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CodeHS AI Hints

Learn more about the CodeHS Artificial Intelligence Tools to provide faster support for students

Sara Jenis avatar
Written by Sara Jenis
Updated over 5 months ago
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CodeHS is proud to introduce AI Hints to help teachers manage their classrooms and improve student learning outcomes! When you are reviewing student code, you can generate an AI Hint which will point out where the program can be improved. Hints can be accessed within the Code Editor and from the AI Toolbox.

💡 AI Hints are only available for teachers to generate. Students do not have the ability to generate hints for themselves.

Accessing Your AI Tools

To access the AI Tools:

  1. Join the AI Hints beta by visiting AI Tools.

  2. Review the tool instructions and disclaimers and click Join Beta.

  3. Begin using the AI Hints! After joining the AI Hints beta group, you can join the waitlist to get early access to new and experimental AI Features as they become available!

Start Using AI Hints Now!

Using AI Hints in the AI Toolbox

  1. Click Toolbox in the top navigation panel and choose AI Tools under the Grading category. You can also find it in the left navigation bar labeled AI under the Grading category.

  2. Choose Try a Demo Program or Try it With Your Students' Work to view a program.

  3. On the far right, choose which level of hint you would like to create, and choose Generate AI Hint. You can also edit the student code to see how the hint will change!

  4. If you are viewing a student's program, click Send Hint to share the suggestion with students. Students will see the suggestion in the Conversation tab of their Code Editor.

  5. Optional: Give feedback on the hint that was generated!

GIF demonstrating how to navigate to AI Hints and how to use it.

Using AI Hints in the Code Editor

  1. When viewing a student's code in the editor, click More > then Conversation.

  2. Choose which level Hint you would like to create and choose Generate Hint.

  3. Edit the message and once you are happy with the text, click Send to share the hint with the students.

  4. Optional: Give feedback on the hint that was generated!

GIF showing giving AI hints in a student assignment.

Providing Feedback on AI Hints

Similar to other AI tools, we are always training and working to improve our AI features. As a teacher, you have the ability to rate and provide written feedback for each AI suggestion you receive!

Click the thumbs up or thumbs down to rate your suggestion and give feedback in the popup modal or return to your AI Feed to provide feedback at a later time.

Screenshot of the popup modal with the words: Was this hint useful? as well as the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons next to it.

Disabling AI Hints

You can disable the AI Hints feature by following the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the AI Tools app by clicking on AI under the Grading category in the lefthand navigation menu.

  2. Click on the Settings tab in the top navigation bar.

  3. On the AI Configuration page, you can enable/disable the AI Hints feature under the AI Features Enabled section.

Screenshot of the AI Tools' Settings page. The AI Features Enabled section is highlighted, with an arrow pointing to the toggle for enabling or disabling AI Hints.

Accessing All AI Tools

CodeHS now offers a suite of AI tools to help you grade and provide personalized feedback faster. These AI grading tools give teachers more time to concentrate on instruction, differentiate learning, and track student progress. Click here to learn more about CodeHS AI Tools.

AI Tools are only available on CodeHS Pro. To get Pro for your school, contact our team at hello@codehs.com!

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