Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Tools
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic tools complement Visual Studio .NET 2003 through the addition of several new course management features, including Assignment Manager, documentation, and sample code.
Faculty Tools
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic will simplify course management by providing a set of course and assignment tools for faculty. Collectively known as the "Teaching Tools," they enable the publication of courses and assignments to locations where students may access them using Visual Studio. These tools include the following features:
- Assignment Publishing Tools
Used to publish courses and assignments for students to download from a Web server, a network share, or an FTP site. The assignment publishing tools are one of two options that the Teaching Tools provide for publishing courses and assignments. - Code Extraction
A feature that allows faculty to create student starter projects by removing marked code from working solutions. The starter project can then be published with the assignment, providing the basis for the student to begin coding the assignment. - DocumentationDescribes the teaching tools and instructions for deploying Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic in computer science laboratory settings, including tutorials for creating console applications and using the debugger, as well as a rich student reference for Visual Studio.
Download Faculty Tools.
Assignment Manager
Assignment Manager provides secure assignment submission, assignment submission tracking, automatic student project building, student notification of assignment grades, and transmission of messages to students. Assignment Manager includes the following feature:
- Code ExtractionCreates student starter projects by removing marked code from working solutions. Then, the starter project is published with the assignment and provides the basis for the student to begin coding the assignment.
Note: Assignment Manager is also available as a Shared Source package. You can read more about the Assignment Manager Shared Source package here.
Download Assignment Manager.
Student Tools
Student Tools provide access to solutions for common programming assignments, console application wizards, and excellent Help documentation. Student Tools include the following features:
- Application WizardsThe C/C++ Console Application Wizard and the AP (Advanced Placement) C++ Console Application Wizard helps students create applications easily.
- C/C++ Console Application WizardThis wizard helps student developers to create C or C++ console applications, the most common type of application written by students. Precompiled headers and stdafx.h files are omitted, so the application is more portable.
- AP C++ Console Application WizardThe AP test for computer science tests a high school student's basic understanding of object-oriented programming using the C++ programming language. The AP C++ Console Application Wizard creates a console application that includes the five C++ classes commonly used to study for the AP test.
- SamplesMany code samples ship with Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic. Ranging in difficulty from simple to advanced, they represent the sample code commonly found in computer science programs and include: Hello World, Tic-Tac-Toe, Diff Tool, Elementary Data Structures, Expression Parser, Sorting, Tile Puzzle, Towers of Hanoi, Debugging Sample, and Network Chat.
- DocumentationIncludes walkthroughs for building a student's first console application and descriptions of the Student Tools included in Visual Studio .NET Academic.
Download Student Tools.