{"id":2873,"date":"2021-10-14T21:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2021-10-14T22:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:00:02","slug":"introducing-vigenere-cipher-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/introducing-vigenere-cipher-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Vigenere Cipher Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introducing our latest website feature &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/vigenere-cipher\/\">Vigenere Cipher tasks<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following on from our very popular Caesar Cipher wheel, the Vigenere cipher goes one step above and is considered a much harder cipher to crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For teachers, if you teach the Caesar Cipher, the Vigenere Cipher is the next logical step to talk about, and you can even use the Caesar wheel again for the Vigenere Cipher!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have 2 exercises\/tasks available &#8211; encryption and decryption.  Just like with the Caesar Cipher task, students will be given a random phrase to encrypt or decrypt with a random encryption key word.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task.png 867w, https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task-600x166.png 600w, https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vigenere-task-768x213.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tasks use the Caesar Cipher wheel, but if you prefer (or if the students prefer) they can try using the <a href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/vigenere-cipher-grid\/\">Vigenere Cipher grid<\/a> which is available online or is available in a Microsoft Word document that can be printed out.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vigenere Cipher is a great follow on from the Caesar Cipher and encourages students to try and think about how encryption can be made better \/ more secure &#8211; 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