How to Submit an Assignment for Grading

Assignments for Music 824 should normally be submitted electronically. This document describes how to submit assignments. Please follow these instructions carefully.

If you encounter any difficulty, you are welcome to submit a printed or handwritten assignment to Dr. Huron's mail box in Weigel Hall.

• The directory /home2/Music824/Assignments/Assignments contains plain text versions for each assignment with the exception of Assignment #1. (A "plain" text is a file that contains simple ASCII characters without any markup or formatting information such as produced by word-processors.)
  
  
• Copy the appropriate plain-text file for the current assignment to a convenient directory. For example, you might copy the text for Assignment #2 as follows:

  cp   /home2/Music824/Assignments/Assignments/Assignment02   my824assignment2

• Change the "file permissions" on your copy so that you have the ability to modify this file.

  chmod   u+w   my824assignment2

• Edit your copy of the file using a text editor such as notepad, pico, vi or emacs. To the right of the "NAME:" prompt, type your name.
  
  
• As you work through the assignment, add the appropriate responses to the text file. For example, an assignment might contain the following question:

1. Is the file "syrinx" a Humdrum file?
   
   COMMAND:
   ANSWER:
   

You might answer the question by adding suitable text such as the following (shown in bold):

1. Is the file "syrinx" a Humdrum file?
   
   COMMAND:   humdrum syrinx
   ANSWER:       yes
   
   

• When you have answered all of the questions in the assignment you can submit your work via e-mail. Suppose your answer file is called "assign2". You can mail your work using the following command:

  
  
  

  It is preferable to e-mail your work from your own userid in order to avoid possible confusion about your identity.
  
  
• If you encounter difficulties with e-mail, print out a copy of your assignment using the lpr command. For example, using Eroica, you might type:

  lpr assign2

  If problems persist, leave a telephone message for the instructor indicating the name and location of your answer file. The instructor's telephone number can be found in the course description.

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