Using the Course Management System (CMS)

You will use CMS to submit homework, find your scores, and view grading comments.

If you pre-enrolled in CS100M, then your student information had been entered into CMS already and you can begin  using CMS in the second week of classes. If you added CS100M after pre-enrollment, then you must identify yourself in section to ask your TA to add your information to the system.

Please read all the instructions below before using CMS

How to Submit Homework

1. Note where you keep the file(s) you want to submit
2. Go to the CMS website: http://cms3.csuglab.cornell.edu/web/guest/
3. You will be prompted to log on. Log on using your CU NetID and password.
4. Select CS100M under Courses
5. If you work with a partner, click the groups button to register your group before submitting files. Enter your partner's NetID. Click Invite. Now your partner must log on CMS and accept your invitation. Now either partner can submit your work.
6. Click on the submit button to upload (submit) the file(s).
7. For each requested file, click Browse... to locate your file. During upload, your file name will be converted to our requested file name.
8. Click upload.

You can find detailed instructions by clicking Help (near top right corner of screen) in CMS.

Additional Notes

We will accept homework properly submitted through CMS only. We will not accept any excuses for alternative methods of submission.

Register a (different) group for each homework. Group registration must take place before file submission.

If you work with a partner, you must submit your project as a group. In order to register your group, one partner logs on to CMS and invites a group mate by typing the other partner's NetID. The other partner confirms the group anytime after the invitation has been made. This means you can form your group even if you are never physically in the same lab at the same time.

Each requested file has a size limit that is much bigger than a typical, correct file. If CMS reports that your file is too big, the usual reason is that you submitted a file in an incorrect format.

Once CMS accepts an uploaded file, it will display the time of upload and the size of the uploaded file. The file size is one way for you to check that you submitted the file you intended to upload.

Start submitting your files early! Don't wait until the deadline. If necessary, you can re-upload any files during the submission period. The latest file will be graded. Don't wait until the deadline when traffic is congested and slows to a crawl!