Instructional Support Group Wiki

Welcome to the home of TWiki.ISG. This is a web-based collaboration area primarily targeted for ISA use, which will allow better ISA-to-ISA knowledge transfer between terms.

The recommended way to search the Wiki is via Google as it returns much more meaningful results than the Twiki's builtin search. You can also begin by navigating the links below, either by topic, or via the course-specific links at the bottom which should link to other pages that are most relevant for your course.

• HowTo - Sign Up, Edit this wiki

• F24WindowsLaptop - Instructions for Windows/ThinkPad laptops for Fall 2024 ISAs.

• F24WebServerUpgradeNotes - notes on upgrading the student.cs.uwaterloo.ca web server

• ISGInfo - Information about course accounts, various scripts supported by ISG, and general stuff related to working at ISG.
  • ISGScriptsManPages - Man pages for ISG scripts, including submit. These used to be on student.cs:~isg account.
  • SetupSubmitCommand - Step-by-step instructions on setting up submit for an assignment.

• RST/BitterSuite - Automated testing scripts used by MarkUs.
  • RST - Information on using RST for auto-testing student submissions. MarkUs uses RST, but RST can be used without MarkUs.
  • BitterSuite - A collection of scripts to help with common automated testing situations.
    • BitterSuite is designed to be run from RST. RST can be run without using BitterSuite.
    • BitterSuite is what processes the in/ folder of your test suite.
  • Information on creating RST/BitterSuite tests for different languages:
    • Racket (ex. CS115, CS135)
    • Python (ex. CS116)
    • More flexible Python testing using Bash scripts
    • Running tests using arbitrary scripts (ex. CS240)

• AccessingCourseAccount - Accessing course account from Macs
  • How to connect to Samba on Windows - For the Folder address, use: \\smb-files.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca\csNNN where csNNN is your course
  • SshfsWindows - Connecting to course account on Windows using SSHFS, an alternative to Samba. SSHFS is harder to set up, but can be faster and more reliable than Samba.

• Accessing Course Email (csNNN@uwaterloo.ca): AccessingCourseM365Email

• Marmoset - Information about Marmoset, a web-based submission and testing server being used in several courses.
  • MarmosetSummary - Some newer documentation on Marmoset (created in April 2018). Summary of how to get started with Marmoset.

• MarkUs - Basic information about MarkUs, an on-line submission and on-line marking tool.
  • New for Spring 2024: MarkUs Training for Course Staff videos on Microsoft 365
  • MarkUsPrepareForMarking - Steps on how to prepare an assignment for marking. Includes information on autotesting and uploading student submissions from another website/system (ex. Marmoset).
  • MarkUsScripts - Detailed reference for MarkUs scripts.
  • MarkUsGroupsSVNRepos#Auto_testing_Procedure - MarkUs Auto/Correctness Testing procedure
  • Issues with MarkUs? Report them to nick.lee@uwaterloo.ca or the CSCF Help Desk.

• MossBasics - Basic information on running Moss to check for plagarism

• AssignmentInfo - Dealing with student assignments.

• StudentInteraction - Dealing with students.

• TACoordination - Regarding working with the graduate TAs for your course.

• Clickers - Everything to do with managing clickers.
  • ClickerDebuggingTips - Tips/Steps on how to investigate clicker problems (ex. students saying they're not getting clicker marks)

• ExaminationDuties - Job requirements and procedures related to examination organization, proctoring, and marking.

• CourseWebsite - Information regarding managing the course website.

• OfficeTips - General, useful tips for ISAs.

• GroupMgr - Information on some useful scripts to simplify group creation.

There are also pages with information to particular courses. However, if any discussion would be relevant to other courses, please make sure it is housed under one of the above links, even if you create a supplementary link on your course-specific page!

• Information for CS100 ISAs
• Information for CS105 ISAs
• Information for CS106 ISAs
• Information for CS115 ISAs
• Information for CS116 ISAs
• Information for CS135 ISAs
• Information for CS136 ISAs
• Information for CS137 ISAs
• Information for CS138 ISAs
• Information for CS145 ISAs
• Information for CS146 ISAs
• Information for CS200 ISAs
• Information for CS230 IAs
• Information for CS231 IAs
• Information for CS234 IAs
• Information for CS240 ISAs
• Information for CS241 ISAs
• Information for CS241e ISAs
• Information for CS245 IAs
• Information for CS246 ISAs
• Information for CS246e ISAs
• Information for CS247 ISAs
• Information for SE212 ISAs

And, pages that should be renamed/moved/?:

• Fall 09 presentations
• PastingMarkupOnWiki

General Reference Items:

• TroubleShootingLabMacs

Site Tools of the ISG Web

•      (More options in WebSearch)
• WebChanges: Display recent changes to the ISG web
• WebIndex: List all ISG topics in alphabetical order. See also the faster WebTopicList
• WebNotify: Subscribe to an e-mail alert sent when something changes in the ISG web
• WebStatistics: View access statistics of the ISG web
• WebPreferences: Preferences of the ISG web (TWikiPreferences has site-wide preferences)

Notes:

• You are currently in the ISG web. The color code for this web is this background, so you know where you are.
• If you are not familiar with the TWiki collaboration platform, please visit WelcomeGuest first.

For interest, an archive is also kept of ISGWebUsageStatistics; the current information WebStatistics are also available.