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Creating a Tracy the Turtle Exercise

How to create a Tracy the Turtle exercise using the CodeHS Create app

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Written by Eli Hernandez
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With CodeHS Create, you can create your very own custom exercise with Tracy the Turtle!

Creating a Tracy Exercise

  1. Click Create to navigate to your Create App.

  2. Click Create New Assignment.

  3. Choose Coding Exercise > select the Python (turtle) Activity Type.

  4. Fill in the assignment details: title, description, and starter code.

GIF demonstrating how to create a tracy exercise.

Editing a Tracy Exercise

To Edit your Tracy the Turtle exercise:

  1. Navigate to your Create App

  2. Click on the ‘...’ to the right of the assignment name.

  3. Click Edit.

Activity

In the Activity tab, you can adjust the assignment's Title and Description

Gif demonstrating editing the articles title and description

Starter Code

The starter code tab allows you to provide students with initial code when they begin an exercise, helping them get started on the assignment.

GIF demonstrating adding starter code to the assignment

Solution Code

The Solution Code tab is where you'll provide the problem's solution code. Keep in mind that this doesn't automatically test student code against the solution. For that, you'll need to set up a custom autograder. Refer to the Autograder section for more details.

Uploading a Result Image

You will have the option to include a result image for your program. This image will serve as an example for students, showing them what the finished program should look like.

To upload a result image, press “Click to Upload” > Select an image from your computer.

Image showing the Click to Upload button

Example:

Image showing what the Result world looks like to students.

Autograder

In the Autograder tab, you can manage and create autograders for your Tracy Exercise.

To add an autograder:

  1. Click Create Autograder

  2. Press the “+ Add” to add an autograder to your assignment

  3. Modify the Code

GIF demonstrating Adding an autograder to the assignmnet

💡 Check out this article for more information about adding and editing custom CodeHS Autograders.

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