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Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by r4victor »

r4victor wrote: post #26
d-- wrote: post #14

I'm using the Autolab project from CMU, and I'm quite satisfied. You'll need a couple machines to self host, and run the student's code. http://www.autolabproject.com Features: Autograding Grade any assignment in any language using any software package. Instantly. Scoreboards Encourage healthy competition with a real-time rank ordered scoreboard. Code Annotation Augment the autograde with additional feedback directly…

Thank you. Judging by the description it's what I'm looking for. I couldn't find a demo, so I'm not sure whether it satisfies the requirements or not, but I will definitely try it.

Now I understand why they don't have a demo.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by vvankrunkelsven »

applecrazy wrote: post #24
vvankrunkelsven wrote: post #6

DataCamp has DataCamp Teach ( https://www.datacamp.com/teach ), which allows you to create your own interactive content. Disclaimer: I work for DataCamp Edit : there's also a 'light' version available: https://github.com/datacamp/datacamp-light

What’s the pricing for the course builder? I only see pricing info for your courses.

It's free, you just need to create an account and you can use the course authoring tools.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by rmbeard »

It depends a bit on what you want them to write code in. R Shiny has some built in e-learning functionality with interactive documents. At least two packages will let you-develop e-learning materials. If you use Python Jupyter notebooks have a an ability to be graded which would allow grading of code. I would then recommend Piazza for cimmunication with students as it supports code formatting and math in the form of LaTeX support.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by DaQuirm »

Is there any way to contact you personally? I'm a member of a group developing educational games for software engineers and we're looking for project ideas. Perhaps we could collaborate on a graph exercise application that would run students' code, grade their submissions and, for instance, visualise graphs.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by alfonsodev »

r4victor wrote: post #31
r4victor wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you. Judging by the description it's what I'm looking for. I couldn't find a demo, so I'm not sure whether it satisfies the requirements or not, but I will definitely try it.

Now I understand why they don't have a demo.

why?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a simple solution for building an online course

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Post by r4victor »

DaQuirm wrote: post #36

Is there any way to contact you personally? I'm a member of a group developing educational games for software engineers and we're looking for project ideas. Perhaps we could collaborate on a graph exercise application that would run students' code, grade their submissions and, for instance, visualise graphs.

Hi! I'd like to share the details of a course with you and to hear about your approach for designing such an app. Feel free to contact me: vds003 at gmail.com
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