Creating a Course (CMU)

Here are the steps to create a new course in Autolab:

• Step 1: Create a new private directory in your AFS course directory called autolab. For example

      /afs/cs/academic/class/15999-f12/private/autolab
  

• Step 2. Go to the autolab directory, and run the following commands to give Autolab access:

  linux> cd private/autolab
  linux> fs sa . academic.autolab rlidwk
  linux> fs sa . academic:admin.autolab rlidwk 
  
  

• Step 3. Copy the Autolab config file template course.rb to your autolab directory. This is a Ruby module containing functions that you will write to control the way that course and assignment averages are computed on the gradebook. There is detailed documentation on this document located here
• Step 4. Email the Autolab developers at [email protected]

  with the path to your autolab directory. We'll link the Autolab server to your autolab directory, create the course in the server, and send you a confirmation email.

You can then log into your new course at https://autolab.cs.cmu.edu . You will first be asked to complete your account details. Then you will be taken to your course's home page (which for now is blank). You can fill in your course's details by clicking on Admin->Edit course information.