overwriting students' files

[valer...@gmail.com]

I made an assignment folder that includes a .tex file and I want to check a student's progress. If I open the student's project from my account and then open the .tex file, is the system going to automatically compile it and create a new pdf file with a new date? I would not like to have that happen so I have been avoiding opening the students' .tex files. Should I download the .tex file to my computer instead of opening it inside SMC?
Thanks for any help.


 

[Harald Schilly]

Yes, it will be executed. So far, all files in SMC only have a single
default action. However, you could create a terminal in SMC, and then
open the .tex file in a command-line file viewer. I.e. if the file is
filename.tex, then run this command:

less filename.tex

you can scroll up and down with the cursor keys or Page-up/down, and
exit it via pressing the "q" key.

(via "ls" you can get a list of all filenames, if there is a space in
the filename, you have to enclose the filename in quotes like less
"file name.tex")

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[valer...@gmail.com]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Daniel Krenn]

You could simply collect the assignment and look into it. At the due
date, collect again...

Daniel

[William Stein]

Yep. The student is NOT informed in any way that you've pushed the
collect button, and you can do collection as many times as you want.

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[valer...@gmail.com]

Thanks. So am I right in understanding that by opening a student project and clicking even just on a pdf file, the student will see that the date has been changed on that file, and will know that I have looked at it?

[William Stein]

Yes, it will show up in the log at least. The date doesn't change,
but still it is in the log. Click the log tab at the top to confirm
this.

William

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[Harald Schilly]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 4:44 AM, <valer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So am I right in understanding that by opening a student project and
> clicking even just on a pdf file, the student will see that the date has
> been changed on that file, and will know that I have looked at it?

What you see is the modification/creation time. When you open a PDF
file, you're only accessing it. Hence the modification time doesn't
change.

What would you expect or not want to have happening?

-- harald