HOW TO SUBMIT CS 1110 ASSIGNMENTS

YOu must submit your assignments using e-learning.  If your e-learning submission
is somehow corrupted, you can see your lab instructor in person with your submission
on a thumb drive or CD.  Do not submit your assignments via e-mail.

When you begin a project in VS 2008, a "solution folder" is created by VS 2008.  This
is also known as your "project folder."

1) When you are ready to submit your assignment, build your program to create a .sln file 
inside the solution folder.  Submissions without a .sln file will not be graded.  Your 
assignment must compile (build without errors), run, and perform a substantial portion 
of the assignment in order to receive a grade.

2) Then zip your ENTIRE solution folder into a compressed file with the extension .zip.

If you don't have your project folder on your desktop, the default location is: 
My Documents --> Visual Studio 2008 --> Projects.
(Also known as: C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects.)

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   TO TEST YOUR SUBMISSION BEFORE SUBMITTING:

2a) Copy your zipped solution folder to a completely different directory.

2b) Go to that directory and unzip the copied .zip file inside that directory.

2c) Open the unzipped project in VS 2008 and TEST IT by double-clicking the .sln file in
the unzipped folder.  If the .sln file is missing, start over.  (Submissions without
a .sln file will not be graded.)  See of your unzipped copy builds and runs.  Your 
assignment must compile (build without errors), run, and perform a substantial portion 
of the assignment in order to receive a grade. 

2d) If it doesn't compile and run properly, start over until it does: see if the original
project in its original location actually runs.  Delete the non-working copies.  Delete the 
zipped original (NOT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT!) and re-zip the original project.  Go to step 2a.  

2e) If it compiles and runs, go back to the folder where your original ZIPPED solution 
folder is waiting. 
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3) Go to the CS 1110 link for the current semester in e-learning (inside GoWMU).

4) Select "Assignments," then the correct assignment.

5) Underneath "Submission," click "Add Attachments," then "My Computer," and browse 
to your original ZIPPED solution folder, select it, click "Open," and then click "OK."

6) Next to "Start Page: None" click "Set Start Page," and choose any file with the 
extension .cs that you worked on.  Then click "Select."

7) Scroll down beneath the "Add Comment" box and click "Submit."  (Leave the "Add
Comment" box empty; only you will be able to see anything you type here.)

8) When the pop-up asks "Are you sure you want to submit this assignment," recall:
are all the necessary comments in place?  Did you put your name at the top of your 
work?  If you are sure, click "OK."

9) You will be shown the time of submission.  Click "OK."

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   IMPORTANT:

10) Save a copy of your assignment in your own storage area or device in case you are 
asked for it in the future.  You may also want to consult this assignment when you
are working on a future assignment.