CS101 Difficulty Level Descriptions

There are 5 difficulty levels which you can set your students at for Instruction Practices, Technique Practices and Coding Exercises.

Level 1 
Level 2 
Level 3 
Level 4 
Level 5 


Level 1 provides the most support to students. 

It provides Section and Paragraph comments in the editor to help students organize their code. 

`#### ---- INPUT ---- ####`  is a section comment in the example below.

There are also comments that describe each line of suggested code in plain English. Words in the comment that are in all caps provide a hint as to what word they could search for in Code Assist to code that section.

If students need more support, there are beacons they can click which reveal the syntax of each line of code. 


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Level 2 provides beginner support, without revealing the solution.

There are comments for each suggested line of code in the editor that hint at what the line of code is. Words in the comment that are in all caps provide a hint as to what word they could search for in Code Assist to code that section.

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Level 3 provides intermediary support.

It provides Section and Paragraph comments in the editor to help students organize their code and comments that describe each line of suggested code in plain English.

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Level 4 provides fewer in-project supports.

It provides Section and Paragraph comments in the editor to help students organize their code

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Level 5 provides a blank coding activity, designed to be completed via the project requirements found in the Assignment Panel. 

There are no hints provided and is meant for the most advanced students.


 

 

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