Autolab

Details on Autolab, which will be used for all homework submissions in CSE 4/545.

The main link

We will be using the UB CSE extension to Autolab for submission and grading of CSE 4/545 homeworks. You can access Autolab via https://autograder.cse.buffalo.edu/ .

Signing up

Follow these steps to setup an account on Autolab (unless you already have one in which case you'll use your existing account):

  1. Go to this page and click on the Sign in with MyUB link . A new account will automatically be created for you.
  2. By default, Autolab will use your official UB first and last name. If you have a different preferred name, please let us know ASAP.
  3. When you login, the system will ask you to put in your nickname. It seems like to use the system you have to put in a nickname (though it won't be used for anything in this course).
  4. After you have done the above steps, you wait.

What happens next

Here are the steps that we need to take at our end:

  1. We will upload a list of UB emails of students registered in the course (students cannot register themselves in a course). After that, you can just login into Autolab using MyUB and you should see the CSE 4/545 course.

In the steady state

Here are the various things to keep in mind once you are successfully added to the course on Autolab:

  1. Once you log in to the system (after creating your account), you will see all the courses for which you have been registered. CSE 4/545 should appear with the description CSE4/545: Coding Theory (s19).
  2. Once you go to the course web page for CSE 4/545, you will see a list of pending assignments. To begin with you should one box for Proof Reading one link for the First Submission. (You will need to click on the link and submit your solution on the corresponding page.) As you move along in the semester, you will also see completed assignments/homeworks.
  3. The interface is reasonably intuitive but make sure you explore and make yourself comfortable with the interface- you will be spending quality time with it this semester!

All submissions in PDF

Unless mentioned otherwise, all submissions must be in PDF. Unfortunately, Autolab will NOT give a warning if you submit in another format. E.g., it will accept Word documents but will not display them. If Autolab cannot display your submission, I cannot grade it.