How To Submit Homework Assignments

Overview

This document describes how to submit your homework assignments. Our current technique is to submit files using WebCT. To ensure full credit, you need to follow the requirements explained in this document.

Before You Submit

  1. Check your answers and solutions to make sure you have all the required information.
  2. Create a README.txt file like the one shown below.

Example README.txt

You must turn in a README.txt file like the following for full credit on an assignment:

Name: Ed Parrish
Asn#: 4
Status: Completed
Files:
- debugger.html: Debugged HTML and JavaScript file
- mpl2.htm: Review assignment HTML page
- 0-9.jpg: Review assignment supporting image files
- mpl.jpg: Review assignment supporting image file
- mplstyles.css: Review assignment supporting CSS file
- random.js: Review assignment supporting JavaScript file
- README04.txt: This file decribing the homework files
Hours Total: 3.0
Extra Credit: None
  • README.txt file name: The name of the README.txt file must be README.txt, or README*.txt where the * represents any set of valid file-name characters. Points may be deducted from your assignment score if you use a wrong file name.
  • Your name: Put your name on the first line of the file. Points may be deducted from your assignment score if you use the wrong name.
  • Asn#: The number of the assignment.
  • Status: Completed if the assignment is done. Otherwise, describe the current state of the assignment. Claiming you are done when you are not, or not accurately describing the status, may reduce your score even further.
  • Files: Name of each file followed by a brief description.
  • Hours spent: Record the estimated hours you spent on the homework assignment. Use decimal numbers only, such as 6.5. Do not use minutes or fractions such as 1/2. Label the hours as shown and put the estimated hours on the same line as the label.
  • Extra credit: Describe any extra credit you attempted for the assignment. In addition, label the extra credit as shown in the example above. Failure to follow these instructions may reduce the number of any extra-credit points you receive.
  • Other information: If the assignment asks for other information to be included in your README.txt file, then label it clearly and place it after the other information.

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Submitting the Files

Submit the files using WebCT. After logging in to WebCT, click the Assignments link and click the correct assignment number. Follow the instructions shown for uploading your files to the server.

To make it easier to work with multiple files and directories, you may zip (archive) your files. The files must end in a .zip extension and contain only letters and numbers. Do NOT use special characters like spaces, #, : or $ in the name of the zip file or any folder or file name. Also, do not put zip files inside of zip files.

Do not submit Word or Excel documents unless specifically allowed in the assignment instructions. These types of files load slowly and often contain viruses. Because of these and other issues, the instructor will not grade your homework if you submit an unauthorized Word or Excel file.

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In Case of Difficulty

If WebCT is not available, or is giving you trouble, then contact the instructor for assistance. If the hour is late and your assignment is due early the next day, then email the instructor with a description of the problem and attach your assignment, with a copy to yourself. Also, bring your assignment to class in digital form so you can try to upload before class.

The instructor cannot post your grade unless you submit your assignment using WebCT. Thus, the instructor will work with you to get your assignment submitted through WebCT. However, the final responsibility for submitting assignments to WebCT on time rests with the student. Please plan ahead in case of difficulties.

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Last Updated: November 14 2006 @18:21:30