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View Your Students' Code for Coding Labs Assignments

From the MindTap gradebook, open the GitHub code editor to review your students' code. You are automatically added as a contributor.

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  1. To open the gradebook, click Progress › Gradebook.

  2. If there is no score, click the double dashes (--).

  3. To view your student's answers for an attempt, click View or Grade.

    All available question feedback is shown when you view student attempts. Students are shown only what you selected in your activity settings.

  4. Click Detailed Review.

    Panel displays a student's score and completed date for a coding labs assignment named Program Input in C++. Below that, the Detailed Review button is shown.

Your student's latest code opens in a new browser tab in the GitHub code editor.

View or edit code

  1. First time only: In the Coding Labs assignment, sign in to your GitHub account.

    You must have a GitHub account to use Coding Labs. You can use an existing account or create a new account.

    1. If you do not have an account, click Create an account.

      Follow GitHub's instructions to create and verify your account.

    2. Click Authorize careerdsvrusr to link your GitHub account to your MindTap course.

    Your GitHub account is linked to your MindTap course so you do not need to sign in to GitHub again.

  2. In the Companion tab on the right, GitHub displays a standard warning that you are about to access a development port served by another codespace. Click Continue.

  3. Follow the instructions in the Companion tab to complete your lab.

    To do this

    Do this

    Open the Explorer to browse and manage lab files

    In the codespace Activity Bar, click Explorer.

    Manage extensions

    In the codespace Activity Bar, click Extensions.

    Open the Companion tab to access lab instructions, run code, and submit your lab

    In the codespace Activity Bar, click Cengage Companion › Open Companion Tab.

    View lab instructions

    In the Companion tab toolbar, click Open instructions.

    Open command palette

    In the Companion tab toolbar, click Open command palette.

    Show/Hide terminal

    In the Companion tab toolbar, click Toggle Terminal.

    Select a database

    In the Companion tab toolbar, click Select database.

    This feature is only available in SQL labs.

    Reset your lab

    1. In the Companion tab toolbar, click Reset exercise.
    2. Click Reset to confirm.

    Run code

    • In the Companion tab toolbar, click Run code.
    • At the bottom of the Companion tab, click Run Code.

    Download your work as a.zip file

    1. In the codespace Activity Bar, click Cengage Companion › Bundle Current Workspace.

      The Explorer tab opens.

    2. Under Student, right-click the.zip file and click Download.

  4. Check your work in the Companion tab and edit as needed.

    Your final score is based on the work in the code editor when you submit your lab.

    • To check an individual task, click Run tests next to the task instructions.
    • To view feedback for each task, click Show feedback for task.
    • To check the entire lab, click Calculate Grade at the bottom of the Companion tab.Calculate Grade is not available for manually graded or practice labs.

    Depending on your GitHub account settings, you might receive an email notification after you run code. To disable unwanted notifications, see GitHub Notifications.

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