2020 CodeHS Platform Updates

2020 CodeHS Platform Updates

Prepare for the 2020–2021 school year with these exciting new updates on CodeHS!

Whether you’re teaching virtually or in the classroom this fall, CodeHS has you covered. We’ve made many improvements so you can better customize assignments, assign and manage grades, and run a virtual class — all while saving time!

Super-Improved Gradebook

• Set Grading Categories: Organize course work with grading categories such as Classwork, Homework, Tests, Quizzes, Projects, and Exams and calculate weighted grades based on the categories set.
• Make Inline Edits: Editing grades inline within the gradebook makes grading faster than ever.
• Passback Grades: Reduce the extra steps in your grading workflow by sending grades directly from CodeHS to your district’s gradebook or external LMS like Google Classroom.

Assignment Creation & Management

• Improved Integrations: District customers can integrate CodeHS with other platforms like Canvas, Clever, Schoology & ClassLink.
• Enhanced Controls: Control permissions for course visibility, allowing for assignments to be available, locked, or scheduled for a specific date.
• Build Your Own Assignments: It’s now easier than ever to build your own assignments and lessons on CodeHS
• [Coming Soon!] More Assessment Options: New formative and summative assessments will be reflected in real time. Quizzes will now also include options to manage if and how many retakes students are allowed and updated tracking dashboards.
• [Coming Soon!] Add New Assignments: Under Assignments, you can quickly edit and add assignments or lessons — without even leaving the page.
• [Coming Soon!] Set an Assignment Focus: Turn-on Focus Mode to direct students to a specific assignment. Students will be limited to viewing that assignment so you can ensure they’re in the right place during the time frame allotted.

Virtual Teaching Tools

• Track Student Attendance: Track student attendance, login history, most recent activity, and total time spent on CodeHS.
• Streamline Communication: Send reminders and feedback to your class with the new Announcements and Conversations tools.
• Run CodeHS on Mobile: Use CodeHS wherever you are! Updates to our IDE make it compatible with mobile devices, iPads and Chromebooks.

Coming Soon! New Ways to Assess Your Students

For the 2020–2021 school year, CodeHS is launching several new ways for teachers to assess students with quizzes, tests, and exams. There will be formative and summative assessment options, along with custom configurations like setting retakes and choosing whether students receive automatic feedback on incorrect answers or not. Stay tuned for more info!