Welcome to CodeMonkey! 👋
As you take the first steps with your new CodeMonkey subscription, we want to equip you with the essentials you need to have your students set up to learn to code in real programming languages.
The majority of CodeMonkey’s courses do not require prior coding experience to teach. All courses are designed for school, extracurricular, and home use.
Learn all about CodeMonkey's coding courses and our coding pathway right here. You can also watch a recent webinar that reviewed the different courses: Tour of CodeMonkey courses.
🤝Partnering With Parents:
Education works best when parents and teachers work together, especially in these times when many schools are transitioning from the physical classroom to learning from home. We encourage you to share this letter with Parents to promote learning with CodeMonkey.
🥳Getting Started:
Step 1️⃣: To give your students access to CodeMonkey, first create a classroom and connect it to your subscription (if you already have a classroom on CodeMonkey, you can choose to Upgrade it to your new subscription). This action can only be done if you are the subscription owner.
You are also able to add your colleague as a co-teacher!
Step 2️⃣: Create accounts for your students - use the bulk upload to create multiple accounts, or create each one at a time.
Another option would be to have your students join your classroom by sharing with them the class code or the Class Sign-Up page. This option is recommended when your students are joining from home and/or using a Single Sign-On option (we support Google, Clever, Classlink, and Office 365).
Already have a classroom with students? You can upgrade it to your new subscription!
Step 3️⃣: Assign the courses you would like your classroom to have access to.
Step 4️⃣(Optional): Once students are in their classroom, you can use the Classroom Login URL or print our Student Login Cards to provide them with easier access to their CodeMonkey accounts.
💥Additional Tips for Success:
Monitoring Progress: At any point, you can follow your students’ progress and access solutions to challenges. This will support you as the teacher in monitoring understanding of coding concepts and planning next steps for instruction.
You control the pacing: With Progress Limiting, you have the option to limit your classroom from advancing past a specific challenge or exercise in a course. Also, the opposite! If they understand a coding concept, you can use the Skip to Challenge feature to push them forward!
Use Super Hints to offer extra assistance: Super Hints (currently available in Coding Adventure only) provides extra guidance for students and enables them to progress independently in case they get stuck. Hints' content varies and could be a very helpful tip or, at times, the solution itself. Super Hints are turned off by default (read more about Super Hints and how to turn them on).
Create and Share: Using CodeMonkey’s Challenge Builder, teachers can assess students’ understanding of the coding concepts they have learned, and students can test each other to solve self-created challenges. With Game Builder, students can explore their inner game designer by creating exciting and engaging games. Click on the links to learn more about Challenge Builder and Game Builder.
Teacher Resources: Check out the Teacher Resources tab from your teacher dashboard for pedagogical resources, including curriculum maps, lesson plans, videos, posters, etc., for all of our courses!
Questions? Visit our Help Center https://help.codemonkey.com/en/ or contact us at support@codemonkey.com to speak to a CodeMonkey support representative.