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Playback student code as it was written
Codio’s Code Playback enables instructors to understand their students’ thought processes by replaying student code creation as it was written from beginning to end. See students’ implementation of learned concepts, review student input across multiple files, visualize and identify pastes, determine areas where students encounter difficulties, grade students’ effort, and highlight potential cases of plagiarism.
Playback code and pastes across multiple files
Codio's Code Playback functionality supports multiple files, illustrating how students navigate between various files during programming. Code Playback also reveals pasted code. By clicking on a marked paste, it becomes visible on the timeline highlighted in green and appears within the context of the code file in the upper pane. Navigate the timeline by either playing the player, dragging the timeline itself, or utilizing the zoom buttons.
Highlighting Potential Cases of Plagiarism
Codio’s Code Playback is an essential tool in maintaining academic integrity. It captures every instance of code being copied and pasted into the IDE, highlighting these actions for instructors to review. When a large section of code suddenly appears in a student’s work, the tool highlights it in green, making it easy to detect plagiarism. This visibility helps curb harmful practices by allowing instructors to address issues as they arise, ensuring that students produce original work.
Grading Students’ Effort
With Code Playback, instructors can trace each student’s journey through an assignment, providing a clear view of the effort involved. This feature allows you to see beyond the final submission, offering insights into how much time and thought students put into their work. By reviewing the green highlights for code creation and red highlights with strikethroughs for deletions, you can assess whether students are engaging in thoughtful debugging or resorting to trial and error. This transparency enables you to grade based on effort, much like awarding partial credit on an exam.
Integrated into Codio’s IDE
Code Playback is seamlessly integrated into Codio’s cloud-based IDE, making it easy for instructors to access and use. With just a few clicks, you can open the history of any student’s code file, view their process across multiple files, and even collaborate on projects and assignments. Whether you’re focused on teaching, grading, or detecting plagiarism, Code Playback provides the insights you need to support your students’ success.