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-====== Labtest Simplified ====== 
- 
- 
-**This page is a simplified version for faculty members who are new to labtest.** \\ 
- 
- 
-<code> 
-   Please continue to read the detailed documentation page on Lab test for specifics  
-   on  particular functions. LABTEST has many features but only the basics are  
-   simplified here.  
-</code> 
- 
-[[https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:start|Labtest Documentation]] 
-(https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:start) 
-\\ 
- 
-Basic Instructions to start with labtest. 
-\\ 
-[[https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/software:protected:labtestsimplified:start|Simplified Instructions]] \\ 
-\\ 
-**NEW** 
- 
-**Eshrat Arjomandi Prism Lab - August 2016 NEW ** \\ 
-As of August 2016, this lab has been reorganized to host 75 desktops running our supported linux systems (CentOS 6.8). 
-The desktops will also hosts VMs (windows virtual machines) for courses that require that interface . 
-\\ 
-  
-**Prism Lab** 
-\\ 
-<code>  
- 
-It is important to know the computers default operating systems 
-This makes it easy for Faculty to request the mode they want the 
-host in for teaching 
- 
-    Room Numbers Name   No of hosts  Mode 
-    LAS1006      EA lab  75hosts     Linux 
- 
-    LAS1004      GSP     32 hosts    Linux/Windows(dualboot) - default Linux 
- 
-    LAS1002      Jupiter laptops 
- 
- 
- 
-   LABTEST was designed to provide  
-           a.  Test environment for students to write a exam. 
-           b.  Submit their work electronically during and after the test. 
-     
-   In Labtest mode, users are restricted to a temporary home directory. 
-   They do not have access to the internet externally, no email,printing. 
-   No usb, cdroms, external devices will work in this environment for most  
-   courses 
- 
-   All programs accessible to students in regular linux mode 
-   are still available to students in labtest mode. 
- 
-</code> 
- 
-====Setting up your Labtest==== 
-<code> 
- 
-      Requirements  - You need a directory to host your files with the proper permission 
-                      in the web area  
-                    - An html file for start up instructions 
-                    - Another html file hosting the questions for the test 
- 
-      YOU CAN REQUEST tech@cse.yorku.ca TO ASSIST in creating course/web directory 
-      or do it yourself 
- 
- 
-</code> 
- 
-**How to Proceed** \\ 
- 
-**Step 1**\\ 
- 
-<code> 
- 
-        /eecs/dept/www/course/{course-number}  hosts the html files presented to  
-          the students during labtest 
-                   This is a symbolic to the actual area on disk  
-                   /eecs/dept/www/course_archive/{CurrentYear}/{Session} 
- 
-                   eg: For Fall 2012-13/F 
-                   /eecs/dept/www/course_archive/2012-13/F is  
-                    symlinked to  
-                   /cse/dept/www/course  
- 
-            As a faculty member, you have permission to write here. Our web pages 
-            are displayed from this directory 
- 
-  To simplify the instructions we will use a real course CSE1020 
-         
-         $ cd /eecs/dept/www/course 
-         $ mkdir  1020 
-         $ cd 1020 
-         $ mkdir labtest 
-         $ chgrp labtest labtest 
-         $ chmod 750     labtest 
-         $ cd labtest 
-         Now you need to create an index.html file. Click on the link to 
-         see example   
-</code>   
-[[https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:sample_index]] 
-<code>    $ chmod 640 index.html 
-          $ chgrp labtest index.html 
- 
-          If you make a directory "Lab1" under labtest, you can place your questions.html 
-          Here /eecs/dept/www/course/<course no>/labtest/Lab1/questions.html 
- 
-     Once completed , you have now setup the web area for viewing labtest. 
- 
-      
-      
-      
-</code> 
- 
-**Step 2 ** \\  
-     
-<code> 
-     In labtest mode the students submit their work electronically. 
-     You will need to set up this workspace as well 
-      
-     The submitted files are sent to another location on the server 
-     /eecs/course. Again this is a symbolic link to the current semester 
-     /eecs/dept/course/2012-13/F/ 
-     This is how you would set up the submit are on disk. (/eecs/course/<course no>) 
-     You would need to create  a subdirectory called submit 
-                               b Under that subdirectory an assignment directory 
-      Group permissions are very important or else students will not be able 
-      to submit their work in an exam 
- 
-            cd /eecs/course 
-            mkdir 1020 
-            chmod 755 1020   
-            cd 1020 
-            mkdir submit 
-            chmod 755 submit 
-      
-           Now  Create a lab submission directory inside the submit 
- 
-           $ cd submit 
-           $ mkdir a1 
-           $ chgrp labtest  a1 
-           $ chmod 770  a1 
-          
-          VERY IMPORTANT "MAKE GROUP LABTEST instead of SUBMIT" 
- 
-          Students will now be able to submit their work during labtest 
-          eg:   $ submit 1020 a1 testfile (file) 
-                or 
-                $ submit 1020 a1 <dir>    (directory) 
- 
-</code> 
- 
- 
-====Where Files are located during a labtest==== 
- 
-<code> 
- 
-Once a student logs into a host running labtest , their home directories 
-are mounted under /lt/home. This temporary home on the local host and is only for the duration of the test. 
