classrun

• Usage:
  • For COMP courses,

    % 9999 classrun ...

  • For other subject area courses,

    % ssss9999 classrun ...

    where ssss is subject area and 9999 is course number e.g. engg1811, binf1001, seng1031

  • options:

    From the student's account
    classrun -give <assignment> <files>...	(aka give) submit assignments
    classrun -check <assignment>	check submissions
    classrun -collect <assignment>	collect marked assignments
    classrun [YYsS] -sturec	view marks (student)
    From the tutor's or class account
    classrun -mark	mark assignments Xmark Quick Start Guide
    classrun -rsms	enter marks
    From the class account
    classrun -u <studentid>	be a student, followed by one of the options above

• Examples:
  • From the student's account

  • % 1911 classrun -give simple simple.c diary.txt

  • % 1911 classrun -check simple

  • % engg1811 classrun -collect assign1

  • % binf1001 classrun 13s2 -sturec

  • From the tutor's account

  • % seng2011 classrun -rsms

  • From the class account

  • % classrun -u 1234567 -give simple simple.c diary.txt

  • % classrun -u 1234567 -sturec

  • % classrun -mark

    • the course at the front is optional when running classrun from the class account

• To avoid invoking the GUI with the sturec option, unset the DISPLAY

  • e.g. from the class account

    DISPLAY=; classrun -u 1234567 -sturec

    e.g. from the student account, (if DISPLAY is set)

    DISPLAY=; 1911 classrun -sturec

• To give tutors access to -mark and -rsms, add their account names to $WORK/give.spec under the &authorisation directive. e.g.

  &authorisation
  abc MARK RSMS
  xyz MARK RSMS
  cs9999 MARK RSMS
  &end

• Use VNC to run Xmark and sms on your personal computer. These applications run slow using X-windows.

Other scripts

Scripts can be added to the class account bin directory. To run them

9999 script_filename
replacing 9999 with the course code