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Sharing Sandbox Programs

Share, embed, and fork programs created in the CodeHS Sandbox and IDE

Written by Jeremy Keeshin

Sharing Sandbox Programs and Code

  • Verified teachers can share their Sandbox programs with anyone. Anyone with the URL of a shared Sandbox program can view it in the editor.

  • Visiting the URL of a shared Sandbox program will take you to the IDE so you can see the output side-by-side with the code, mess around and make some changes, and even fork the program to your own Sandbox.

  • Whether students can share their Sandbox programs depends on their privacy settings. Student HTML programs are private by default and can only be shared if the student's school or district allows it and their Section teacher turns sharing on. Other program types, like Python or Java, can be shared by default unless the school or district has turned sharing off.

  • If you'd like to exclusively share the output, you can turn off "Show Code" in your share settings:

Screenshot highlighting the Share button at the top right of the code editor.

Screenshot of the popup window that generates shareable URLs

Note: Program sharing is not available for logged-out users, unverified teachers, students who aren't enrolled in a section, and Individual Learners and ESA Homeschool students.

To learn more about student program privacy settings, check out Managing Student Access to Public Programs on CodeHS.

If your students are not able to use email to share links with each other, you can use this sheet to collect and distribute links for your class. Just make a copy in your own Google Drive and use the sheet to share student links.

Embedding Sandbox Programs

Sandbox programs also have an embed link, which is used to embed them in a webpage. The “Embed” link is the URL for your shared program with “/embed” at the end.

Screenshot of the Embed tab that generates HTML code you can paste onto a website

Note: Embedded programs only display for viewers if the program has sharing turned on. A private student HTML program won't display publicly when embedded.

Fork Sandbox Programs

Forking is the ability to copy a program to your own Sandbox, essentially taking a snapshot of it and making it your own. To fork a Sandbox program:

  1. Go to the shared link of any Sandbox program that has sharing turned on.

  2. Click the Fork button at the top right to create a separate copy of the code in your Sandbox.

Screenshot highlighting the Fork button at the top of a Sandbox program

Making and saving changes to this forked copy won't affect the original program.

Video Demos

Sharing Sandbox Programs

Forking Sandbox Programs

CodeHS Tutorial

Our team created a tutorial to show how you can use the CodeHS Graphics JavaScript library outside of CodeHS on any website. Check it out here:

How to Use the CodeHS JS Library On Your Website

Still have questions? Contact our team at support@codehs.com to learn more!

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