CSE3313
Computer Graphics

How to Submit Assignments

You need to submit your program for assessment in electronic form using the submit program (found in /cs/cc/bin/submit). Submitted assignments are assessed on a Linux/UNIX computer running X-Windows. Your submitted program should compile on the Computer Centre Linux machines (ra-clay) using gcc.

You should submit a directory which contains the following:

• all source code (.h, .c or .cpp files, each file must have the declaration at the top)
• a Makefile
• any required data-files
• documentation

Refer to specific details in the assignment sheets for each submission. DO NOT SUBMIT core dumps, executable files, ".o" files, backup directories, pornographic gifs, mp3 files, etc. Your submitted Makefile should have 2 targets:

make clean - removes all ".o" files, core dumps and executable files.

make [make with no arguments - default action] which makes the executable version of the program(s).

Any other targets will not be accepted. Submissions that fail to make will not be marked. A refresher on the make program is available if you need it.

THE SUBMISSION PROCESS:

Submission of assignments is easy. Just follow these simple steps...

• Make sure all your source files contain the declaration attesting that your submission is your own work.
  
• On ra-clay: first make sure you have completed the assignment, it works (!) and you have done any work required to get bonus marks.
• make a new (empty) directory and copy source code, header files, data files, documentation (if required) and Makefile to this new directory. These are the files you will be submitting.
• Make sure you are in the directory above the directory with the files to be submitted. At the UNIX prompt type: submit with no arguments and press the RETURN key. (assuming /cs/cc/bin/ is in your path).
• submit will first ask you for the Course code. The course code for CSE3313 Computer Graphics is: CSE3313
• submit will then ask you for the Assessment code. The assessment code for assignment 1 is ass1, for assignment 2: ass2.
• Provided you have entered course code and assessment code correctly, submit will now ask you for your student I.D. Please enter and check the number — if you type the wrong I.D. number you will not be assessed (you will get a return email saying "our records indicate you are not enrolled in CSE3313").
• Next submit asks you for the name of the directory which contains your files. Enter the name of the directory that contains the files you wish to submit.
• If all goes well, submit will respond with:

Archiving directory - done.
Compressing archive - done.
Encoding compressed archive - done.
Posting your submission - Posted.

• A short time latter (depending on network load) you will get a mail message telling you that your assignment was accepted by the submission system. Sometimes this message will contain errors or diagnostics. These are usually errors in your Makefile. If this happens test the Makefile as specified above and make sure it works with the specified targets. You can resubmit an assignment as many times as you like. Only one version is marked (the last one you sent). If you do submit more than once, please do not submit directories or files with different names - if you do it is not certain which version will be marked.
• That's it - your done. Now you can go back to reading some graphics journals!

NOTE: Please read the return mail carefully! On some rare occasions your submission may be returned without being processed because a machine is down or because of some other network problem (usually too many people trying to submit at 11:59pm). If this happens, try to re-submit at a latter date. For this reason you are strongly advised to submit well before the submission deadline.

Submissions close automatically at the due date and time. If you are unable to submit your assignment before the due date you must do a late submission. Late submissions incur a penalty based on how late they are submitted.

There is also a manual page for submit which you should read.