FAQs - CMU-18240/240-How-to GitHub Wiki

1. When is the last time I can submit an assignment?
2. How many times can I hand in an assignment?
3. Why am I getting an error regarding "Reportlab"?
4. Why is it failing to hand in my files?
5. It says my handin directory wasn't found.
6. Can I hand in my files without compiling?

Read the homework handout for the deadline. Attempts to run handin240 for overdue assignments will not work, as we do not accept late work.

Please please please leave ample time before the deadline to submit. We are not responsible for your inability to plan accordingly.

You may submit as many times as you want, up until the deadline. We will always take the last submission for grading. Unfortunately there is no functionality to choose a submission for assessment, so take care when submitting that nothing breaks.

You probably didn't install the dependencies as specified in the initialization portion of the overview. Just run

init_handin240

and you should be good to go.

Stop. Before you make a Piazza post, please read the terminal output. 4/5 times the problem is solved by reading what the program tells you. If it isn't clear after doing this, then go ahead and ask away.

It's likely that one of two things is happening:

1. We haven't opened the handin yet on the servers. There may be a delay in setting up the assignment, or maybe we forgot to open it. Post a Piazza question so we can get on that.
2. Your name isn't in the class roster. This could be because you're on the waitlist, or there's some other administrative mistake. Post a private question on Piazza, or email the course staff. We'll sort it out on our end.

Short answer: Yes. Run the handin script with the -s flag to skip the compile check step.

Long answer: Yes, but do so at your own risk. Unless you are 100% sure the code compiles it is highly inadvisable to do this, as code that doesn't compile will get a zero. There are no exceptions.