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Web Handin Description Version 2.0
Web handin is a web-based program for handin in homework assignments. It has the following features.
  • Organizes the submissions according to assignment number, platform, and student. A directory called webhandin on the class account will contain numbered directories for each assignment. In each numbered directory will be a file record which logs every file that is handed in, and a directory for each platoform that was used to hand in. Currently the options are Windows, Linux, Solaris, and IRIX. In the platform directory are directories for each student's files.

    The instructor can turn this option off by specifying a single platform to hand the files in under, and this platform can be different than the 4 options.

  • Allows the instructor to specify deadlines and cut-offs for handing in, which are enforced. (This is optional)
  • Creates backups of files that are handed in multiple times. If a file is handed in that was previously handed in, a directory called Old_files is created, and within that directory will be new directories created each time a duplicate file is handed in. These directories will be named based on the handin times of the duplicate files.

    Note: If a user hands in files multiple times using multiple platforms, they are treated separately. That is, if a user hands in the same files using platform Windows and platform Linux, the user will have two handin directories in the obvious places.

For information on how to set up webhandin, instructors should go to Webhandin Setup.