Unit 3 and Unit 5 coding answers on YouTube

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This is my 4th year to teach AP Computer Science Principles using the excellent code.org curriculum. This is the first year I have discovered students turning in code in Units 3 and 5 that is identical to the exemplar code provided to the teachers. My students confessed to finding a YouTube video that provided the exemplar code answer and a complete walk through of the programming process.

I am very frustrated by this and I do not understand why any teacher would post the answers to any of the code.org curriculum on a public, easily searchable forum such as You Tube.

My very strong request is to pull this material down to maintain the integrity of student experiential learning while using the excellent curriculum of code.org. The biggest lesson the students can learn while coding is code - test - revise. When the answers are readily available this code - test - revise lesson is a mute point.

Please keep the integrity of the curriculum for code.org in tact and do not post answers for students to easily find.

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I completely agree with this – it is incredibly frustrating. I love Code.org but can’t possibly continue to use many aspects of the curriculum because some teachers chose to post such detailed answers.

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Frustrated with students using you tube for answers. Has anyone found a work around for this?

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This can be disheartening for sure. Code.org recognizes the issue, and has a forum post here with some suggestion/thoughts on this topic.

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I am so frustrated by this too! I love the curriculum and find it fun and engaging for the students. But they have been looking up answers to assessment questions that are easily found online. They have been copying projects they find videos for online. I think I may need to rethink using code.org curriculum for my AP Computer Science Principles class as it really doesn’t serve the students if they can just find the answers so easily.

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I can appreciate that frustration, @wkuemmel. I would recommend submitting a feature request for new assessment opportunities so the curriculum team sees it.

Code.org’s content is published under a Creative Commons license. This is great because it keeps the curriculum freely accessible to schools all over the world, but unfortunately it limits their ability to prevent YouTubers from making videos.

–Michael K.