A review of A0 based on students submissions this year:
Canvas speed grader
We asked students to use the Pluto export to HTML feature. This worked very well, and it even means that we can use Canvas "Speedgrader" to review the notebooks directly without having to open them! And you can grade and give feedback directly from this interface.
In the speedgrader view, you can see the entire notebook with executed results and scroll. You can also use the "View code" feature to read hidden code cells.
More challenging
Some students (about 25%) said that the assignment could be more challenging, or that it could be more closely related to course material.
An idea from Wouter Kouw: the homework could detect that you finished the first section, and only then show a bonus section with more challenging exercises! This way, students don't get discouraged from doing the homework because it might be too large, but there is still more challenging work for students that want it.
Wrong way to open the file
Two students opened the assignment by coping the file contents, and pasting them in a new notebook. This kind of works (Pluto should give a warning), but it puts cells in the wrong order, and all cells are unfolded. For A1 this will be very confusing.
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A review of A0 based on students submissions this year:
Canvas speed grader
We asked students to use the Pluto export to HTML feature. This worked very well, and it even means that we can use Canvas "Speedgrader" to review the notebooks directly without having to open them! And you can grade and give feedback directly from this interface.
In the speedgrader view, you can see the entire notebook with executed results and scroll. You can also use the "View code" feature to read hidden code cells.
More challenging
Some students (about 25%) said that the assignment could be more challenging, or that it could be more closely related to course material.
An idea from Wouter Kouw: the homework could detect that you finished the first section, and only then show a bonus section with more challenging exercises! This way, students don't get discouraged from doing the homework because it might be too large, but there is still more challenging work for students that want it.
Wrong way to open the file
Two students opened the assignment by coping the file contents, and pasting them in a new notebook. This kind of works (Pluto should give a warning), but it puts cells in the wrong order, and all cells are unfolded. For A1 this will be very confusing.
(Edit this issue to add more!)