-The data is saved into the following networked  directory every 15 minutes during 
-a test 
- 
-/eecs/ltsave/course/<course_number> 
- 
-Each scheduled labtest is given an id. This id is created after the course directory 
-If you have 3 labtests scheduled, then there will be 3 id's created automatically 
-If you need to restore any student data while the host was in labtest mode,  
-here is where you would look. This directory is only readable by group faculty. 
-If you ever need to recover files from this area, any tech member will be able 
-to do this for you. 
-VERY IMPORTANT     This data is kept for 60 Days only 
-IMPORTANT          To stress to the students to save their work often while in labtest mode 
-                   Snapshots are taken every 15 minutes to avoid data loss.  
- 
- 
- 
-====Testing  Labtest Setup==== 
-<code> 
- 
-Two options available 
-    Schedule a booking for a labtest via tech@cse.yorku.ca 
-    You can access the page by specifying the  URL 
- 
-Option 1 
- 
-Request a Lab or host to be put into labtest mode. Email tech@cse.yorku.ca to do this. 
-Once the schedule is put into place , from any browser 
-</code> 
-https://labtesteval.eecs.yorku.ca?id=110 where 110 is the id number 
- 
-You will need to use your EECS login and password here 
- 
-This will connect you to your labtest 
- 
- 
-Option 2 
- 
-Specify the URL 
-   eg 
-https://labtesteval/course/2021/labtest 
-   Login  
-    
-    This service will only work on any computer in our department's subnet 
-    locally and is only available to faculty. 
- 
- 
-====Where Schedules are Posted==== 
- 
-http://www.eecs.yorku.ca/schedule/pcmode 
- 
- 
-====IF a HOSTS fails while in LABTEST mode==== 
- 
-If there is a hardware failure while a student is writing an exam 
-you can safely move the student to another available seat in labtest mode 
-and have the student login. The faculty member or TA in the admin list 
-will be asked to enter their user name and password and asked to select the  
-directory with the latest files . This will transfer the students files from 
-the saved area back to the new host 
-IF YOUR EXAM IS SCHEDULED DURING 8:30 to 5:00 tech can try to allocate another  
-host quickly and put it in LABTEST MODE 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-====Extending a Labtest==== 
- 
-Sometimes it is important to extend a labtest but you must be aware if 
-there is another exam immediately after you in the same room ,this may 
-not be possible.  
- 
-You can extend the time on a labtest for up to 2 hours using the pcmode webapp. 
- 
-Login to the pcmode webapp here:  
-[[https://webapp.cse.yorku.ca/pcmode]] 
- 
-    
-Select the seat you want to extend the hold on and apply the change 
- 
-THIS WILL ONLY WORK IF THE JOB IS STILL ON THE QUEUE 
-SO YOU HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE THE SCHEDULED END TIME 
- 
-====Request a lab to be in LABTEST MODE==== 
- 
-If you proceed to schedule a test to run in labtest mode, you are required  
-to send tech@cse.yorku.ca a message request the lab you want in labtest mode 
-Details are incorporated on the main labtest page documentation. 
-Briefly what is asked is that  
- 
- Faculty should contact tech with the following information.    
- 
- 
-  * Faculty Name 
-  * TA(s) names or login id's 
-  * Your Course Number  
-  * Date eg Mon Oct 5th  
-  * Time eg 9:30am to 11:20am 
-  * Duration of test (eg 45 minutes) 
-  * Room number (defaults to CSEB 1006 ) 
-  * Number of Special access hosts for students with disabilities   
-  * Additional time needed for these hosts- Start-End Time 
-  * Mode (labtest, linux, windows, virtual host) 
-  * User restriction (only if necessary) 
-  * Room number (defaults to CSE1006) 
-  
- 
-====Optional Features==== 
- 
- 
-===User Restriction by Course Registration=== 
- 
-This is a new feature added in 2012. Sometimes faculty members want to  
-restrict their test only to registered students. This requires additional setup 
-by the faculty member. If you request user-restriction for your lab booking, 
-you will need to 
- 
-   * Create a  file users.allow in your course directory (/eecs/course/<C-N>/users.allow) 
-   * The permissions on the file should be readable by others(644) (chmod o+r /cs/course/<C-N>/users.allow) 
-   * Add the login names of the registered users (eg seela) one per line 
-   * Alternatively you can specify a file with the users name or the course distribution file.More details are given on the Labtest Documentation page 
-   * To understand if the hosts are reserved for your students only, you will see "RESERVED" on the login screen 
-   * To test if a user has permission eg /xsys/pkg/pcmode/bin/pcmode-allow cse1234 6 jun01 where 6 id the job id and jun01 is the hostname 
-   * For tech setup in schedule eg:  
-<code> 
-12/03/2015      11:22    3      labtest @,miss 01-33 
-12/03/2015      12:45    5      default   miss 01-33 
- 
-      NOTE the @, on the first line. This indicates that the lab is restricted  
-      to students in the course only 
- 
-</code> 
- 
-===Adding Files to Users Temporary Home Directory in labtest mode=== 
- 
- Two options  
-     * Using a custom script 
-     * Placing files into a directory with special permissions 
- 
-===Setting Alternate questions for Students seated side by side=== 
- 
- 
-   * Use secureQ  
- 
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