We have a system on the SUN workstations which allows students to turn in
assignments to their T.A. Its consists  of 2 programs: project, turnin

Both are located in /usr/local/bin and all the unix accounts are configured
to use this path.


project: To be used by the instructor/TA.
	 This program allows you to start and shut off submissions for
	 a specific assigment. To get more info check the man page by
	 typing "man project" or type "project -h".

	 Example: Say you are the TA for ece 270 and you want to allow
	 students to turn in their first programming assigment which we will
	 call "project1".
		 
	  1. Log into the "i270" account. 
		 (TA accounts are in the form "iXXX", where XXX is the course
		 number)

	  2. To start submission type: "project -c ece270 -e project1"
	 This is create a directory called "submit/project1" in your
	 home directory and will start allowing students to submit
	 their assignments via "turnin". 
			 
	 Also it will make "project1" the default assignments, 
	 ie. Files will automatically be submitted into "project1" 
	 if a  student does not specify an assignment name while 
	 using "turnin".
	
	 3. To shut off submission to "project1" in "ece270" type:
	"project -c ece270 -d project1"

	 4. To check the status of the projects type: "project -o".


turnin: Used by students to turn in assigments.
		

	To list info on ece270 type: "turnin -c ece270 -l"

	To submit files for "ece270", project name:"project1", type
	"turnin -c ece270 -p project1 fname1 fname2".

	for more info type "man turnin" or "turnin -h"

	Note: If a student resubmits a file, the previous version
	WILL BE DELETED from the submission directory.

All submitted files are stored in the instructors/TA home directory under
submit/project_name/user_name, where project_name is the name of the
project and user_name is the name of the user who submitted something.

The user_name file is a tar file and may or may not be compressed.

There is a sample shell script called "gradeit" in /usr/local/lab_info.
This program can be used by the TA to process the submitted files.

PLEASE use the script **ONLY*** if you understand how it works!!!

If you have any questions please send Email to support@ece.uic.edu