Exercises are sent to the instructor via email. Students receive a numerical grade from 0 to 5 points for each lesson. Exercises receiving 3 points or less must be repeated until correct. The emphasis of the Exercises is to master a specific command or technique. Students can receive a maximum of 4 points for rework.
Students take quizzes online using a browser.
The quizzes are open book. Each quiz contains ten multiple-choice questions. Quizzes are graded immediately upon submission. Students answering correctly 6 or less questions out of 10 may retake the quiz one additional time. All programming projects are assigned a numerical score from 0 to 10 points.