[Athen] Accessible alternatives for Codecademy?

[Sorensen, Neal B]

Hello Ione,

Disclaimer: This may be a bit of a reach and not as easy to start as Codecademy. There is a website/mentor program called exercism.io<https://exercism.io/tracks/python> may be an accessible solution. The advantage it has is that it does not use a web-browser based coding interface. Instead, it uses real-world applications (Command Line, Python software, and Notepad++ or Text Wrangler) to complete coding lessons, as well as a GitHub account. It does take some set-up to do the exercises. The advantage is it really does prepare people for working with code in real applications. Codecademy is good at teaching syntax and troubleshooting with easy-to-digest lessons. Exercism is more complex, and requires some more advanced installation and usage.

Another tool you could look at is learnpython.org<https://www.learnpython.org/>. I honestly don't know if it's any better than codecademy, but it's worth a look.

Hope this helps!

Neal Sorensen
Access Specialist
Accessibility Resources
Minnesota State University, Mankato
132 Memorial Library
Mankato, MN 56001

Phone: 507-389-5242
FAX: 507-389-1199
Email: neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu<mailto:neal.sorensen at mnsu.edu>

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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:21 PM
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Subject: [Athen] Accessible alternatives for Codecademy?

Hello everyone,

We have a student enrolling in a computer programming course next semester, and the instructor has indicated that he utilizes Codecademy for part of the lessons, though he is willing to use an alternative. We are wondering if any of you fine folks have any suggestions on accessible alternatives. Specifically, the instructor is using it for learning Python.

Thank you all for your input,

Ione Priest, CPACC
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Accessibility Technology Manager
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