Web-CAT: automatically grading programming assignments

Authors:
Stephen H. Edwards;Manuel A. Perez-Quinones
Affiliations:
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This demonstration introduces participants to using Web-CAT, an open-source automated grading system. Web-CAT is customizable and extensible, allowing it to support a wide variety of programming languages and assessment strategies. Web-CAT is most well-known as the system that "grades students on how well they test their own code," with experimental evidence that it offers greater learning benefits than more traditional output-comparison grading. Participants will learn how to set up courses, prepare reference tests, set up assignments, and allow graders to manually grade for design.