How SNHU Uses Codio at Scale to Support Engaging STEM Programs

Course Authoring

I love authoring in Codio

"I love authoring in Codio. The power and control to be able to adapt, iterate, publish, and re-use course content semester-to-semester is amazing."

Gwen Britton, PhDAssociate Vice President at SNHU

Requirements

What we needed

We use Codio widely and extensively at SNHU. We have a team of subject matter experts and instructional content designers developing and leading courses that are now much more applied in nature.

Before we began working with Codio in 2016, our courses were very theoretical and we needed to make them more applied. However, we were always dogged with setup and configuration issues. students had to download an SDK, install something like Eclipse, and by the time we had solved setup and configuration issues, many students were failing while instructors were struggling to find a path forward.

In that context, once I’d seen the flexibility, power, and scale of Codio, the platform seemed a perfect fit to put technology in the hands of every student and to really scale what we’re trying to do with our STEM programs.

Configuration

Scalability, the ability to configure environments of any complexity and share these with students instantly

Authoring

The authoring tools and the ability to make all our courses more applied with auto-graded practical assessments

Assessments

The assessments engine and the ease with which we can author and integrate auto-graded assessments

Feedback

Immediate access to student code

Flexibility

The flexibility to adapt, iterate, publish, and re-use course content

Low Cost

The reduction in VM costs as each student gets a fully configured environment for each teaching unit and assignment

Background

Why we chose Codio

The ability to put a cloud platform to use with all our students while simultaneously fixing the setup and configuration issues has been a huge benefit from the outset.

Each student regardless of device and operating system has a consistently high-quality environment in which to engage with course materials.

The platform is easy to use, and there is extensive documentation, round-the-clock support, and a library of excellent videos on key use-cases to help people get started fast.

Benefits

Teaching with Codio

Courses Taught With Codio

Data Analytics
Applied Statistics
Introduction to Programming in Python
Java Programming
Linux
R
Web Development
Database Management
Secure Coding
Scripting

Overall, the ability to create highly immersive and engaging course materials at scale has been a tremendous advantage. Codio also has extensive support for assessments and auto-grading including a new assessments library, all set up with auto-grading and instant rich feedback for students. Instructors also have one-click instant access to student code which makes for significant time savings.

There is also a strong academic user community, so when other academics make resources public in the platform, this provides a very valuable resource bank for the community to use. For example, we’ve made use of Jupyter notebooks and have found many useful resources within the community.

Student Success

The students love it

"I love authoring in Codio. The power and control to be able to adapt, iterate, publish, and re-use course content semester-to-semester is amazing. More than that, the students love it, and they’re successful in completing the course."

Gwen Britton, PhDAssociate Vice President at SNHU

Course Authoring

Creating with Codio

When curating courses for online delivery, you need authoring tools that make it very easy to update, modify, clone, or replicate, and then propagate across a range of deployed courses, e.g. 25-30 sections of Python programming.

The power and control to be able to adapt, iterate, publish, and re-use course content semester-to-semester is amazing.

I love authoring in Codio. I like the side-by-side presentation of the curriculum with applied examples. It’s been really easy to build out formative assessments. I like the ability to invoke another window to change and modify content.

More than that, the students love it and successfully complete the course.

Codio and Southern New Hampshire University

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