Teaching coding to a large class of secondary, FE or HE students has now been made significantly easier with the launch of Codio from Application Craft UK - a free web-based programming platform featuring rich code editing, a wide portfolio of programming languages and dedicated virtual servers that can be accessed quickly and easily from within a browser.
Designed to take the pain out of programming, Codio allows teachers to side step the time consuming task of setting up many programming tools (stacks) for the various operating systems on every single Mac or PC within an ICT suite and on students’ own machines. It also allows them to assign courses to specific classes, directly access student code stored on the cloud, assign marks and add notes anytime anywhere.
Unlike other players in the market such as Codeacademy who provide a basic introduction to coding, or Khan Academy, Coursera, Udemy and Udacity who offer content orientated solutions, Codio provides teachers and students with a strong underlying coding platform. It also supports the concept of ‘Open Source’ courses, allowing teaching content to be shared globally and copied and modified without restriction.
“My mission is to help teach the world to code”, said Founder and Digital Entrepreneur, Freddy May.
Find out more by visiting the Codio website, here
