Difference between revisions of "Web-CAT"

From Gobblerpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
imported>Cov
(Created page with "Web-CAT is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech. It is licensed under the AGPL. ==External Links== * [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/ Homepage...")
 
imported>Matthazinski
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Web-CAT is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech. It is licensed under the AGPL.
+
'''Web-CAT''' is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech with a focus on grading using student-written tests. It has support for [[w:C++|C++]] and [[w:Java (programming language)|Java]], and was primarily developed by [[Stephen Edwards]] and is licensed under the AGPL.
  
==External Links==
+
Most [[Computer Science]] courses that use automated grading now use Web-CAT.
 +
 
 +
==Design==
 +
Web-CAT is primarily written in Java using [[w:WebObjects|WebObjects]] with some glue scripts written in [[w:Perl|Perl]].
 +
 
 +
==Criticism==
 +
Many students have complained of problems with Web-CAT, due to features like style-checking on by default without any listed style guidelines, and have cited the project's large number of unresolved bugs<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=142064&atid=754973]</ref>. Often, when students complain of problems, they are told that because Web-CAT is open source, they should simply fix the problem themself instead of complaining.
 +
 
 +
Other students have cited slow grading and a difficult-to-use user interface as making Web-CAT incredibly frustrating to use.
 +
 
 +
==See also==
 +
* [[Curator]]
 +
 
 +
==References==
 +
<references />
 +
 
 +
==External links==
 
* [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/ Homepage]
 
* [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/ Homepage]
 
* [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/WCWiki Web-CAT Wiki]
 
* [http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/WCWiki Web-CAT Wiki]
 +
* [http://web-cat.org/ The Web-CAT Community]
 
* [[sf:projects/web-cat/|Web-CAT Sourceforge Page]]
 
* [[sf:projects/web-cat/|Web-CAT Sourceforge Page]]
  
[[Category:Free cultural works on campus]]
+
[[Category:Libre projects]]
 +
[[Category:Campus computing resources]]
 +
[[Category:Computer Science]]

Latest revision as of 06:17, 12 October 2012

Web-CAT is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech with a focus on grading using student-written tests. It has support for C++ and Java, and was primarily developed by Stephen Edwards and is licensed under the AGPL.

Most Computer Science courses that use automated grading now use Web-CAT.

Design

Web-CAT is primarily written in Java using WebObjects with some glue scripts written in Perl.

Criticism

Many students have complained of problems with Web-CAT, due to features like style-checking on by default without any listed style guidelines, and have cited the project's large number of unresolved bugs[1]. Often, when students complain of problems, they are told that because Web-CAT is open source, they should simply fix the problem themself instead of complaining.

Other students have cited slow grading and a difficult-to-use user interface as making Web-CAT incredibly frustrating to use.

See also

References

External links