1. Meaning

An online coding community is a group of people who meet on the internet to learn, share, and help each other with coding (computer programming).

2. Purpose

• To learn coding skills from tutorials, videos, and examples.

• To share ideas and projects with others.

• To get help when stuck on a problem.

• To collaborate with other coders around the world.

• To have fun creating games, apps, and animations.

3. Examples

• Scratch – Easy block coding for beginners.

• Code.org – Fun coding activities and challenges.

• Replit – Write and run code in many languages.

• GitHub – Share and work together on coding projects.

• Khan Academy – Learn coding through lessons and practice.

4. Features

• Discussion forums – Ask questions and answer others.

• Project sharing – Show your work to the community.

• Learning resources – Tutorials, articles, videos.

• Challenges and competitions – Test your skills.

• Peer feedback – Get advice and suggestions.

5. Benefits

• Learn faster by interacting with others.

• Get help from experienced programmers.

• Build teamwork and communication skills.

• Stay motivated and inspired.

• Improve problem-solving and creativity.

6. Safety Tips

• Use a nickname instead of your real name.

• Do not share personal information (address, phone number, school).

• Be polite and respectful in all communication.

• Report any inappropriate behavior to a teacher or parent.

• Follow the community’s rules and guidelines.

✅ Summary:
An online coding community is like a virtual classroom and playground for coders. You can learn, share, and create together while following internet safety rules.

a) Citing identifies sources that your classmates may want to use.

b) Citing shows your teacher that you did your research.

c) Citing gives credit for the original work or the idea to the author.

d) Citing gives the location of the sources you used.

2. You decide to cut and paste some information from a website into your school report. What is this called?

a) Copyright vindication

b) Plagiarism

c) Being smart

3. Information Literacy refers to:
   a. the ability to find, evaluate and make good use of information.
   b. the attitudes necessary to use information ethically.
   c. a necessary skill for lifelong and self-directed learning.

a) b + c

b) a + c

c) a + b

d) a + b + c

4. What is a source?

a) A cut

b) Something you put on a meat pie

c) Where you find your information 

d) A bright light

5. What should be written down when doing good research?

a) Full sentences

b) Phrases

c) Paragraphs

d) Keywords 

6. Information literacy is an assessment of how well you can find and use information. You need to use the information to reach conclusions.

a) True

b) False

7. When copying something word for word, use ___.

a) quotation marks

b) commas

c) parentheses

d) exclamation marks

8. All the news and headlines that can be found online are true.

a) Maybe

b) No

c) Yes

9. Only experts can post information on the internet.

a) True

b) False

10. Which of the following is NOT an important part of evaluating a website? 

a) expert author

b) it is relevant to me

c)current information

d) how many people use the website

11. Which is the most reliable source?

a) Google

b) About.com

c) nasa.gov

d) howtobeawesome.org

12. Which of these are usually considered reliable?

a) .net

b) .edu

c) .com 

d) none of the above

13.

A website is trustworthy if

a) the date the author originally provided the information is present.

b) all of the above.

c) the author's job or qualification is available.

d) the author's name is cited.

14. A reliable source is

a) biased.

b) promoting a product.

c) trusted.

d) google.

15. Wikipedia is not a trusted source because

a) anyone can add to or edit it.

b) the information might be outdated.

c) your teacher says you can't use it.

d) most of the information there  is false.

16. Prejudice is favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

a) Media

b) Bias

c) Symbolism

d) Propaganda

17. .gov means the webpage is run by...

a) A commercial group

b) The government

c) The military

d) An educational group

18. How do you determine if a source is relevant for your assignment?

a) It mentions your topic.

b) The information relates directly to your topic.

c) You accessed it from a database.

d) It was listed in a Google search.

19. How do you evaluate currency of a source?

a) Look for date the article was published.

b) Any of the above

c) Look for date the article was updated.

d) Look for date the article was accessed.

20. Which of the following url endings is considered to be the MOST credible?

a) .gov

b) .com

c) .net

d) .org