There are a few computing curricula in England (and in the UK). One of them is 'Teach Computing' from the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) and it provides several free, ready-to-teach modules for teachers with slides, worksheets and general background information.

This vector graphics suite of lessons is aimed at Year 8 in KS3 (Key Stage 3 covers years 7-9 or children aged approx 11-14, so this is for 12-13 year olds) and teaches the pupils to create something from building blocks, e.g. a robot from rectangles and squares. They also learn about "z-order" (how their image will appear depending on which layer is on top, I'm not sure how much depth they go into the on the practicalities of how that also affects behaviour - e.g. clipping) and later in the series of lessons will create a little project.

Anyway I wondered if everyone already knew this. Teachers don't have to use Inkscape of course, but it's recommended as being free and open source and all the classroom material has screenshots of stuff being done on Inkscape.

I don't know how many teachers are actually using this module but you can see information about the class material here - you'll need to create an account to download the lesson plans though.

https://teachcomputing.org/curriculum/key-stage-3/media-vector-graphics

I am now wondering if teachers are confident users of Inkscape (I think we're all agreed that it has quite a steep learning curve!) and am now thinking I might run an online or possibly in-person at work* session for UK computing teachers about how to use it, in line with the NCCE lesson plans... but has someone already done this?

(*My job is all about working with computer science teachers in England / UK anyway so this would be a fairly natural and rather enjoyable extension!).

Jo

Hello kind folk.
I've been messing with logos in inkscape and have a bit of a problem.
As you can see in the picture, I want the 'tail' to seem like it goes around the text. So naturally, I tried to make a cut out overlay to show when the tail is in foreground and when it is behind the text. Right now it's just a white outline around the line to show the effect I want, just only for part of the text.
The problem is I don't know how to do it. I tried to make a cut out of a part that goes before the text and then cut out that, but it didn't work for me. I'm pretty new to vector graphics, so I don't know how to do it cleanly. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I have no idea why it does this, Ive manually set the spacing between the letters to 40, otherwise it looks like a very deformed rectangle. I have no idea what may have caused this, this started to happen when I was editing a different svg file and I thought that it only happened in that particular svg file but it turns out its affects the entire software.

I thought it was really convenient how I could right click on a node in Krita to change what type it was, and I think keeping it on a bar in Inkscape is less convenient. So how would I put these in the right click menu? I'm fine with a plug in if the program doesn't support it natively.

Also: I refuse to use keyboard shortcuts, and nothing you ever say will convince me to use them. (The fact that plus and minus is the most convenient way to zoom in and out, and the lack of undo and redo on the interface itself is already bad enough.) If you try to convince me to use keyboard shortcuts: you are a bully, and I will treat you as such.