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Setup

Course progressStage 0 of 10
~45 min
Your two tools

Keep both tabs open all week. Open in a new tab — don’t use the buttons in this page to leave the course.

Train your AITeachable MachineOpen in a new tab ↗Build the gameRAISE PlaygroundOpen in a new tab ↗
Build

two tabs open and a webcam test that works

Learn

where you will train your AI and where you will build your game

Ship

a workspace that's ready for the rest of the course

Teacher demo

Before students touch their laptops, show the whole class:

  1. Open Teachable Machine in a new tab. Show the New Project button.
  2. Open RAISE Playground in a new tab. Show that it looks like Scratch.
  3. Make it clear that we keep both tabs open every session and switch between them.

The big idea​

The whole course uses two tools. One tool is where we teach the AI. The other tool is where we build the game. We never close either tab.

Today is small but important. By the end, both tabs are open. Your webcam works. You know where to save your work.

How the two tools connect
Photosexamples in Teachable Machine
Modelthe AI after training
Model URLthe address of the AI
RAISEloads the model
PredictionRock, Paper, Scissors, Nothing
Game actionsay, move, score, win

Today we only open the tools. Stage 1 starts the left side of the path: collecting photos in Teachable Machine.

New words
tab
a page open in the same browser window
webcam
the little camera on top of the laptop screen
model
the AI brain we will train
project
the game we are building

Build it​

Step 1 — Open Teachable Machine​

Click the Teachable Machine button at the top of this page. It will open in a new tab.

Once Teachable Machine is open:

  1. Click the big purple Get Started button.
  2. Click Image Project.
  3. Click Standard image model.
  4. You should see two boxes called Class 1 and Class 2 with camera buttons.

If the page asks for camera permission, click Allow. If your camera does not turn on, raise your hand for a coach.

Step 2 — Open RAISE Playground​

Switch back to this page. Click the RAISE Playground button. It will open in a third tab.

You should see a Scratch-looking screen with a cat sprite on the right and colorful blocks on the left.

If your class uses RAISE accounts, sign in now. If not, you can stay signed out — your project will still work for today.

Step 3 — Decide how you will save your AI​

Your AI starts inside Teachable Machine. After training, it gets a long link like:

https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/models/AbC123xyz/

That link is the model URL. Later, RAISE Playground will use it to find your trained AI. Pick one place to keep it:

  • A Google Doc your coach shares with the room.
  • A sticky note on your laptop.
  • A small notebook by your seat.

Coaches will tell the room which way the class is using.

Step 4 — Keep both tabs open every session​

Three things to remember for the rest of the course:

  • The Teachable Machine tab stays open every day.
  • The RAISE Playground tab stays open every day.
  • This course page is your third tab — open it when you are not sure what to do next.

If you accidentally close a tab, that is okay. The buttons at the top of every stage will open it again.

Pacing Lab​

This lab is required before Stage 1. It slows the room down now so setup problems do not steal time later.

Part A — Two-tab recovery drill (15 minutes)​

  1. Close the Teachable Machine tab.
  2. Reopen it from the button at the top of this page.
  3. Close the RAISE Playground tab.
  4. Reopen it from the button at the top of this page.
  5. Turn the webcam off and back on in Teachable Machine.

Raise your hand when both tabs are open again and your camera works.

Part B — Workspace map (10 minutes)​

With a partner or coach, point to each place on your screen:

  • Where photos will go in Teachable Machine.
  • Where the Train Model button lives.
  • Where the model URL will be saved.
  • Where blocks live in RAISE Playground.
  • Where sprites appear in RAISE Playground.
  • Where your project saves.

You are done when you can find every place without help.

Test your setup​

  • Teachable Machine is open in its own tab and the Image Project screen is visible.
  • Your webcam works — you can see yourself in one of the Class 1 boxes.
  • RAISE Playground is open in its own tab and you can see the cat sprite.
  • You know where your AI link will live (Google Doc, sticky note, notebook).
  • You can switch between this page, Teachable Machine, and RAISE in under five seconds.

If it breaks​

  • Camera does not turn on. Click the little camera icon in your browser's address bar and choose Allow. If it still does not work, ask a coach — sometimes a different tab is using the camera and we need to close it.
  • Teachable Machine says the page cannot load. Refresh the page. If that fails, try a different browser tab and re-click the button at the top of this page.
  • RAISE Playground looks completely different from Scratch. You probably clicked the wrong link. Use the button at the top of this page to reopen it.
  • I accidentally closed one of the tabs. The buttons at the top of every stage will open them again. Your AI and your project are saved on those websites — closing the tab does not delete them, as long as you saved.
Coach notes

Before the room starts, walk past every laptop and confirm two things: webcam access is allowed, and both tabs are open. The single biggest setup failure is a kid who clicked "Block" on the camera permission — once it's blocked, the only fix is digging into browser site settings, which eats time.

If the school pre-creates Teachable Machine accounts (recommended for the 7–9 age range), put each student's account credentials on a card before the first session. Saves 10 minutes of typing per kid.

The "where do I save my AI link" question is real. The simplest version is a shared Google Doc the room can all type into — coaches glance at the doc to see who has and hasn't gotten there.