The Smart Hints App on CodeHS is the app where you can manage and review all AI hint activity for your sections. You can control whether students can request hints from Karel AI, monitor how students are using those hints, and review the hints you've sent to students yourself.

To access this app, look under AI Category in the left-hand nav, then click Smart Hints.
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The Smart Hints App features 4 tools that can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the page: Smart Hints Hints Settings, Insights, Student Usage Dashboard, and Teacher Hints Log.

The Student Usage Dashboard shows you how students are using Smart Hints, you can view how often students are using hints, if students are relying heavily on hints, if multiple students or a particular student may be stuck on a specific assignment, etc.

You are also able to view the Conversation Threads between your students and Karel AI. Learn more about: Monitoring Smart Hints

The Insights tool provides high-level analytics and data visualization on how Smart Hints are being utilized across your sections. Along with top-level engagement metrics, detailed breakdowns like Messages per student, Most-asked-about assignments, and All assignments help you spot where students need support.

This tool controls whether students in a section can request hints from Karel AI while working in the Code Editor. Smart Hints is off by default — you must enable it here before students can use it. Learn more about Smart Hints.

The Teacher Hints Log gives you a record of the AI Hints that teachers have generated and sent to students from the Code Editor. Use it to review all AI-generated feedback that was sent to students, as well as direct links to the assignment for which the hint was generated. Learn more about AI Teacher Hints.