# '16-'17 General Discussion for Optional Lesson 1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\ **Tags:** csp-unit-1\ **Created:** [August 19, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/16-17-general-discussion-for-optional-lesson-1/5127 "2016-08-19T02:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/brook/32/88_2.png) [@brook](https://forum.code.org/u/brook)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/16-17-general-discussion-for-optional-lesson-1/5127/1 "2016-08-19T02:02:04Z")
Use this thread to discuss your questions and comments about **_how to run the lesson._** ---
**Author:** ![jalano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jalano](https://forum.code.org/u/jalano)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/16-17-general-discussion-for-optional-lesson-1/5127/2 "2016-08-23T14:07:14Z")
I was able to access the optional lessons on code studio for teachers, but how do you assign them to your students? ---
**Author:** ![anon24944129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon24944129](https://forum.code.org/u/anon24944129)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/16-17-general-discussion-for-optional-lesson-1/5127/3 "2016-08-23T15:13:55Z")
Hi Julie, you can give the url directly to your students and it will allow them to access the stage. So, for example: [https://studio.code.org/s/cspoptional/stage/1/puzzle/1](https://studio.code.org/s/cspoptional/stage/1/puzzle/1). We don’t have it listed right now in the Teacher Dashboard as a course because it’s not really a full unit or course, so accessing it is a bit more manual. If you need to view free response answers, you can navigate directly to the question, pull out the Answer Viewer on the right, and look through student work. Hope that helps! Sarah ---
**Author:** ![brook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/brook/32/88_2.png) [@brook](https://forum.code.org/u/brook)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/16-17-general-discussion-for-optional-lesson-1/5127/4 "2016-09-28T14:07:06Z")