CS1101
Using CourseMarker (CM)
CM website:
http://www.comp.nus/edu.sg/~cmarker
Email:
cmarker@comp.nus.edu.sg
Updated: 18 August 2008
Installation
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Go to the CourseMarker (CM) website
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cmarker/ and click on
“Client Setup for CS1101”. See diagram below.
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Installation
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Follow the instructions on this web page to download and
install all the required software.
On installing the “CourseMarker Client (with Dr Java
included)” (3rd bullet item below), see next slide for tip.
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Installation
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Make sure you extract the contents of CMC.zip to C:
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Common mistake: Do not create a “CMC” subdirectory
yourself. If you do this, another “CMC” subdirectory
may be created underneath it. Check this out.
Make sure ONLY C:\
is selected, then click
Extract
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Check Your Installation
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After installation, you should see the cmc directory in C:
(as shown in the diagram below)
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If you open the cmc directory and see ONLY a cmc directory, then
you have incorrectly extracted CMC.zip to C:\cmc instead of C:.
Delete C:\cmc folder and redo installation of the “CourseMarker
Client (with Dr. Java included)”.
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What you should see inside the
CMC Directory
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See diagram below
GUI
Interface
cs1101.bat
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What you should see inside the
CMC Directory
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About the “cs1101.bat” file
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In some PCs, the file extensions are hidden, so
the above file may just appear as “cs1101”.
Or, you may change your PC setting to show the
file extensions.
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After Installation
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You have completed “Client Setup for
CS1101”.
Next, you are to run the CourseMarker
client.
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 1: Click on cs1101.bat to start the
CourseMarker Client (or click “Start” 
“Run”, type “C:\cmc\cs1101.bat”)
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If you see a window opening and quickly closing
without the login screen appearing, please see
steps on resolving in the “Troubleshooting” slides
at the end of this file.
Login Screen
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 2: You will be prompted with
the login screen. Enter your userid
and password.
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Your CourseMarker password has been
sent to your NUSNET account. If you
have not received it, please email
cmarker@comp.nus.edu.sg
Login Screen
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 3: You are now in the
CourseMarker environment.
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 4: You should proceed to
choose the lab exercise you are
doing.
Select Lab
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 5: Select the lab, and click
Setup. This will download the latest
lab from the CMC Server.
a. Select the lab
b. Click Setup
to download the
lab
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 6: You can now proceed to
develop your Java code. Click on
Develop button. This will open the
DrJava IDE.
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 7: Once you have compiled and
tested your program in DrJava, you
can proceed to submit using the CMC
Client.
Submit
Button is now
Enabled. Click
on it to submit.
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Running CourseMarker Client
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Step 8: Clicking on Submit will send your
lab submission to the CMC Server.
c. Click
close
a. Client will show you the number of submissions
you have done so far.
b. It will also show you the result of
your submission.
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Well done!
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Congratulations, you have just completed your lab
submission!
Please read
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs1101x/3_ca/labs.html
for further information
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Please read the FAQs at
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cmarker/faq.html
If you have any queries, please post in the IVLE
forum, or email cmarker@comp.nus.edu.sg
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Troubleshooting (1)
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Symptom: After double clicking a window appears
and quickly closes without anything happening
Solution: First open cmd, by click on Start, Run,
cmd
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Troubleshooting (1a)
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Symptom: After double clicking a window appears
and quickly closes without anything happening
Solution: Then type cs1101, you should see a long
list. Scroll back up to the location where you see the
line md H:\CMHome\cs1101.
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Troubleshooting (1a)
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To resolve, open cs1101.bat with an
editor (such as notepad)
Change the H: to C:
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Troubleshooting (1b)
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Symptom: After double clicking a window appears
and quickly closes without anything happening
Solution: Then type cs1101, you should see a long
list. Scroll back up to the location where you see the
line C:\jdk1.6\bin\java ….
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Troubleshooting (1b)
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That problem was caused because
your Java compiler is NOT found in
C:\jdk1.6\bin (you didn’t install it in
C:\jdk1.6)
Locate the jdk1.6 (NOT jre1.6) !
It is installed in C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07\bin by
default
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Troubleshooting (1b)
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To resolve, open cs1101.bat with an
editor (such as notepad)
Change C:\jdk1.6 to
“C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07”
Make sure you include
the quotes!
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