Completely free access to over 100 self marking programming problems
combined with a value for money platform to help teachers assess, manage and track students
programming progress.
The site is now in beta and is being developed with the help of teachers and students.
Sign up for free access to the teacher tools until January 2025 and help shape the future of Go Code It.
Built by a computer science teacher, for computer science teachers!
Complete assignment and project management. Assign bulk projects to classes and track students' work. Over 100 projects and 10 prebuilt assignments are already included with more on the way.
Complete control over classes and students. Bulk upload students and manage accounts easily.
Parsons problems, fill in the blanks, example solutions and other student support features built in and easily set for individual students to allow custom support.
New projects and assignments are added regularly, keeping the student activities fresh and new.
All projects and assignments are able to be self-marked and the built-in markbook allows teachers to quickly view students' work. You can also manually mark and leave comments if you wish.
Write programs using turtle online, right in the Go Code It editor.
Create your own projects and assignments easily with the built-in project and assignment creation tools.
A complete set of custom YouTube videos offering guidance on how to use Go Code It as well as tutorials to help your students learn to program is currently being built and will be free for all to use.
If you have a feature you would like to see, get in touch and I'll see what I can do!
All of the projects being built along with the guides and tutorials are free to use. A cup of coffee would always be welcome but if you don't require any of the additional student management tools then feel free to use what's here.
The additional paid subscriptions will unlock the sites additional features with more to come. Premium subscriptions will deliver a value for money solution to teachers, starting in January 2025. Until then, sign up for the beta and use the tools for free while I develop the site.
I've been teaching Computer Science for over 20 years and worked in industry for 20 years prior to
that. Since joining the teaching profession, I have become dismayed that despite huge advances in
technology and the current digital age, access to good teaching tools that don't cost the earth is
becoming more and more difficult. Although we all like 'free', nobody really minds when things
aren't. We just want things to be affordable.
Budgets in schools are really very tight at the moment, so I found myself looking for a super
low-cost platform that would make managing my students' programming work easier. I couldn't have
been happier to have found not one, but two online coding platforms that seemed to offer amazing
support for teachers and, unbelievably, would be offering this support FOREVER and for FREE! I
dutifully set about spending months developing online exercises and courses, and for a while, it
looked like all was well.
However, as many of you know, that first platform withdrew support for schools, and we were all left
high and dry. We picked ourselves up and set about building courses over the coming months in the
other platform that had also promised free forever. Well, we all know how the story goes... and once
again, we were all left without anything affordable.
That's where Go Code It came in.
Having lost access to some great learning platforms, I decided it was time to develop my
own... and here I am with Go Code It.
Although the large platforms were offering free, the truth is I would have paid for the service had
they offered a cost-effective package for subscription. The school I teach at has nearly 1500
students studying Computer Science at one point or another. Per student licenses are simply not
affordable.
I wanted to develop a flexible online coding platform that was really light on the need for
resources so that it gave a low-cost platform to help me teach the students in my classroom while
being able to be sustainable for the long term.
The self marking programming problems section will always be free to use, so have a play around and
see
what you think. However, full disclosure..I do plan to charge a small amount for the additional
teacher tools when they
are completed, so that they can continue to be supported, developed and maintained. I am currently building
the site and in mid development with a plan to launch in January 2025.
I am doing this in my spare time. Sometimes I have quite a bit, and then sometimes I
have very little. However, I will be adding new features whenever I have time.
I'm currently in the middle of developing all of the back-end account system - making sure it
includes exactly what teachers need for their core student and class management. I'm making
excellent progress and you are welcome to sign up and use the tools with your classes for free
until the official launch.
So that's it really, Go Code it, a low-cost platform that is available to any teacher who feels the
same as I did. I have lots of plans for additional features once I have finished adding the practice
assignments, so watch this space!