Author: annboyles

There are a lot of ways to evaluate student progress in computer science. I really enjoy projects, because it allows for creativity and fun, but it can be useful to gauge code-reading comprehension and time-boxed problem-solving in a variety of ways as well. One evaluation method that works well is having students solve simple coding…

While experimenting with different tutorial formats during Covid, I tried writing out some longform tutorials illustrated with GIFs and/or embedded code blocks. While I didn’t continue down this path, I found them to be useful introductory reference tools for students. Thunkable Introduction: Scorekeeper App Node.js/Express.js Tutorial: Message Wall