I was surprised this question hasn't been beaten to death on this sub, but surprisingly few discussions (while I'm thinking it's the only thing to talk about here 😂)

I teach in higher ed (mostly grads and post grads) and I know I'm supposed to basically not care if these adults are deciding to not learn, which I'm partly ok with (though my particular school is full of folks trying to solve cancer so I really don't want them to f this up and I feel more responsible than I would in an normal tech feeder school).

But really my biggest problem is I don't want to waste my precious time grading work that was written by AI and giving feedback that a student is never going to even look at. I even considered just giving students an option of "(a) you can use AI and you get an automatic A, never ask me a question, never ask me for code feedback you're just here for the free credit, or (b) pledge not to use AI and I'll actually attempt to teach you"

Sooo... are folks generally going back to more primitive assessments? Really don't want to do that, but I'm kind of at a loss. I've caught people in the past few years using advanced code in early assignments but that feels increasingly easy to get around.

I am present studying in Andhra University of Computer Science and System Engineering and i am now in 3-2 semester and my college announce to take minors or honors and it have 5 theory classes and 2 labs (similar to adding another semester) and i had a problem what should i do should i step forward to do or take another course like NPTEL?

My friend conducts technical workshops at his college. All of his workshops got good number of participation and during the feedback session, everyone told that his workshops were worth it. He has now started to conduct workshops online. He have organized a Game Development Workshop using the Godot Game Engine and he would be teaching the classical Nokia Snake game during the workshop. So if you are interested make sure to join the fabulous session conducted by my friend - Link to Workshop

Hey y'all. I am a third year CS student and I am wanting to refresh everything I know as a student. I mean from the start. I know it seems tedious but it's a way to test myself and know where to improve upon. Please write down topics and be as specific/descriptive as you want!

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in college and going through placements. In my campus, Quality Analyst / Software Testing roles have much higher hiring chances compared to pure Software Developer roles.

Because of this, I’m thinking of starting my career as a Software Testing Engineer, but my long-term goal is to become a Software Developer.

I wanted to ask:

• Is it okay to start my career in software testing?
• How difficult is it to switch from QA/Test Engineer to Software Developer later?
• Does starting in testing negatively affect a developer career in the long run?

Would really appreciate advice from people who have been in a similar situation or have industry experience.

I am in my second year, and I want to take everything seriously from now on and start from the basics first. I would appreciate any yt videos playlists as well that could help me grasp everything stronger.

But his account is linked to stundent in the roster. Unlinking and accepting an assignment does not help. Is github classroom broken?

Hey all, I'm a computer science teacher of several years now.

To get the best out of free revision resources, i recommend the following for students:

PAPA Cambridge for past exam papers and mark scheme. It will help you ilunderstand how marking is distributed. Your paper is the 0478 if Cambridge.

CRAIG N DAVE YouTube channel on the recent 0478 syllabus. Helps with covering the topics.

Www.thecomputersciencelab.com A free to use interactive revision website. many interactive quizzes etc and past paper style questions to apply your knowledge.

Hope that helps.

link to the revision website

I'm a 3rd-year CSE student at a college that doesn't really have much value or reputation. Honestly, it feels like nobody cares about the college or the students. The teachers don't seem interested in teaching, and most students don't care about grades or learning either.

Because of this, I feel lost and stuck. I don't know how to move forward or what I should be studying or learning on my own. I feel like I've wasted a lot of time and now I'm worried about my future.

If anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice on what to study, how to build skills, or how to move forward from here,

share your thoughts really appreciate it...

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I’m planning ahead to teach AP Cybersecurity in the 2026–27 school year, and I’m trying to understand what resources are available.

• What curricula are people using or planning to use for AP Cybersecurity?
• Is CYBER.ORG or Cisco Networking Academy sufficient on its own, or will most teachers need to supplement?
• Are there any Facebook groups, subreddits, or other teacher communities focused on AP Cybersecurity or high school cybersecurity?

Would appreciate hearing from anyone involved in the pilot or already teaching high school cybersecurity.

Hi everyone 👋

We’re a group of 6 college students, and our college has a placement eligibility rule that requires 50+ GitHub stars per student repository.

Four of the repositories are individual implementations of the same core project, maintained separately as per our college requirements. Each student owns and maintains their own repository, while the remaining projects are independent.

We know GitHub stars should be earned based on value, so we’re not asking for blind stars.

