[williamcotton]

My recommendation is to throw them towards the deep end of the pool a little…

Make them clone a Git repo, solve the problems, then submit their answers.

It’s much simpler for you, works offline, and they get to learn a tool that is basically indispensable!

There really isn’t a point to learning Python unless you situate your students in the world where they would actually benefit from knowing Python.

That is, it’s hard to teach woodworking without also teaching how to use a plane, chisel, router, et al.