What are some capabilities that Vocareum delivers?
We were fortunate enough to be guided by some of the most passionate professors in Computer Science programs across the country. Over 3,500 students at top universities such as UCSD, USC, UIUC and Penn State went through the platform as a part of their CS and EE classes, and the broad release of our product reflects a lot of what we learned through our pilots. Some of our most widely used features include:

Instantaneous setup of coding assignments and exams for students.
Students being able to submit work and get immediate feedback on their code by running coding tests in their browsers without any installation.
Automation of grading by running tests on student submissions.
Implementation of active learning strategies such as peer review and team projects with the click of few buttons during configuration
Easy-to-use plagiarism detection tool
Detailed analytics on all assessment points.

Why do you see the need to move computer labs to the cloud?
The physical infrastructure of computer labs can severely limit scale and reduce effectiveness. Computer labs cannot grow as quickly as the demand for computing courses increases. They become a big barrier for universities to extend their offering to distance learners. Various industries are moving to a BYOD environment, where personal devices are supported by cloud infrastructure. We believe that computer labs need to end up there as well. Our platform is built on Amazon Cloud Services with capabilities to manage the diverse needs of different coding classes—in terms of both size and tools. Vocareum is an open platform that seamless integrates with existing solutions through standards like LTI and our open API.

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A cloud LMS built specifically for coding classes

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