Web-CAT Guidelines

Contents:

1. Logging into Web-CAT

2. Submitting Projects via jGRASP

a. Configuring Web-CAT

b. Submitting Individual Files (Example: Activity 1)

c. Submitting a Project to Web-CAT

d. Submitting in Web-CAT / Late Work

3. Checking your Grades / Project Feedback

 

 

  1. Logging into Web-CAT

Open a web browser and navigate to http://webcat.eng.auburn.edu:8080/Web-CAT/WebObjects/Web-CAT.woa. If you do not know your password, click the “Forgot your password?” link and enter your AU e-mail address. If you do not receive e-mail with instructions for changing your password, contact crossjh@auburn.edu and you’ll be added to the Web-CAT roster for COMP 1210.

 

  1. Submitting Projects via jGRASP
    1. Configuring Web-CAT

Copy the following the link below by carefully selecting all of it, then right-click on it and select “Copy” (or press Ctrl-C):

 

http://webcat.eng.auburn.edu:8080/Web-CAT/WebObjects/Web-CAT.woa/wa/assignments/eclipse

 

In jGRASP, navigate to Tools → Web-CAT → Configure. Find the Assignment Definition URL field, select the text in the field (if any), then right-click in the field and select “Paste” (or press Ctrl-V), then click OK.

 

The Web-CAT button  should now appear on the toolbar above your program.  If your program is in an open jGRASP project, the Web-CAT button  will also appear on the toolbar for the Open Projects section of the Browse tab (see lower left of the jGRASP desktop). 

 

    1. Submitting Individual Files (Example: Activity 1)

In order to submit files that are not included in a jGRASP project, open the Java file in jGRASP and then click the Web-CAT button on the toolbar. Select the appropriate assignment from the Web-CAT Submission dialog and click Next:

 

If you need to submit more than one file, click the Add button on the right and add any additional files by double-clicking the .java files. Click Done when you have selected all of your files:

 

Click Next, type in your Web-CAT username / password and Click Submit.

 

    1. Submitting a Project to Web-CAT

If your source code files are all in a jGRASP project, you can submit the entire project in jGRASP by opening the project, selecting the project in Open Projects, and clicking the Web-CAT button in Open Projects.

 

    1. Submitting Directly to Web-CAT / or E-mailng Late Work to Your Lab TA

Create a project file in jGRASP and add all of your files.  Select the project and navigate to Project → Create JAR or Zip File For Project.  Select Zip File as archive type and then click Create Zip.  If you are submitting late work with an AU-valid excuse, send your zip file to your lab instructor within a week of the due date.  If you are submitting directly through Web-CAT, navigate to Submit, change the assignment, and choose your zip file for submission.

 

  1. Checking your Grades / Project Feedback

First, log into Web-CAT by visiting http://webcat.eng.auburn.edu:8080/Web-CAT and entering your AU user name and Web-CAT password.  In Web-CAT,  navigate to Results -> Past Results.

 

 

Next, press the “Change Assignment” button to the right-hand side of the screen. Make sure that the “closed” option is checked, and select the assignment that you would like to view.

 

 

Once you have reached the appropriate project, select your latest submission (the top submission of the list. Under Result Summary click the “Full Printable Report” button. You should now be able to view both the instructor feedback and the source file that you submitted.