VPL. Virtual Programming Lab

VPL is a activity module for Moodle that manage programming assignments and whose salient features are:

• Enable to edit the programs source code in the browser using an applet
• Students can run interactively programs in the browser
• You can run tests to review the programs.
• Allows searching for similarity between files.
• Allows setting editing restrictions and avoiding external text pasting.

Basic definition of a Virtual Programming Lab activity

To access other options, a basic definition must be saved first.

A Virtual Programming Lab activity must have a name and a short description which is shown in the Virtual Programming Labs List. These data are setting in the General panel.

In the Submission period panel three dates can be set:

• Visible description from.- the date from which the description of the activity is visible.
• Avaliable from.- the date from which the activity can be submitted.
• Due date .- the last date available to submit the activity.

Constraints for the submission can be set in the Submission restrictions panel:

• Maximum number of files to be submitted. You can set the file names at the "requested files" tabs.
• Submission available only by means of the restricted Code Editor. If you set this option, you can't upload files or paste text from outside the code editor.
• Maximum upload file size.
• Password to access and submit the activity. If you set a password the system will ask the password to access the activity.
• Nets from which the submission is permited.

Also common options, such as the grading scale and groups, can be setting in this page.