All electronic assignments are to be submitted in MS Word in a format
that
can be read on an IBM-compatible PC, unless otherwise indicated.
The instructor will announce which version of the above is currently
available at SMU.
Submission must be in that version or an earlier version. (At
the time this was written,
anything up through "office 2000" was acceptable.)
Special note: for assignments in which a spreadsheet is used, the preferred
format is to submit a "word" document in which you have inserted selected
spreadsheet excerpts. Normally, the instructor and grader do
not want to
see your original spreadsheet, only the "report" specified for the
assignment,
in which portions of the spreadsheet have been inserted. (Hint: use "paste
special" and paste spreadsheets as bitmaps or pictures to avoid
problems with font resizing and things not fitting on the page.)
2 Keep backup copies of every electronic file (typically,
most assignments
are in "doc" files, for
example). "The dog ate my floppy disk"
is not a
valid excuse. Nor
is "my hard disk crashed just as I was finishing."
3 All submissions over 100K Bytes should be submitted
as PKZIP files,
if possible, so as to reduce
transmission time and storage space.
4 Each file should have the following file name:
An_Last_First_7315_2001su.doc
(or .exe or .zip)
where n
is the assignment number. Thus if Mary Jones
submits assignment 3, the
file name might be:
A3_Jones_Mary_7315_2001su.doc.
If
there are two separate files, use a part number at the END, such as
A3_Jones_Mary_7315_2001su_part2.doc
This
naming convention assures that your emails and files are stored correctly.
5 When you submit a file electronically,
it should be as an attachment
to
an e-mail message. The e-mail message should have the
following
header information:
To:
cse7315@seas.smu.edu [you may also copy frailey@seas.smu.edu]
Subject:
Same as file name mentioned in previous item without extension.
Example:
Mary Jones' submittal might be attached to an email
message
that looks like this:
To:
cse7315@seas.smu.edu
CC:
mjones@mycompany.org, frailey@seas.smu.edu
SUBJECT:
A3_Jones_Mary_7315_2001su (project proposal)
BODY:
"My project proposal is attached. I hope you like it.
Regards, Mary Jones"
6 All e-mail correspondence
should contain, in the subject line,
your name and
the phrase "7315 2001su". For example:
SUBJECT: Question
on midterm - Mary Jones - 7315 2001su
WARNING:
if the subject line does not contain "7315" your
submission
or message may be filtered out by my "SPAM"
filter
and not received at all. If received it might end up
in
a folder unrelated to the course. For example, I have
in
my "orphan" email file a number of messages such as:
FROM:
1234B56@AOL.org
SUBJECT:
More information needed
BODY:
"Yesterday I sent you a request about the course.
I forgot to mention that I am changing my email
address and will notify you later when I get my
new one.
Regards, GH."
I
cannot tell who this is from, what they want, or what course
they
are referring to. Note that I teach several courses and
receive
about 300 emails per day.