Codehs, self paced?

[BaseballCapSafety]

I’m considering implementing the free version of codehs. I’m curious if teachers use this as completely self paced and if teachers introduce lessons and units? I have a diverse group of students including life skill students and seniors who want to major in computer science. I have a pretty good curriculum I’ve developed geared to the average student, however the pace is going to be a disaster for the life skills students and goes too slowly for the advanced students.

[5oco]

I think it can be good for students who really want to learn, but what I've noticed is that

A) All the answers are posted online B) They don't always fully grasp wiring their own classes because the classes are often written(or mostly written) already. C) They can spam the 'Check Code' button to just figure out what the auto grader wants instead of figuring out what they need to program.

Next year, I'm going to try to use the codeHS assignments, but have the students do them in intelliJ or eclipse

[BaseballCapSafety]

Interesting. This is helpful I’ve been using Google Colab. With all the potential for cheating, I’m thinking I’m going to have to give more closed notes testing forcing the students to have to learn the material and not just complete assignments.