CS
1501 Assignment Submission Procedures
What
to submit:
You will submit your CS 1501 Assignments electronically to a submission site created for the course. For each assignment you must electronically submit ALL of the following:
1) All source files that you have written (and, if some source code is provided to you, this should be submitted as well). In other words, your program should be able to be successfully compiled using only the relevant compiler (and library files) and the files that you submit.
1) For Java programs, either ALL of your .class files or .jar file containing all of the .class files that result from the compilation of your program. In other words, your program should be able to be successfully run WITHOUT compilation using only the standard Java SDK, any standard .class files and the .class files or .jar file that you submit. For information about creating .jar files, see this jar document.
2) Any other files that may be needed for a particular assignment (write-up, documentation, etc.). However, unless specified, DO NOT SUBMIT COMMON DATA FILES (i.e. data files that we provide for you) since these will take up unnecessary space on the server.
3) A filled out Assignment Information Sheet in either .html or .txt format. A template for this Assignment Information Sheet is on the CS 1501 Web Site. Note that if you do NOT submit this properly filled out information sheet with your assignment, you will LOSE GRADE POINTS.
When
to submit:
All electronic materials must have been submitted to the
appropriate directory on the submission site by
Submissions whose timestamps are AFTER the submission deadline will be considered to be LATE.
Submissions whose timestamps are AFTER the late due date will NOT be graded, and will be assigned a score of 0.
The late due date is 48 hours after the due date.
Incorrect submissions (i.e. submissions placed into the wrong directory, or submitted using incorrect files) can be corrected ONLY UP UNTIL the deadlines as specified above. Since you will not be able to remove files from the submission site, any corrections must be made by a request to your TA. Only correctly submitted files will be graded, so be VERY CAREFUL to SUBMIT CORRECTLY!
The
submission site:
The
submission site is the following directory on the CS Department File Server:
/afs/cs.pitt.edu/public/incoming/CS1501/kirk
The
directory will be divided up into subdirectories for each recitation section,
each student and each assignment. For example, the following directory structure
would be set up for student Joe Schmoe, who is registered for the Monday
/afs/cs.pitt.edu/public/incoming/CS1501/kirk
|
Monday10AM
|
schmoej
/ /
/ \ \
\
assign1
assign2 assign3 assign4 assign5 assign6
Joe
must submit all files for Assignment 1 into his assig1 directory, and likewise
for the other assignments. The site is
set up so that any student may copy files into it, but no student may delete or
otherwise alter files that are already there.
Thus, as stated previously, make sure you submit your files correctly
the FIRST TIME. If you DO happen to make
a submission mistake, or if you find that someone else has incorrectly
submitted files into your directory, please ALERT YOUR TA IMMEDIATELY!
How
to submit:
·
You need to create a directory for yourself and your assignments using
some unix machine that uses AFS (e.g. like a Pitt Unixs machine or one of the
machines in the CS sun lab). For example, to create directory for himself Joe
Schmoe would:
o
cd /afs/cs.pitt.edu/public/incoming/CS1501/kirk/Monday10AM
o
mkdir schoej
·
Use Anonymous FTP to submit your files.
The FTP site is ftp.cs.pitt.edu --
logging into this site will automatically put you into the public directory within the path
above. There are a number of FTP front
ends that you can use to submit via anonymous FTP, including WSFTP, IE and
Netscape. Whichever of these that you
use, be sure to log in as anonymous and to enter
your email address as the password (for some
front ends, there is a box that you check for anonymous log in – be sure to
look for this and make sure it is checked).
Then change to the APPROPRIATE directory and submit your files. The different front ends have slightly
different procedures for submitting files, so it is a good idea to learn how it
is done for your choice before you actually have to submit any
assignments. If you have any questions
about FTP or have any problems using it, please contact your TA as soon as
possible! You can use FTP from your own
PC or from any of the PCs on campus.
Note
that it is not possible to create directories using ftp, and that it is not
possible to insert a file using AFS.