11.2a — Create PT: Video + PPR
Production day. Two artifacts leave this room as part of your AP score: the video (behavior, demonstrated by you, under 60 seconds) and the Personalized Project Reference — the PPR — the ONLY notes you may hold while answering WR2 on exam day. Both are made today.
Video rules (read twice, then rehearse once more):
- Under 60 continuous seconds and under 30 MB, one take (edits are forbidden — one unbroken recording). Lower the capture resolution if you are over the size, do not shorten the demo.
- Must show: input happening, program behavior, output — your 11.1d demo path
- Voiceover or on-screen text explaining purpose; your face is optional, your program is not
- No names of classmates or school (privacy rule)
Recording ritual: stopwatch rehearsal → recording one → watch it → one fix if needed → recording two, done. Retaking forever is a trap; your demo path is already rehearsed. Save as MP4 and back it up in TWO places (repo folder + cloud).
The PPR (the exam-day cheat sheet you write yourself): four code segments, each in its own box (a box holds up to three screen captures, so long code is fine — capture it in order):
- Your procedure — the name, the parameter(s) and how you use them, and the algorithm body with your three S/S/I parts visible
- The call to that procedure (the real call site)
- How data is stored in your list, and what the list is called (do not show an empty list being created)
- Where that same list is used toward your program's purpose
No comments in any captured code — the Portfolio rejects the PPR for it, and a rejected PPR is a rejected section. Use 10-point font or larger, and capture at 100% zoom: if the reader has to expand a capture to read it, it does not count.
That PPR is open in Bluebook beside you for the whole written-response section on May 14 — you are not recalling line numbers, you are reading them off the screen in front of you. All four responses come from it; WR2a/2b/2c point directly into it, and WR1 draws on the purpose and outputs it anchors. Screenshot the exact lines, not from memory.
Socratic: Two Artifacts, Under 60 Seconds
- What did you cut from your recording plan when you found out how fast 60 seconds goes?
- The PPR is the only notes you may hold during the written responses. Did you write it for the grader who reads it, or for the version of you who needs it in May?
- You captured the list, the procedure and the algorithm. Which of those three would a stranger still not find, and what would you label differently?
Checkpoint — before moving on, you must be able to:
- Show a sub-60s one-take video demonstrating input → behavior → output
- Show a PPR with real code excerpts, matching the video
- Explain the PPR's exam-day role (WR2's only notes)
- Have both files backed up in two places
Reference Docs
Need a deeper explanation? These pages cover the same concepts:
- Create PT guide — video + PPR rules
- Written Responses — how the PPR is used
Saved on this device only — the Dashboard tracks your progress.