Instructor Guide

This section provides detailed documentation for all aspects of using PrairieLearn as an instructor.

To develop questions and other course content on your own computer, see the local installation guide.

Learn more about configuring the four main aspects of your course:

• Courses
• Course instances
• Assessments
• Questions

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For a refresher of what these aspects are, see the PrairieLearn concepts.

Some other important links are:

• Access control: learn how to control when and where students can access your course content.
• Element catalog: a reference for all elements available for use in questions.
• Code autograders: learn how to automatically grade student code.
  • Python
  • C / C++
  • Java
• FAQ: find answers to common questions.
• Workspaces: learn about workspaces, which provide students with a coding environment.
• Editing and syncing course content: understand tradeoffs between in-browser editing and local editing.