Assignment Submission and Autotesting using Give
Install give and sms for a new session. If you have installed give and sms, proceed to next step.
give-install assignment
creates assignment directory under the current work directory
creates give.spec in the assignment directory
creates submission directories for each tutorial group. If no tutorial groups, creates all and orphans directories instead. Read about subkey and subgroup directives.
Enter the submission specification into the give.spec file. Read about subspecs and related submission directives.
- Test that files can be submitted.
The submit command: give cs9999 assignment files..
- If the submit works, the files can be found under the assignment directory.
Enter the autotesting specification into the give.spec file. Read about runspecs and related autotesting directives.
- Run the autotesting
genrun assignment - compile the spec into shell scripts
GROUPS, SUBKEY (exists if &subkey is not the default stuID)
compile
execute
compare
cleanup
genresults assignment submission.tar - generates the standard output of a reference submission
tests directory
results directory
run assignment group studentID - runs specified assignment, output to screen
run1 assignment group studentID - runs specified assignment, output to $OUT/group/assignment.studentID
rungrp [options] assignment [group] - runs a group of assigments
options:
-v
verbose
-c
remove the temp directory after each run
-t
test phase, don't timestamp, don't update logs
-m
mark phase, don't run if already marked
less $OUT/summary.assignment - summarises the run results, it can reveal problems with the autotesting
grep latepen $OUT/*/assignment.* - check that the late penalty is applied correctly
rerun assignment - reset time stamp so that you can run autotesting again
rerun assignment group
rerun assignment group/assignment.studentID
to avoid a rerun, you can use the -t option of rungrp
torun assignment - list assignments like late submissions that have not been tested
Xmark to mark the assignments.
&withhold
assignment
&end
add this to $WORK/give.spec to stop students collecting assignments before tutors have finished marking