COMPUTER SCIENCE INCLUSIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT (CS_LINC)

Dear all,

We’re delighted to announce that registration for CS_LINC has now opened for the 2025/26 academic year.

CS_LINC provides formal Computer Science (CS) curricula through equitable online modules. Teachers can deliver modules synchronously, asynchronously, virtually, blended or face-to-face. CS_LINC aims to promote and increase capacity and sustainability for access to the Leaving Certificate Computer Science subject at 2nd Level, where currently there is a void for Transition Year (TY) CS curricula, as well as a need for curricula and supports for Junior Cycle. CS_LINC consists of a free, online student learning environment for Computer Science, featuring a range of modules built upon international best practices with varying collaborators,

and tailored to Irish 2nd Level students. The CS_LINC platform also includes automated assessment whereby students, upon successful completion of a module, will receive certification, ideal for TY students!

Huge changes to registration!

Now teachers and students register individually, instantly!! Students, when they register, get instant access to all modules, and they control and can reset their own passwords, taking all admin away from teachers! When a teacher registers, they get access to all teaching modules, which include the PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, activities and the solutions! Teachers and students will get access instantly, no more waiting for batch processing! So you get up and running today!!

How to Register:

Please use this link to register you and your students for CS_LINC. When registering your classes, you can select which CS_LINC modules you’d like to enrol for. The following modules are available for the 2024/25 academic year, and you can find further details and a description on each module at this link:

• Astro Pi with ESERO
• BBC Micro:bit
• The Beauty and Joy of Computing
• Circle of Life: Coding Predator Pray Relationships
• Cloud Computing
• Computational Thinking
• Computer Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Design and Make a Micro:Bit Satellite
• Introducing Python Coding with Pytch
• Machine Learning and AI
• Makecode Arcade
• Navigating AI: Ethics, Privacy and Career Pathways
• Python
• Python as Gaeilge
• STEM with a Micro:Bit Satellite
• Web Design and Development

If you have any additional queries, please contact us at [email protected].

Kind regards,

The CSinc Team