How To Submit Homework Assignments

Overview This document describes how to submit your homework assignments. To submit your homework file, follow these steps: Check your work Create a README.txt file. Archive your files Submit your files to WebCT Check Your Work Check your answers and solutions to make sure you have all the required information. Also, be sure to test all your pages to make sure they performs as specified. ^ top Create a README.txt File You must turn in a README.txt file like the following for full credit on an assignment: Name: Your Name Here Asn#: 1 Hours: 3.5 Status: Completed Zip file containing: - asn01.html: Web page with report on investigation - ed.jpg: my photo - README.txt: Meta information about homework files. Special Instructions: None 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. Hours: 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. 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. Zip file containing: Name of each file followed by a brief description. Special Instructions: Provide any instructions needed to run this assignment. For example, if a password is required, please include a password. If any values are required for a form, please provide the values. 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. ^ top Archive Your Files To make it easier to work with multiple files and directories, you must zip (archive) your files. Archiving your files means to create a file containing one or more files in a compressed format. Most operating systems include an achiving (ZIP) tool. Also, you can get a third-party tool such as 7-zip. When submitting files for grading in an archived format, you need to include all your files, including README.txt, in the archive. The archive type must be ZIP and the archived file must end in a .zip extension and contain only letters and numbers. Please do NOT use special characters like spaces, #, : or $ in the name of the zip file or any folder or file name. Also, please do not put zip files inside of zip files. In addition, 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. Failure to follow this requirement will result in a lower grade. ^ top Submit Your Files to WebCT Submit the files using WebCT. After logging in to WebCT, click the Assignments link and then click the link for the correct assignment number. To upload files, you click the Add Attachments button for the assignment. For more information, see the FAQ on, "How do I upload my assignment files to WebCT?" 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. You will get a 0 unless unless you submit your assignment using WebCT. Thus, the instructor will work with you to get your assignment submitted correctly. However, the final responsibility for submitting assignments to WebCT on time rests with the student. Please plan ahead in case of difficulties. ^ top Home | WebCT | Announcements | Course info | Expectations | Schedule Project | Help | FAQ's | HowTo's | Links Last Updated: March 29 2008 @12:57:35