Hi
I set up R in a chroot jail for a course and it worked fine (students
were able to submit R code via a web form, which was
password-protected). I recall it taking a bit of setting up, but hard
to estimate how much of that was figuring out how to use chroot. I have
some notes, so might be able
I've not tried an automated system like you describe but I have tried to make
test scripts available that compare the output of their programs to correct
output. That way the students can check their progress as they work. In
general, I find this approach doesn't work well for grading because
