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Standard tutorials have too much information to be appropriate in introductory courses; try using excerpts from them or creating your own.

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  • Regular industry-level tutorials contain way more detail and information than is productive for entry-level students.
  • Give students excerpts of these tutorials, or smaller, skill-level specific tutorials.
  • You can base your material on these professional-level walkthroughs, just make sure your own documentation isn’t as scary.

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  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
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