Grading and Student Feedback Challenges for CS Instructors
Providing students with timely, constructive feedback is an increasing challenge for today's CS educators. There are many challenges around grading: inadequate GA/TA resources, providing timely feedback to students, and notably in CS, the incompatibility of a student’s development environment and the grading environment (resulting in the dreaded “but it worked on my machine!”). Codio rec...
NSF-funded study finds cryptography students using Codio learn more than with traditional materials
Since 2017, Codio has provided services to a supplemental project of the Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges (C5) grant* funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Under the leadership of project Co-PI Dr. Melissa Dark of Dark Enterprises, and with support from project PI Dr. Vera Zdravkovich and Dr. Beth Hawthorne, this project was an independent research ...
zyBooks vs. C-Books
We’re often asked: “what's the difference between zyBooks and C-Books?” In an attempt to differentiate, we’ve decided to offer a comparison based on the following dimensions: Platform Content Assessments Student Learning Data Price Platform Both Codio and zyBooks have IDEs that are integrated with interactive, multimedia content. While zyBooks offers custom, high-production value animati...
Women in Technology - An Interview with Rae Harbird and Sarah Nicholson
Encouraging greater female participation in computer science, STEM and Technology careers: An Interview with Rae Harbird and Sarah Nicholson, Teaching Fellows in the Department of Computer Science at University College London In the UK, there are approximately 50,000 fewer girls than boys leaving the education system each year with the qualifications to take up jobs in technology and eng...
