School of Computer Science E-Resources
Local Websites
The School of Computer Science maintains its own
course websites,
forums server,
compute servers,
a subversion repository server and a
web submission system.
These can all be accessed using your University username and password.
Course Websites
Each course website is organised into two levels.
The top level contains generic information about a course together with a table of links
to the course websites for each offering of the course.
The course website for a specific offering is password protected but, is accessible using any
University of Adelaide username and password.
To locate the course website for a specific offering, goto the courses website:
http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/courses and select
the link to the course of interest.
Then consult the table of links under the heading Singapore and select the link for the term in which
you are enrolled.
When prompted, enter your University username and password to view the course offerings website.
The course offering website will contain all the information you require to study the course.
This may include such things as:
- Lecture schedules
- Assessment details
- Assignment descriptions
- Copies of the lecture slides
- Course outlines
- Study guides
- Tutorial materials
- Textbook lists
- Links to useful background materials
- Links to other E-Resources
Forums Server
The
forums server
is used within the School to make general announcements and to provide a bulletin board
for exchanging information with and asking questions of lecturers.
When you enrol in a course you should visit the forums server,
login using your University username and password.
A login link is provided at the
top right of your web browser's window.
The first time you logon to the forums server, you may be asked to complete
a profile page.
When you do this please do not attempt to hide your identity.
The level of support you can get in response to your questions is much greater if you
can be easily identified.
Once logged in, follow the 'All courses...' link in the 'My Courses' panel to
locate the course(s) you are currently enrolled in.
The courses are listed by year level first.
The first time you visit the forums page for a course you will be asked if you wish to
subscribe to the course - click 'Yes'.
Then follow the link for the 'Forums' in the 'Activities' panel at the left of screen.
You can then choose to subscribe to individual forums so that you will receive email
copies of all posted messages.
Alternatively, if an RSS feed is available, you can use your favourite RSS reader to
keep up to date with the course.
Notes
- Ensure the lecturer can easily identify who you are.
- Post questions about the course on the forums, do not email the lecturer.
- Please aim to be polite to your fellow forum users.
- Do not expect instant service, some lecturers are not on line 24x7.
Compute Servers
The School of Computer Science maintains a compute server that is available to all
Computer Science students to use.
The server is named 'uss.cs.adelaide.edu.au' and can be accessed using secure shell (ssh) from
anywhere on the internet using your University username and password.
It is your responsibility to obtain and maintain a copy of ssh for your own equipment.
Subversion Repository Server
The School of Computer Science maintains a subversion repository server that is available to all
Computer Science students to use.
The server is named 'version-control.adelaide.edu.au' and can be accessed using
a subversion client using your University username and password.
It is your responsibility to obtain and maintain a copy of subversion for your own equipment.
You should install version 1.4 of the client or newer.
Subversion clients and full documentation can be obtained from
http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html.
All assignment work must make use of the subversion repository server.
This provides a number of significant advantages to students:
- A secure backup copy of your work.
- The ability to work on more than one computer and easily keep all copies up to date.
- When you ask questions on the forums, lecturers can consult your code and give more informed answers.
- No work is ever deleted form the repository server, so you can always go back to an earlier working version.
Web Submission System
The School of Computer Science requires all assignment work to be submitted using the
web submission system.
The web submission system can be accessed using your University username and password.
Once logged on you can navigate to a list of assignments for the course(s) you are enrolled in.
When you follow the link you will be presented with the results of all your previous submissions
for that assignment.
To make a new assignment submission you must click on the 'Make A New Submission For This Assignment' link.
This will cause a plagiarism declaration form to be displayed which you must accept before a submission
can be made.
The submission is actually obtained from a particular directory in your subversion repository.
Details of which directory to use will be supplied with each assignment description.
A link to the directory is also displayed on the assignment's submission page so you can check
what files you are about to submit.
Some courses will perform some automatic marking of your submissions and some will not.
Some courses will allow multiple submissions and some will not.
You need to read the assignment description carefully and clarify any questions you have
using the course's forums pages.
Email access
To ensure effective communication with students, the School of Computer Science requires
all students to read their University email account.
The University administration also requires students to use their University email account.
This allows us to use an email address based on your student number so that we can be
sure that we are sending the message to the correct person.
We have a number of students with identical names so constructing a name based email address
can be difficult.
A further benefit is that we do not need to maintain any email lists.
You can make use of the University email system via
https://webmail.adelaide.edu.au or
using a secure imap server connection.
To use the imap option, create a new email account in your mail reader and configure it as follows:
- The mailserver is mail.adelaide.edu.au
- Connect using your University username and password
- The port number is 993 for SSL
We appreciate that many students are reluctant to make regular use of an email server located
in another country and would prefer to keep using their favourite internet service provider.
To accommodate this, the University allows students to setup an email forwarding address so
that they can continue to receive all messages sent to their University email address.
To setup email forwarding you need to login to the University webmail system at
https://webmail.adelaide.edu.au.
Once logged in, select the 'Account Manager' link at the top of the screen.
Now select the 'Forwards' link at the left of the screen.
When you insert an email address remember to untick the 'Keep a copy in your mailbox' box.
If you do not, you will stop receiving University email once your mailbox becomes full.
If you have any questions please contact the ITS Helpdesk on + 61 8 8303 3000
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