News archive

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We will be removing the news section from our documentation website.
All release note news items have been added to their respective release on https://github.com/dodona-edu/dodona/releases. In addition, his post will serve as an archive for other news posted there.

Privacy policy update: private accounts - 2022-08-18

In Dodona release 6.0.0, we updated our privacy policy. In that version, we enabled users signing in using their personal Google or Microsoft account. Users signing in that way must explicitly agree with our privacy policy (opt in).

For users signing in using their institutional account, nothing changes.

As always, the most recent version can be found on https://dodona.ugent.be/privacy.

Privacy policy update: Google Analytics removal - 2022-02-05

In Dodona release 5.3.1, we updated our privacy policy. In that version, we stopped making use of Google Analytics so it is no longer needed to mention it in our privacy policy. The following sentences were removed:

Dodona uses Firebase and Google Analytics to monitor site performance. No personal data is ever sent to these services.

As always, the most recent version can be found on https://dodona.ugent.be/privacy.

Webinars Computational Thinking - 2021-05-01

On March 29 and April 26 2021, we gave a webinar on the new learning outcomes on computational thinking. You can rewatch the webinars on YouTube, but they are in Dutch.

In part 1, we give more information about the new learning outcomes on computational thinking. Next to a short introduction to Dodona, there's also more information about the YouTube tutorials of Dirk Peeters. Part 2 is all about Dodona and how you can use the platform in your classes.

Have fun watching!

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HJCqeyt5trc

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/embed/IfXrsP1z9OI

Pythia judge renamed to python - 2019-10-22

To avoid confusion and to be more consistent with other judges, the pythia judge has been renamed to python. This change was made automatically and requires no further action from users. In addition, the biopythia judge was merged into the Python judge, since they used the same codebase. All python exercises can now just use the python judge.

Dodona @ 2LinK2 conference on computational thinking - 2019-04-28

2LinK2 organizes its first conference on computational thinking for computer science and STEM educators on Thursday June 13, 2019 in Ghent, Belgium. In a hands-on workshop with Dominiek Vandewalle (College Waregem) and Alex Bervoets (Atheneum De Ring, Leuven) – two computer science educators in secondary schools – team Dodona introduces its intelligent tutoring system for learning computer programming in secondary education. Curious about exploring this online learning environment or looking for practical tips to get started with Dodona in secondary education? Registrations for the 2LinK2 conference are now open. We are looking forward to meeting you in person on the conference.

JetBrains plugin - 2019-03-09

Programmers developing in one of the JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, …) can submit their solutions to Dodona using a plugin developed by Pieter De Clercq en Tobiah Lissens. Their GitHub repository contains instructions for installing and using the plugin, and accepts issues and pull requests. All bug reports, feature requests or new ideas are welcomed.