So now that we are doing distance learning, I wanted to assign my class the Turtle Programming in App Lab course. For some reason, it won’t let me assign it to a class. When I am on the course and try to change it to the class it doesn’t stick. I tried to change it from my dashboard but the course isn’t listed as an option to assign. Any suggestions on how to get my students to this course?
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YES! I am running into the same difficulties. It doesn’t seem to be an assignable unit in any course, and it is not it’s own course either. I can go to the Self Paced Turtle page and switch through my sections, but I can’t go to my sections and find the Self Paced Turtle Course. Perhaps this is coming soon?
Hi @lora1670 and @clayton.sunding,
Thanks for reaching out. I have fixed the setting on our end which was preventing you from assigning the course. It will take a day or two for that change to be live. Let me know if you still can’t assign it tomorrow.
Best,
Dani
Awesome! It looks like it has gone through. I am able to assign the unit to class sections. Thanks for updating so quickly!
Last spring I used the self-paced turtle programming as part of my distance learning. I wanted to use it again this school year as an emergency lesson in case we end up remote or a group of students end up quarantined. This happened this week, but I can’t find the lesson anymore. Has it been moved/removed? Thank you.
The turtle lessons are no longer being used in the new version. If you want to use it you will need to use the 2019 version of the curriculum
Are all of the Self Paced Courses iPad Friendly? And is their teaching materials on them similar to the Express and CS Discoveries Course? I would like to see how long each lesson should take the students to complete.
I believe the lessons were designed to be used on desktop/laptop. It’s worth a try on a tablet, but I wouldn’t count on it.
If students have a Bluetooth mouse and an external keyboard along with their iPads, they should be able to complete the levels.
Are there any teaching materials for the Self Paced Turtle Course and the Self Paced Game Design Course?
Similar to what is online for the FULL Courses?
Do you have recommendations for any other courses for Middle School Students that work on an iPad, since we are currently Hybrid and need the kids to be able to work on their mobile device at home.
Thank you
What device are you students using at home? Did they have any difficulty with some of the lessons not working? If so do you recall which ones? My students will only have an iPad and I was not sure if it would work. They do not have a mouse, but they do have a keyboard.
Thank you in advance
I don’t believe any of code.org’s courses are made for the iPad, or would need the hardware that Hannah mentioned.
I’m not too familiar with courses outside of code.org, but if you visit the Hour of Code site, you can find activities in the grade 6-8 range, and it links to non-code-dot-org websites/activities. I recommend checking those out and hopefully there’s something suitable for your situation.