Libraries across the country have worked tirelessly this past year to implement virtual programming for their patrons. Ohio-based Hudson Library & Historical Society was quick to adapt. With an existing coding program prepared for their teens, they had to quickly pivot when their doors shut in 2020. Youth Services Library, Emily Duncan details, “We were planning on offering a coding program, but the one we had lined up for the year required being in-person and Vidcode was perfectly designed for using over Zoom!”

The Hudson Library & Historical Society found Vidcode and were able to quickly solve the problem. Vidcode’s coding platform is designed to be completely adaptable to virtual, in-person and hybrid learning environments. As long as their teen patrons have internet access and a device, they can access Vidcode’s fun and activity-based projects like coding meme-makers, games, and video filters.

“Vidcode is Intuitive to use and highly engaging!”
Emily Duncan, Hudson Library & Historical Society Youth Services Librarian

Teens at Hudson join a casual weekly coding club virtually using Zoom. They pick up where they left off in the module and can connect with Emily, who’s there to help if they get stuck. Feedback has been positive, the teens have expressed that they like that they can work through the modules at their own pace.

Setting up the coding club at Hudson was an extremely smooth process. Emily adds, “The platform adapted well to what we needed, which was a coding program that could be entirely virtual.” Emily worked through the first coding club lesson and really liked how everything was structured to build off the lesson before it. The lessons are cohesive but don’t moving so quickly that it was hard to keep up with the programming language, a critique of some other coding courses she tried in the past.

We’re so inspired by Hudson Library and the success they’ve seen in their community. We want to thank Emily and her coding club for sharing their experience and inspiring us. Happy coding!