CuraCourseStop assigning cybersecurity readings. Let students try it themselves.
Simulated terminals, firewalls, and attacks, built from a description and graded inside the course.
· 3 min read
Joe Mazzone
Co-Founder and CEO, CuraCourse
Joe taught computer science for more than 15 years, from high school to college, before starting CuraCourse.
15 articles
Is CuraCourse an LMS?
Yes, it can be. Here’s why I think CuraCourse does what LMSs should have done from the start.
· 5 min read
Codio alternatives: 5 options for 2026
5 options for instructors moving on from Codio: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Teach loops with code tracing
Ask students to predict a program’s output and track a changing variable before they run it.
· 2 min read
CodeHS alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from CodeHS: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 7 min read
Build a Parsons problem
Give students the lines of a program and have them put the lines in order and indent them.
· 2 min read
Ed alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Ed: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Grade what students learn from a simulation
Students predict, change one thing, and explain what they saw, so you have something to grade.
· 2 min read
Gradescope alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Gradescope: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Top Hat alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Top Hat: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Pearson MyLab alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Pearson MyLab: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Cengage MindTap alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Cengage MindTap: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
McGraw Hill Connect alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from McGraw Hill Connect: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
Runestone Academy alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from Runestone Academy: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
uCertify alternatives: 4 options for 2026
4 options for instructors moving on from uCertify: what each one does, what it costs, and who it fits.
· 8 min read
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