Step 1: Buy the Domain I usually use Namecheap or Misk to buy the domains. Step 2: Change the Nameservers On Namecheap, go to your domain page, then to the Advanced DNS section, and under DNS/Host Records choose Custom for the Domain Nameserver Type. Then I go and enter in my custom domain name servers. … Continue reading How I Make a New Flipside Website
We’ve been thinking about the problem of creating a great autograder for coding problems for quite some time now. We’re teaching about the power of computing — we want to use that to make the experience of creating and grading problems fantastic for teachers. Now on CodeHS you can easily create your own problems and autograders with … Continue reading These Are The Autograders You’ve Been Looking For
Pink School Buses for Dynamic Large Carpools Dear Lyft, I would like to share with you a Free Idea that you can implement to keep making your app better! Here is the idea: Lyft should buy a fleet of school buses, paint or vinyl wrap them pink, add the Lyft logo and start operating some … Continue reading Dear Lyft, Here is a Free Idea
We are very excited to announce our AP Java course on CodeHS. This is a project that has been in the works for years, and we are thrilled to have students and teachers using it all over the world to learn this year. This course is jam-packed with amazing content, features and tools on both … Continue reading Teach AP Computer Science in Java with CodeHS
Want to teach AP Java to your students? Start Here! Are you planning to teach AP Computer Science in Java with CodeHS this year? Here are a few tips for getting started! You can teach all year for free on our Free plan, and get access to the entire curriculum. If you’d like more teacher … Continue reading Getting Started Teaching AP Computer Science in Java with CodeHS
(big help from http://zaidox.com/os-x-mavericks-virtualenv-and-pip.html, seems this was a common problem) Just to document the issue I had with my local pip, python and virtualenv setup after updating my Mac to 10.10 Yosemite. A few things I saw initially: Virtual env seemed to disappear /usr/bin/python: No module named virtualenvwrapper virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the … Continue reading Issues with Pip, Python and Virtual Env After Updating Mac 10.10 Yosemite
We’re introducing a Free Plan and updating our school plans so every school can teach with CodeHS Our mission at CodeHS is to empower students with coding. We believe that students from every zip code can change the world by harnessing the creativity and power of computing. We’ve worked with thousands of students and schools … Continue reading CodeHS For Every Zip Code
We are very excited to introduce our new school plans to go along with our many new features and courses. We’ve update our plans to help your school offer an amazing computer science class. Free Plan The Free plan gives schools access to our curriculum to teach a year long Introduction to Computer Science or … Continue reading Introducing New CodeHS School Plans and Our Free Plan
A great story about “life and language” in the Amazon, as a linguist missionary goes to live among the Piraha In Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes, Daniel Everett, a linguist and missionary, tells his story about going to live and study among the Piraha in the Amazon. It’s a great story and lots of fun … Continue reading Book Review: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes (4/5)
The CodeHS team went around the country running workshops at over 60 schools to see what computer science looks like first hand Karel the Dog and the CodeHS Pink #ReadWriteCode van started off in San Francisco, and drove around the country running coding workshops, meeting with teachers, students and administrators, leading assembly presentations and doing … Continue reading Summary of CodeHS Road Trip and Press Information
