Programming Grader

The ability to program is one of the core tools used by computer scientists, and programming competencies a recommended requirement for ABET accreditation. In our experience, students learn programming skills best by writing many programs, ranging from simple to complex. Overworked teachers can be dismayed by the prospect of grading still more programs per student as well as teaching introductory classes with large enrolments. Even the difference in the ability to check programs between the teachers is also prone to unintentional prejudice. And the most severe problem is perception of prejudice in the students whose programs are evaluated. The automatic grading approach address the above problems and offers substantial advantages and opportunities, but also some challenges. It eliminates the variability of the solution provided by different teachers. Even it explores certain factors to grade the program such as number of test cases passed number of attempts taken for successful compilation, etc. We present Programming Grader, a web-based automatic program grader that provide the robust and a reliable result to the mentioned variability and load of checking problem continuing from long time.