Submission Guidelines

File Name

Name the files using the following naming convention:

Course#_Assignment#_NetID.extension

Please note that the file extension may differ based on the requirements of individual assignment. Unless specified, please adhere to the following file extension guidelines:

  • Lab reports, research papers, or other text based assignments: .docx
  • Compressed files such as source code: .zip

Examples

  • IT6203_L1_jsmith.docx
  • IT6203_L1_jsmith.zip
  • IT6203_IndividualProject_jsmith.docx

Lab Report

Unless specified otherwise, please use the following format to prepare your lab report.

In the upper left corner of the first page of the report, please enter:

Course Name and Title
Your Name
Date when assignment is submitted

Example

IT6203 IT Design Studio
John Doe
August 1, 2019

Screenshots

When screenshots are required in the lab report, please make sure you insert the screenshots in the appropriate places in the lab report. Do NOT submit the screenshots as separate images! If you do not know how to take screenshots, please visit take-a-screenshot.org for instructions.

Submission Instructions

Assignments that Require a Single Document Submission

If only a single Word document such as a lab report or a research paper is required, please name the document appropriately per the naming convention mentioned above and submit it.

Assignments that Require Submission of Source Code

  1. Prepare the lab report per the instruction from the course and name it according to the naming convention mentioned above.
  2. Compress the project folder that contains all the source code of the assignment as a ZIP file. Do NOT include the lab report or other irrelevant files (e.g. files from the last assignment, duplicate copies of files that are not used).
  3. Name the compressed source code the same name as your Lab Report but with a .zip extension (e.g. IT6203_Lab1_jdoe.zip, IT5443_Milestone1_jsmith.zip). No other file extensions will be accepted!
  4. Submit both the lab report as well as the zipped source code to the assignment submission folder. Do NOT zip lab report and the source code together!