CMS

CMS stands for Course Management System. You will use CMS to submit homework, find your scores, and view grading comments.

If you had pre-enrolled in CS 1112, then your student information had been entered into CMS already and you would be ready to use CMS beginning in the second week of classes. If you added CS 1112 after pre-enrollment, then you must identify yourself in discussion section to ask your TA to add your information into the system.

Log on to CMS

Be aware that CMS is in the process of rolling out a complete redesign, and some course staff may only be familiar with the old version. Also, be very careful about time zones, as CMS sometimes translates deadlines into your local time zone. The course website will always specify things in Ithaca time.

How to submit homework?

Read all the instructions below before attempting the submission.

1. Note where you keep the file(s) you want to submit
2. Go to the CMS website: https://cmsx.cs.cornell.edu/
3. You will be prompted to log on. Log on using your CU NetID and password.
4. Select CS 1112 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. Then either partner can submit the files as described in the following steps.
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.
9. You can find detailed instructions by clicking Help (near top right corner of screen) in CMS.

Special notes

• 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…