CodeHS Summer 2017 Updates
Hi teachers! We hope that you have had a relaxing summer, and are feeling ready to dive into the new school year. Here at CodeHS, we have been hard at work incorporating teacher feedback into making some major improvements to our curriculum, tools and resources. In this blog post, we’ll give you the run-down on the exciting new features added to CodeHS for the year ahead.
Intro to Virtual Reality Course
Teach virtual reality with A-Frame! Our brand new course is designed to take beginner programmers, and teach them how to get starting creating VR worlds.
Check it out here. https://codehs.com/info/curriculum/vr
Web Design Course
This courses teaches beginning learners how to make professional looking websites with HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap.
Check it out here: https://codehs.com/info/curriculum/web_design
Pacing Guide / Course Map
This tool allows you to use due dates to set the pace for your students, and view student progress contextualized by the pace you’ve set.
Check it out here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/codehs-syllabus-tool-af58cd57c36d
Building Mobile Apps on CodeHS
Through the CodeHS Sandbox, students can now build Mobile Apps with React Native and Expo.
Check it out here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/building-mobile-apps-on-codehs-ca282e2bcc49?
Graphics Programs as Mobile Apps
Related to the last update, you can now turn any CodeHS Javascript graphics program into a mobile app that can run on your smartphone.
Check it out here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/graphics-programs-as-mobile-apps-4c816acc0fe0
Hidden Test Cases
One request that we hear from teachers building their own problems in Create is that they would like the ability to write hidden unit tests, so that students completing these exercises cannot write programs specifically to pass the test cases. We’ve added hidden test cases so that you can test if a student program works without giving them any clues.
Check it out here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/introducing-hidden-test-cases-889f6527b865
Gradebook Custom Points
We’ve added a new grading schema to the CodeHS Gradebook — yours! This schema will allow you to assign custom point values to any exercise in the curriculum for full customization of your gradebook.
Read more here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/custom-points-in-the-gradebook-9c5961335f0e
Sandbox Searching and Filtering
We’ve created a tool to let you search and filter your student’s sandbox exercises. This makes quick and easy to grade sandbox content, or just check out the creative programming that your students are doing.
Check it out here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/sandbox-searching-and-filtering-1d0ace33c32b
Copy Paste Prevention
This optional setting allows you to stop your students from copying and pasting in the CodeHS editor. Don’t worry — unless you enable it, your students will be able to copy and paste freely.
Read more here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/copy-paste-prevention-32495a77da5f
Printable Student Code
With this addition, students can create nice looking hard copies of their programs.
Google OAuth for Single Sign On
We’ve added an option to sign up or log in with a Google account. This should make it even easier to get started with CodeHS especially if you’re a Google Apps school!
Read more here: https://medium.com/read-write-code/google-oauth-signup-and-login-on-codehs-4a5c63ec5d7a
Thanks!
As always, we’d love to hear your feedback as you use these tools with your students! Reach us on twitter @codehs or by sending an email to hello@codehs.com.
