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 (usually optional) Submit files to Blackboard Check Your Work Check your answers and solutions to make sure you have all the required information. Also, be sure to test your code to make sure it performs as specified. ^ top Create a README.txt File You must turn in a single README.txt file like the following for full credit on an assignment: Name: Jane Programmer Email: invincible@gmail.com Programming Partner: Joe Partner OS: Windows Asn#: 3 Status: Completed Files: - mymain.cpp: The main file - console.cpp: User input methods - README.txt: Meta information about the homework files. Hours Working With Partner: 9.5 Hours Working Alone: 0.2 Hours Total: 9.7 Extra Credit: - Completed program following pair-programming guidelines 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. 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. Email: Your preferred email contact address. Programming Partner: Your partner for the programming problem. Do NOT record and partner names for in-class exercises in the README.txt file. OS: Operating system of the computer you work on, such as Windows Mac OS X, Linux, etc.. 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 (not the work you do in class). 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. Include all three entries for hours, even if you do not work with a partner. 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. Note to Mac Users: You can use TextEdit to save your README.txt file. However, you need to set up TextEdit to save files using plain text and not RTF. You will not get full credit unless you use plain text. For instructions on setting TextEdit to use plain text, see: Mac OS X: How to Set Up TextEdit as an HTML or Plain Text Editor. ^ top Archive Your Files To make it easier to work with multiple files and directories, you may 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. 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. ^ top Submit Your Files to Blackboard Submit the files using Blackboard. After logging in to Blackboard, 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?" Do not submit Word or Excel documents unless specifically allowed in the assignment instructions. Failure to follow this requirement will result in a lower grade. In Case of Difficulty If Blackboard 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 Blackboard. Thus, the instructor will work with you to get your assignment submitted correctly. However, the final responsibility for submitting assignments to Blackboard on time rests with the student. Please plan ahead in case of difficulties. ^ top Home | Blackboard | Announcements | Day Schedule | Eve Schedule Course info | Help | FAQ's | HowTo's | Links Last Updated: September 23 2008 @22:01:59