Debugging Support

Share with your students that  finding and fixing  “bugs” is an everyday part of a professional software developers job. They should expect to have to find and solve lots of bugs as they write code!

WHAT DOES A RED EXCLAMATION MARK MEAN?

• Students who have not completed the activity requirements and have chosen to move forward to the next activity will receive a Red Exclamation Point
• Students will not have earned points.
• The error could be carried forward causing errors in subsequent activities
• Note: The project is built as a lesson progresses so code is pulled through to continue the build until project completion

HELP RESOLVING ERRORS

• See our Teacher Debugging Guide
• Have students follow the Student Debugging Checklist

• If your student still isn't able to find the error, use the arrow button to reset the code to the start of the activity. The reset button is at the bottom of the code editor bar.
• If a student has multiple red exclamation marks, they should reset all of the activities back until the last green check mark and then move forward.

LOOKING UP THE SOLUTION

• See our How do I find the solution to an activity? for step-by-step instructions