JetBrains Academy Plugin 2023.2 Is Available

Anastasiia Pogorelova

Today’s update brings an exciting change to the EduTools plugin. It has a new name – the JetBrains Academy plugin! This change reflects our new vision for the educational products and initiatives at JetBrains. Rest assured, all of the features and functionality that you’ve come to rely on are still present and have been improved in this release.

For this update, we’ve focused primarily on improving the plugin’s overall functionality by fixing bugs. Additionally, we’ve implemented a new feature for the course creators that enables learners to view the full text in the Answer Placeholder window without any limitations.

To check out the improvements, install the JetBrains Academy plugin or update to the latest version from Settings/Preferences | Plugins in your JetBrains IDE.

INSTALL JETBRAINS ACADEMY PLUGIN

Add an extended text block to the Answer Placeholder window

We’ve added a vertical scroll bar to the Answer Placeholder window, allowing users to see the full text without limitations. Answer Placeholder is a feature that shows students exactly where to write the code. As a course creator, the updated scroll bar allows you to provide more detailed feedback to the learners when creating code exercises.

To create a placeholder, simply select a code fragment you want learners to fill in, invoke the Add Answer Placeholder command from the context menu, and add the placeholder text.

If you want to learn more about the plugin’s features for course creators, check out our Course creator start guide or drop us an email at academy@jetbrains.com.

Notable improvements and bug fixes:

• EDU-5544: Python courses are now open in PyCharm as expected. The plugin automatically creates a virtual environment and installs Python dependencies without any issues.
• EDU-5542: We’ve fixed the issue that was causing the appearance of an unexpected Trust and Open Project window when opening the AMazing course.
• EDU-5524: The output tab in the Check details tool window has been renamed to Feedback.
• EDU-5584: The time it takes to check code tasks on Hyperskill has been reduced.
• EDU-5221: When unpacking archives with multiple SDK versions, the plugin will now use the same versions as in the creator’s project.

For the full list of issues addressed in the JetBrains Academy plugin 2023.2, see our issue tracker.

Please share your feedback with us in the comments section below or on Twitter, and use our issue tracker to report any issues or bugs you encounter.

The JetBrains Academy team

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