Octave Online has features built specifically to help educators leverage technology in the classroom.  Buckets help you distribute code samples and homework assignments.  Shared workspaces help you collaborate with students remotely.

To create a bucket:

1. Click the share button in the file editor:
2. Optionally add more files to the bucket
3. Click "Create Bucket"

Buckets are public, static, read-only snapshots of the files they contain.  Educators can share the link to the bucket through normal communication channels such as email or Blackboard announcements.

There is no limit to the number of buckets you can create.  For example, you could create a new bucket for each lecture or homework assignment.

To access the shared workspaces of the students in your class, contact Octave Online Support to set up a course code.  Once you have a course code, students should sign up for the class by running enroll("<course code>") at the Octave Online command prompt.  To unenroll, students can run enroll("default").

You will be able to view links to your students' workspaces in the Octave Online menu panel.  Clicking links will give you read-write access to the workspace.  If the student is online at the same time, you will be able to see each other's cursors, commands, and plots being created in real time.