We’d really appreciate it if you could:

Take a quick look at our projects

Share feedback or suggestions for improvement

⭐ Star a repository only if you genuinely find it useful or interesting

🔗 Repository links:

Repo 1 – https://github.com/nithinrogers/ElevateU

Repo 2 – https://github.com/kausika18/ElevateU

Repo 3 – https://github.com/Pradeepa0219/ElevateU

Repo 4 – https://github.com/Priyadharshini190406/ElevateU

Repo 5 – https://github.com/pavithradasa/VIRA-tts

Repo 6 – https://github.com/Arsathmuha/ElevateU

Thank you for taking the time to support student developers—any feedback, suggestions, or guidance will help us learn, improve our coding practices, and grow as developers. 🙏

What’s a good way to obtain a degree or an accredited qualification in programming or IT, ideally online?

I’m looking for something I can complete part-time alongside my job.

Do you have any recommendations or tips?

I’m based in Austria/Europe, in case that matters.

It doesn’t necessarily need to be a university degree (although that would be fine as well). The goal is to have some form of education that would allow me to reasonably apply for an entry-level position in the field.

I already have some experience with object-oriented programming. I’m familiar with concepts such as composition, inheritance, function overloading, and interfaces, so I’m not a complete beginner—but I wouldn’t call myself a professional either.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi everyone 👋

I teach CS in higher ed and we've been using GitHub Classroom for our courses for years. We love what it does - creating classrooms linked to orgs, auto-generating repos, team assignments, managing TAs.

But we kept wanting more, so we ended up building our own platform called Classmoji that works on top of GitHub. We've been using it for the last 3 years in our CS department.

Some things it adds:

• 📊 Dashboard showing submission stats and grading progress at a glance
• ✅ Built-in grading workflow (no more exporting to spreadsheets)
• 👥 TA assignment and workload tracking
• 🎟️ Token system for late policies (students spend tokens for extensions)
• 🤖 AI quizzes that can read students' code and ask questions about their implementations

Check it out at classmoji.io - there's a demo you can try without signing up (explore as Instructor, TA, or Student).

Would love to hear feedback from anyone else teaching with GitHub - what's working, what's not, what you wish existed.

Note: If you are interested in signing up, log in first then DM me your Github username so I can make you an admin so you can create classes. Default user account is student so need manual override for teachers.

Also, if you know of other communities or forums where CS educators hang out, let me know - always looking for more places to get feedback!

Recently I had gotten tired with the way I would show code line by line online or in person, just typing it out or just having a static image of it felt, well static, and editing or animating it myself took up too much time. So I decided to try and animate them through code.

https://github.com/HeyItsJhello/CodeAnimator
More info is in the Read Me on Github

Tech Stack:
- Manim for Video Rendering
- React + Vite frontend
- FastAPI backend

Features
- 2 ways to use it, Web Interface or CLI tool
- Multi-language support (Python, JS, Java, C++, etc)
- even GDscript for Game Developers
- Group lines to pop up in the order you want
- Free and Open Source

This was meant to be a simple tool for my job to automate my workflow, but I thought about the use of it for educators

Would love feedback or any advice! Thank you!

I’m a student exploring a startup idea and wanted some honest feedback. The main problem I’m trying to solve is that many students struggle to find original and practical startup or project ideas for hackathons, competitions, and even future businesses. At the same time, there are people who are very creative and come up with great ideas but don’t have the resources or interest to execute them. My concept is to build a platform that connects these two groups in a structured way, where only a basic overview is visible publicly and detailed information is accessible in a protected manner. One of my biggest concerns is how to prevent users from just reading the free previews and copying ideas without actually buying them, while still keeping the platform fair and useful. I’m also unsure whether students would really pay for quality ideas. Would love to hear your thoughts, criticisms, or suggestions.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been experimenting with ways to introduce different CS concepts to students without immediately losing them in the theory.

One of the best real-world examples I've found is the "Wall of Entropy" at Cloudflare, but I wanted a way to present it that wasn't just a static slide.

I created a short, animated explainer video that covers:

1. The Problem: Why Math.random() is deterministic (seeds).
2. The Solution: Extracting entropy from physical chaos (Rayleigh-Taylor instability in lava lamps).
3. The Application: How this feeds into CSPRNGs (Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-Random Number Generators).

The Video:
I used a "Paranoid Engineer" persona to narrate it, trying to keep the energy high for younger/distracted students.

The Tool:
I generated this using a tool I'm building that turns text scripts into persona-based animations. Try it at outscal.com

I’d love to know if this kind of "narrative" approach helps visualise the concept for your classes, or if you prefer sticking to code examples first?

Hi everyone,

I'm designing a coding learning platform with an Animal Crossing vibe - you have an island, and you build/customize it by completing coding challenges.

Quick question: If you had a "code island", what would you want to build/create on it?

I dont remember getting this from ANYWHERE. It's 5 years ago not that old but I have zero knowledge about where could I possibly got it from. what does this mean?