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Codecademy from Skillsoft

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What is Codecademy from Skillsoft?

Codecademy, from Skillsoft since the acquisition announced in December 2021,is a web and mobile-based platform that teaches employable digital skills to millions of users worldwide. Through its platforms, learners discover concepts such as HTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, Python, Ruby, PHP, and APIs by actually building things and getting constant feedback from peers.

Codecademy aims to present a networked approach to learning in which the user can interact with students across the globe, and build amazing projects.

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A superb platform to learn practical skills in a digital world.

Incentivized
Dr Andy TehView profile
Founder, Owner, and Principal in Professional Services at Teh & Associates (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Codecademy from Skillsoft to develop our knowledge and skills in web design, web development, cybersecurity, and miscellaneous topics in data science. Our firm is delivering more digital content, compared to the prepandemic period, and none of us on the team received any formal training in information technology or coding. Codecademy from Skillsoft provides the resources for us to learn or improve skills necessary in a digital world - these resources are relevant, easily accessible, and effective.

Pros

  • The content is relevant to our projects, and therefore adds value to our goals.
  • The content is delivered in a way that is conducive to adult learning, e.g., chunked into bite-size amounts (not overwhelming), uses language that is easy to understand (no technical jargon), a good mix of didactic content and quizzes (the latter adds an element of interaction).
  • The user interface is logical and user-friendly.
  • Codecademy from Skillsoft makes it easy to track your progress, not only within a course, but also relative to your weekly target.

Cons

  • I would like to see more video content, including introductory videos (the latter tend to make the lessons feel more personal). Some people may learn better with videos, compared to text and images only.
  • Recommended reading lists may be helpful to those who want to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.

Most Important Features

  • Codecademy from Skillsoft is accessible at anytime and anywhere.
  • Functionalities that motivate persons to continue learning, e.g., tracking progress in course completion, progress relative to the learner's weekly target, certificates of completion.
  • The content helps us to acquire new knowledge and skills easily.
  • Codecademy from Skillsoft plans are cost-effective.

Return on Investment

  • Having improved our proficiency in web development and web design through Codecademy from Skillsoft , we are able to deploy new websites or update existing ones more quickly and efficiently.
  • The courses in cybersecurity have enhanced our skills in protecting our business against malicious online threats. The benefits of keeping our data secure online is immeasurable.
  • The courses in UI and UX design have given us a framework on which to design effective and user-centric websites in a consistent manner.

Other Software Used

Evernote, Google Workspace, WordPress, Notepad++, FileZilla, Ditto

Codecademy at a glance

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Codecademy helps me to brush up on skills that I have not used in a while engineering wise. For instance, recently I was tasked with building a python script to automate some excel sheet tracking of certain emails that are received. Codecademy helped tremendously here to help me get started on the basic python fundamentals needed to approach this task

Pros

  • Provides a very user friendly UI allowing for almost anyone to intuitively use the platform without many or any hiccups
  • Uses well-sourced teaching techniques to reinforce learning like spaced repetition
  • Allows and encourages self-paced learning so the individual can go as or as slow as they need

Cons

  • Would be nice to have a wider array of deep dives into different topics instead of a breadth focused approach
  • The paid version is too expensive given the price its asking for
  • Needs more of a community in order to facilitate learning and allow users to ask questions and get timely responses to the problems they encounter

Most Important Features

  • Accessibility and ease of use
  • Practical teaching methods that will appeal to many
  • Nice coverage of introductory topics with good teaching examples

Return on Investment

  • It helped me accelerate my learning of python
  • Built a company script off the learnings of codecademy

Codecademy from Skillsoft - A one stop solution for all your coding needs

Incentivized
Verified User
Consultant in Product Management (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Codecademy from Skillsoft has helped me and our team members in honing our coding skills as part of our regular job work. We, as employees of this organization are able to continuously improve and monitor our coding skills and proficiency with regular challenges being updated on Codecademy from Skillsoft. The platform allows you to remain on top of the work that you are supposed to do and hence take up whatever challenges your job throws at you

Pros

  • Great simulator
  • Support for all languages
  • Monitoring Dashboards

Cons

  • Recommendations based on the performance
  • Lessons to be recommended based on historical data and performance

Most Important Features

  • Simulator
  • Problem Statements
  • User Performance Dashboard

Return on Investment

  • Increased Productivity
  • Error-free releases
  • Quality control

Alternatives Considered

360Learning, CodeMonkey and Khan Academy

Other Software Used

Khan Academy, CodeMonkey, 360Learning

Codecadamy, code training like doing the real thing

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Codecademy is a fabulous way to learn to code in many different languages and various technical skills. It's used to learn new code languages and updating previous knowledge.

Pros

  • Real world exercises
  • contents grouped by language and subjects
  • great documentation

Cons

  • Usability issues on small screen usage
  • Sometimes there's a bug at the interpreter, so the exercise can be correct but it isn't exactly what the interpreter is waiting.
  • It needs more code languages and updates to some, like Angular

Most Important Features

  • Effective, it generates new knowledge
  • It make people up to date with new code languages and technologies
  • Is easy to use

Return on Investment

  • The time invested is very rewarded, people using those courses are more skillful

Codecademy is a must-have for code upskilling!

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to help develop coding skills that we use to improve our efficiency in work tasks. Instead of using in house resources, we use Codecademy as an outsourced way to upskill our employees. It is a great tool.

Pros

  • Improving coding skills
  • Easy to onboard
  • Great value

Cons

  • Some limits on coding modules
  • Somewhat weak customer service
  • More promotions would be nice

Most Important Features

  • Coding educational tools
  • Easy to use and get started
  • Great value for what we pay

Return on Investment

  • Improved the efficiency of our workforce
  • Saved us money on in house training
  • Improved our coding KPIs

Alternatives Considered

Khan Academy

Other Software Used

Khan Academy