PYTHON

Teacher Account Requests

If you are a teacher interested in gaining access to the CS academy curriculum please complete this form.

• Teacher Account Request Form

FCPS PYTHON FOLDER

https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/

• You will need to request a teacher account 

• Developed by the CMS CS Academy

•  CS1 2019-2020 curriculum is now available for you to start creating your classrooms with!

• Please do not hesitate to reach out to us via the support tab (that only teachers can access) on the left-hand side of our site or by sending an email to support@csacademy.freshdesk.com if you have any questions at any point! 

Carnegie Mellon University, world-renowned for computer science and artificial intelligence, has launched a free, online curriculum for high school students that helps instructors teach programming skills using engaging graphics and animations.

The curriculum fills a gap between introductory computer science educational materials available for grades K-8 and the rigorous Advanced Placement courses that the most advanced students might take later in high school

Highlights

Teacher Portal

• Here you will see your pre-loaded classrooms 

• You could also create your own classroom. Then, New students can join a classroom by navigating to https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/register/ and using the appropriate registration code from the table.

• Teacher Portal Help (Great Resource for beginners!) 

"Resources"

• Here you can get teacher resources such as Teacher Portal Help, CMU Graphic Resource Page, frequent questions, end of unit review resources (Video, review, & Kahoot) and more.

• We have an online community where teachers can collaborate and get questions answered by a team of CMU Students.

"Professional Development"

• Here you can complete activities that are in similar format to the CMU program. 

When Teachers view an online classroom

(Click on "Teacher Portal", then click "Your classrooms", then click on a classroom of your choice)

"Progress & Gradebook"

• • • Our tools give teachers the ability to manage every student’s individual progress and observe how the class is doing at a glance.

• • • All of our excercises are autograded, allowing teachers to spend less time grading work and more time helping students. However, grades do NOT transfer to 

    • The units are seperated, as is each activity. You can see if assignments are complete, in progress, and more. Ypu can also view the progress as the class as a whole.

    • You can select the "Customize" button (right side of the page) to change the points or activies that students need to complete. Then hit "Save changes".

    • You can download detailed grades, time data, submissions, and more.

    • "Daily Usage" --> You can see students time spent on an assignment, the weekly total time, and Download the data given here.

    • "Pacing" --> You can change what students can and cannot complete. You set the pace for the curriculum.

    • "People" --> You can use the share link to allow students to join your class, you can add student accounts here, change the nickname, sign in as the student, and more. You can also click the 3 dots to the left and here you can change the username, reset a password if a studnet forgets it, delete a student, remove a student, and mroe.

• • • "Groups" --> You can select the unit and collaborative task and make groups for students to work together.

"Docs + Colors"

• • • These are different resources that are offered and give more insight on shape properties, color properties, Events, built in Functions, and more!

Contact Information

Erin Cawley <ecawley@andrew.cmu.edu>