Submitting Work

Academic Honesty Statement

Every lab and homework assignment MUST include an Academic Honesty Statement at the top of the file that contains your main function! If the assignment is missing this component, it will not be graded until you resubmit it. It may be counted as late, as per the guidance below.

General Guidance

CSC 161 requires students to turn in several types of assignments:

• Laboratory exercises
• Homework

All assignments (homework and labs) should be turned in by 10:30 pm (Central Time) on the date due. However, I attempt to be as flexible as possible in accepting late work. I am aware that there are a number of things outside of your control that may affect your ability to complete work on time. If possible, please let me know if you plan to turn in work late. Assignments turned in more than 48 hours late, without prior approval (before the original due date) of the instructor will not be accepted. Please refer to the Student Workload statement on the syllabus to emphasize that you should attempt to follow the posted deadlines. Please keep in mind that if you turn in work late, I may not be able to grade it as quickly as you or I hope. Please also keep in mind that I do not check my email at all hours of the day, so obtaining my approval prior to the deadline may require you plan ahead.

Any assignments which require coding have a rubric at the end that tells you how points will be assigned for each criterion. Additionally, your code should follow these general style guidelines, and you will receive feedback that incorporates the points breakdown and an evaluation of how well you meet the general style guidelines in Gradescope.

Although general expectations of structure, documentation, and formatting apply for all coursework, details vary according to the type of exercise. This page provides detailed instructions for each type of activity.

Lab Reports

The very beginning of every lab submission must contain the following lines:

    /***********************************************************************
     * Name(s)  (identify both lab partners for the project)               *
     * Assignment name (Lab  _______)                                      *
     *                                                                     *
     * Due Date ______                                                     *
     ***********************************************************************/

    /* *********************************************************************
     * Academic honesty certification:                                     *
     *   Written/online sources used:                                      *
     *     [include textbook(s), CSC 161 labs or readings;                 *
     *       complete citations for Web or other written sources           *
     *      write "none" if no sources used]                               *
     *   Help obtained                                                     *
     *     [indicate names of instructor, class mentors                    *
     *      or evening tutors, consulted according to class policy;        *
     *      write "none" if none of these sources used]                    *
     *     ["none" required for Homework Problems                          *
     *   My/our typed name(s) below confirms that the above list of sources *
     *   is complete AND that I/we have not talked to anyone else          *
     *   (e.g., CSC 161 students, tutors) about the solutions              *
     *                                                                     *
     *   Signature:                                                        *
     ***********************************************************************/

• You are expected to work with your assigned partner (or group of three) for the day. If you cannot find a mutually acceptable time to work on the project, let the instructor know as soon as possible so that we can make alternative arrangements.
• If you are absent on the day a lab with report is assigned, you will be expected to do the lab on your own.
• Follow directions for how to submit files in each assignment. You will submit your lab report via Gradescope. The report often includes both code and a separate text file that answers questions posed in the lab.
• Answers to questions should be numbered and in numeric order in your text document (e.g., the answer to Step 1 should be numbered 1 and come before the answer to Step 2). Points will be deducted for submissions that are out of order or are hard to decipher.
• Explanations and answers to questions may be given in any word processing program (e.g., emacs, gedit, vi, LibreOffice, etc.)
• All code must use a fixed-width font (e.g., Courier). Use of emacs (with the default font) is strongly encouraged, although you are allowed to use any of the text editing programs available on MathLAN. If you write your code on a personal computer, particularly a Windows OS machine, you are responsible for ensuring cross-platform compatibility and that the program will compile on MathLAN when the graders are testing.
• Your code must compile without any modification by graders. We use clang as the default compiler on MathLAN. If your code does not compile, you will receive a 0 for the sumission.
• Your code must run without crashing. If it crashes, you will receive a 20% penalty in addition to losing points on the rubric sections that cannot be evaluated.
• Answers involving computer code should include ONLY the .h and .c files. Do not upload compiled code. In some cases we may also ask for your Makefile

Homework Assignments

The very beginning of every homework submission must contain the following lines:

    /***********************************************************************
     * Name:                                                               *
     * Assignment name ( Homework  _______)                                *
     *                                                                     *
     * Due Date ______                                                     *
     ***********************************************************************/

    /* *********************************************************************
     * Academic honesty certification:                                     *
     *   Written/online sources used:                                      *
     *     [include textbook(s), CSC 161 labs or readings;                 *
     *       complete citations for Web or other written sources           *
     *      write "none" if no sources used]                               *
     *   Help obtained                                                     *
     *     [indicate names of instructor, class mentors                    *
     *      or evening tutors, consulted according to class policy;        *
     *      write "none" if none of these sources used]                    *
     *     ["none" required for Homework Problems                          *
     *   My typed name below confirms that the above list of sources       *
     *   is complete AND that I have not talked to anyone else             *
     *   (e.g., CSC 161 students, tutors) about the solutions              *
     *                                                                     *
     *   Signature:                                                        *
     ***********************************************************************/

• You are allowed to collaborate on homework assignments especially as you explore the problems and begin to develop ideas on how to answer. However, it is my expectation that your solutions are written individually. For example, you may work at a whiteboard with class-mates or evening tutors to develop ideas, and then type up code individually. Evening tutors can help you debug. No-one other than you should be typing any portion of your solution. In any of the previuos instances, help should be attributed in the academic honesty certification.
• Follow directions in each assignment as to where to submit your homework. This will generally be in Gradescope.
• All code must use a fixed-width font (e.g., Courier). Use of emacs (with the default font) is strongly encouraged, although you are allowed to use any of the text editing programs available on MathLAN. Again, you must ensure that your code will compile on MathLAN when graders test your program.
• Your code must compile without any modification by graders. We use clang as the default compiler on MathLAN. If your code does not compile, you will receive a 0 for the sumission. You can use a resubmission to resubmit.
• Your code must run without crashing. If it crashes, you will receive a 20% penalty in addition to losing points on the rubric sections that cannot be evaluated.