Accelerated Innovation
Through Codio, Accelerated Innovation delivers scalable, hands-on AI and software engineering training to enterprise teams — without environment setup headaches or LMS complexity.
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Requirements
Before adopting Codio, Accelerated Innovation faced several challenges in delivering professional AI / software engineering courses to corporate clients:
Environment Setup: Workshops often lost 2–3 hours configuring learner environments (Visual Studio, local SDK conflicts, corporate IT restrictions). Codio eliminated setup completely by running code in a cloud IDE.
“Every workshop, we’d lose half a day to ‘it doesn't work on my machine.’ Codio solved that instantly.”
Version & Project Management: Training required managing multiple incremental project versions – previously stored in GitHub as separate folders. Codio’s “Solution Begin / Solution End” feature removed the need for manual scaffolding.
Consistent Learner Experience: Client teams used a mix of devices, OSes, and permissions. Codio ensured every learner ran the same environment in the browser.
Flexibility for Custom Content: Unlike LMS-first tools, Codio allowed notebooks, VS Code workspaces, HTML slides, and integrated LLM workflows in one place.
Rapid Iteration: Instructors needed to prototype content quickly and “test as a student.” Codio allowed cloning projects, previewing student mode, and fast iteration.
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Background
Marty Bradley, CTO | AI Instructor & Technical Curriculum Architect at Accelerated Innovation, teaches enterprise teams modern AI development practices. He found Codio when searching for platforms that could support hands-on workshops without setup pain:
“I stumbled on Codio and thought – this can't possibly work the way I think it does.”
Initially comparing against:
- Virtual machines / lab boxes
- Replit and GitHub Codespaces
- Traditional LMS + downloadable project files
Once he tested Codio, the decision was immediate:
“Every time I touched a feature, I thought – oh wow, it does that too. It’s freaking cool. This is the platform I always wanted to build.”
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Teaching with Codio
Courses Taught with Codio:
- Generative AI fundamentals
- Jupyter/ML training with notebooks
- Full-stack chatbot workshop (API + front-end)
- AI evaluation & integration engineering
How Codio changed their delivery workflow
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Before Codio |
After Codio |
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2–3 hours lost configuring developer environments |
Learners begin coding in <60 seconds |
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Multiple GitHub folders to manage staged solutions |
Solution Begin/End automatically reveals scaffolded code |
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Live instructor troubleshooting during class |
Codio Coach and inline guidance unblock learners without instructor intervention |
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Static slide decks |
Integrated HTML + code + notebooks + guide in one learning flow |
“I used to maintain four incremental versions in GitHub. Now I have one project and Codio manages progression automatically.”
Codio allows Marty to combine:
- Notebook-based lessons
- Live IDE projects
- Auto-graded assignments
- Custom HTML slide decks
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Working with Codio
Codio’s team partnered closely to help Accelerated Innovation scale content creation:
Dedicated Support: Rapid responses from Codio support and engineering.
Guidance on Best Practices: Coaching on authoring, stacks, and content structure.
“Every time we hit a wall, Customer Success team helped us work through it. Support is exceptional.”
Open Collaboration: Regular discussions about LLM integration, API key management, and LMS setup paths.
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Going Forward
Accelerated Innovation plans to expand Codio usage as they add new enterprise training modules across:
- Advanced GenAI development
- Software architecture
- Prompt engineering & agent development
The strategic value is clear:
“I don’t know why I’d ever use anything else. Codio lets us focus on teaching – not on fighting the environment.”
Leading up to the meeting, we continued to navigate through the documentation to develop a list of questions we had as we tried to incorporate our curriculum into the platform. The more we read through the documentation and utilized the support chat feature, the more we realized the meeting was unnecessary.
The online documentation couldn’t be more thorough, and the support team is always available to assist with any questions we may have, even when we just reached out to ask how they would recommend organizing our curriculum into books, projects, and modules.
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