed the Computers unit. The lessons on binary data and compression are in the new Digital information unit. The lessons on computer hardware, files, and hexadecimal numbers are still available in our Computers and the Internet content.

We hope this updated content helps students and teachers master the variety of topics in AP CSP in the coming years. Happy learning!

Check out the winners of the "Utopia" coding contest

From Khan Academy Challenge Council Member Allison (tAG54):

"For the months of March and April, the Challenge Council prompted Khan Academy’s coding community to create a program which represented what a Utopia -- or a perfect (and sometimes futuristic) society, place, or world -- would look like to them. Users created games, graphics, animations, and interactive slideshows showing their visions of ideal places to live, and some even created programs to show the upsides and downsides to them.

Below are the winning entries for this contest, along with the judge’s comments. Congratulations and thank you to all of the participants for their hard work and effort!"

Advanced Bracket

A New Journey | UTOPIA (Episode 1?)

Created By: Jam0708

Why we chose this program:
This animation/short film is very well put together! It tells a nice story, has great transitions, and includes excellent visuals and animations!

Exoplanet Utopia

Created By: Admiral Betasin

Why we chose this program:
The high-quality graphics and blended colors are excellent in this program!

Future (Animated)

Created By: Gray Wolf

Why we chose this program:
This is a very well-made graphic with cool animated elements. The colors and designs are very well thought out and look amazing!

Intermediate Bracket

Utopia: A Place . . . Or a Mindset?

Created By: SavannahRW01

Why we chose this program:
This program gave users two "paths" to choose from, and both had beautiful graphics, great information, and advanced shapes!

Scientific/Technological Utopia

Created By: ＶＵＬＴＵＲＮＵＳ

Why we chose this program:
This is a very creative and well put-together graphic, with clean and commented code!

Utopia in the Distance

Created By: William Wang

Why we chose this program:
Beautifully made graphic with lots of great information! The detail is very impressive!

Beginner Bracket

Booktopia!

Created By: Bookworm Boy

Why we chose this program:
This is a nice animated graphic with well-commented code! A very nice layout with some added creativity and futuristic animation.

Photo From The UTOPIAN JUNGLE

Created By: Colored Feather

Why we chose this program:
This is a very fun and colorful graphic! The use of the camera to lead into the image of the utopia was very creative. Well-commented and organized code!

What is your Utopia?

Created By: Elemental Phoenix

Why we chose this program:
This program was very well done, with well-commented code, complexity, and user interaction!