students editing output

[David W. Schuler]

> Why not just have the students mail their final version for grading
> to the instructor, who can easily put them in files, compile and test
> them, and print them if necessary.  To save time, set an alarm to
> time out any submission that takes too long to compile and run.

This method is also used here at Penn State on both Unix systems and with
VM/CMS.  All files are mailed to the instructor after they are debugged
and tested.  The instructor then runs the programs using COMMON data for
all of the runs.  If the program does not run using the data supplied by
the instructor, the program is assumed to not work properly, since the
user/data interface was defined by the instructor.

As far as I know, this method has worked fine in a department where
cheating has occurred many times.  If a student is caught cheating, he/she
will receive an F for the course, and optional probation if the offense
is severe enough.

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