Apple Inc announced it was launching a free online coding course for teachers, as it also boosts its existing school coding programs with new materials. The company made this known on Thursday.
The California-based company, which offers coding courses under the “Develop in Swift” and “Everyone Can Code” banners, said, the new course is designed to supplement the need for computer science educators in the United States.
The newly launched course will help teachers build foundational knowledge to enable them to teach app development with Apple’s open-source programming language Swift.
“Everyone Can Code” courses are aimed at beginners, while its “Develop in Swift” programs focus on advanced coders.
Apple also said it is redesigning and adding resources to these existing programs.
The “Develop in Swift” series will include four new books that will be available in the fall at no cost in Apple Books.
The company will add a new set of books in its “Everyone Can Code” course that uses puzzles and games to teach Swift through its Swift Playgrounds App.
