What does Online Live mean?
Watch this short video to see how Actualize Online Live is like no other online learning experience you've ever seen before.
Our Program
Prework
5 weeks of at-home exercises
To help you get ramped up for the main course, you’ll be watching our videos that introduce you to fundamentals of computer programming. You’ll also submit exercises to a Prework Instructor, who will leave constructive feedback on your work, and answer questions via video conferencing and email.
Live Training
12 weeks of in-class instruction
The Live Training is the main part of the online coding bootcamp, led by your Lead Instructor. Each concept is taught live and then immediately followed by exercises that allow you to truly grasp what you’ve just learned. You'll also work on an individual Capstone Project, which is demonstrated at your cohort's Graduate Showcase.
Career Support
Post-bootcamp structured job support
After graduation, Actualize provides you the opportunity to work on your job hunt in a structured environment with expert career guidance and accountability. You'll engage in our proven Job Hacking system, which includes professional networking and personal branding, and working on real coding interview challenges.
Prework
During Prework, you’ll be ramping up for class by watching videos of our CEO, Jay Wengrow, teaching the fundamentals of coding. Jay’s experience as both an educator and developer come to the fore as he breaks down each concept into a digestible chunk before moving onto the next.
Each video is also accompanied by a series of exercises, which you’ll submit via a specialized application called the Student Portal. Each exercise is reviewed by a Teaching Assistant, and you’ll receive constructive feedback where necessary.
You can complete prework on your own schedule, although you should block off at least 20 hours to dedicate towards it.
Apply Now5 Week Prework Schedule
The 5 weeks of prework are done remotely on your own schedule. Exercises are due at the end of each week.
Open Schedule
Up to 20 hours / week
Weekly Due Dates
Exercises due each Saturday
Live Training
The Live Training is the main act of the online coding bootcamp, and in just 12 weeks your Lead Instructor will help you transform from a coding newbie to an entry-level software developer capable of teaching yourself any new technology.
The Online Live Training is completely different than other online coding bootcamps – this isn’t a set of exercises that students log into and complete on their own time. Our program is an “in-person online” experience and there are set class times (Monday through Thursday evenings and all day Sunday) where the Lead Instructor is teaching and providing exercises throughout. Nothing is pre-recorded – students are able to communicate with other students and ask questions during each live class session. Everyone can see the Lead Instructor and all their classmates at all times - even during the exercises.
The student learning experience centers around video conferencing into each class session. Each student uses both their laptop as well as an external monitor attached to it. The student does their actual work on their laptop, and the video conferencing platform remains on the external monitor, where the students can see both their lead instructor and classmates.
Live Instruction
The class format constantly flips back and forth between instruction and exercises. During both instruction and exercises, the Lead Instructor can see each student, and all students can see each other.
During instruction, the Lead Instructor’s face is the main focus on the external monitor while introducing the new lesson, with the classmates off to the side.
While demoing code, the Lead Instructor shares their screen while the classmates’ faces are off to the side.
Live Exercises
The Lead Instructor and all the students remain in the virtual classroom as they tackle the exercises. When students need help, they can send a chat message to the Lead Instructor and the Lead Instructor jumps into a one-on-one video conference to privately answer student questions. At this time, students can share their own screen with the Lead instructor, and can even grant access to the Lead Instructor to remotely type into the student’s computer. This means students can ask instructors or each other for help and get the immediate feedback that is critical to learning.
Learn how to learn
During the Live Training, we teach software engineering using full stack web development. While we teach with specific technologies, what you’ll really learn is how to think like a developer, and be able to pick up anything software-related on your own.
While the particular languages and frameworks we use to teach are those that we feel are best suited towards teaching, they also happen to be very popular in the industry today. They include Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, SQL, and Git. You’ll learn back end development by utilizing and creating APIs, delving into database design, and working with Ruby on Rails. You’ll learn front-end development using JavaScript and React, a powerful JavaScript library.
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Career Support
The Actualize Career Support program is built into the bootcamp, and around your schedule once you've completed the bootcamp. Upon graduating, you'll meet regularly with your Career Advisor for accountability, strategy sessions, and mock interviews. You'll also meet weekly with a coding mentor to support continued learning and portfolio-building throughout your job search.
Apply NowDaytime Online Coding Bootcamp
The 12 weeks of live training for Online Live Daytime takes place on Monday through Friday for 5 hours each day. The course consists of students throughout North America, so the hours of the course depend on your time zone.
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Pacific
Mon - Fri
9:00 am - 2:00 pm PST
Sat - Sun
No class
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Mountain
Mon - Fri
10:00 am - 3:00 pm MST
Sat - Sun
No class
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Central
Mon - Fri
11:00 am - 4:00 pm CST
Sat - Sun
No class
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Eastern
Mon - Fri
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Sat - Sun
No class
Nights-and-Weekends Online Coding Bootcamp
The 12 weeks of live training for Online Live Nights-and-Weekends takes place all-day Sunday and Monday through Thursday evenings. The course consists of students throughout North America, so the hours of the course depend on your time zone.
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Pacific
Sundays
7:00 am - 3:00 pm PST
Mon - Thu
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST
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Mountain
Sundays
8:00 am - 4:00 pm MST
Mon - Thu
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm MST
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Central
Sundays
9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST
Mon - Thu
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm CST
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Eastern
Sundays
10:00 am - 6:00 pm EST
Mon - Thu
7:00 pm - 10:30 pm EST
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Start Dates and Tuition
| Prework Start Date | Live Training Start Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2024 | February 18, 2024 | Online Night |
| January 14, 2024 | February 19, 2024 | Online Day |
Tuition: $16,900
The tuition covers the complete program, including the Prework, 12 weeks of Live Training, and post-bootcamp Career Support.
We have several payment plans available, including monthly payments over the course of three years. Learn more here.
