# Time Monitoring

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547>\
**Category:** Website and Tools How-To\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547 "2018-10-04T20:22:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kristine.ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/94ad74/32.png) [@kristine.ruby](https://forum.code.org/u/kristine.ruby)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547/1 "2018-10-04T20:22:56Z")

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Is there anyway for me to see how much time students are spending in CSD? I need to track hours for their Senior Project.

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**Author:** ![karenma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/karenma/32/4924_2.png) [@karenma](https://forum.code.org/u/karenma)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547/2 "2018-10-05T04:49:57Z")

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Hi Kristine,

I am not aware of this feature. I will share your post as a curriculum development idea.

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**Author:** ![bradleywellsashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bradleywellsashley/32/522_2.png) [@bradleywellsashley](https://forum.code.org/u/bradleywellsashley)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547/3 "2018-10-08T15:10:54Z")

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Kristine,

While we’re waiting to hear back from [Code.org](http://Code.org), I have seen students cheat the system too easily in the past and just leave the website open to track hours (we did an experiment with a course and “seat time” which students just left the browser open to achieve hours). For my independent studies (students that have taken all the programming courses and looking for more) in my school I have them fill out reflection forms of what they learned, what was challenging, what was easy and how I can help them. This helps them stay on track, and you might be able to include a question about time spent and from their answers know if they were bluffing.

Hope that helps,

Brad

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**Author:** ![edavis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/edavis/32/4927_2.png) [@edavis](https://forum.code.org/u/edavis)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547/4 "2018-10-11T13:56:16Z")

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I had similar issues with keyboarding programs where students were asked to do X amount of hours keyboarding. They simply left the program open. Sneaky little buggers! 🙂

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**Author:** ![kristine.ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/94ad74/32.png) [@kristine.ruby](https://forum.code.org/u/kristine.ruby)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/time-monitoring/20547/5 "2018-10-11T16:52:22Z")

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In other programs I’ve used, it only tracks the actual time they are working.