Glossary

Autograder / autograder.zip : The Otter solution bundle for an assignment. You download it from a course's private solutions repository and feed it to the grader along with student submissions.

Canvas common cartridge (.imscc) : A standard package format for importing course content (structure, assignment links, quizzes) into Canvas or another LMS.

Cal-ICOR : California Interactive Computing Open Resource (cal-icor.org), supported by the California Education Learning Lab. Cal-ICOR provides cloud-hosted computing infrastructure (including JupyterHubs) for California public colleges and universities. See also the Cal-ICOR modules page.

Cloudbank : An NSF-funded program (cloudbank.org) that provisions cloud computing infrastructure, including JupyterHubs, for institutions nationwide.

Common cartridge JupyterHub rewriter : A tool that rewrites the hub URLs and materials-repo references inside a Canvas template so assignments point at your JupyterHub before import.

JupyterHub : A multi-user server that gives each student a Jupyter notebook environment in the browser, typically behind campus single sign-on.

LMS (Learning Management System) : The platform that hosts your course (e.g., Canvas) where students access assignments and submit work.

Otter / otter-grader : The autograding framework used to grade Jupyter notebooks. Some courses pin a specific version (e.g., Data 6 requires 6.1.6).

Otter Service Standalone : The web-based Otter grading service at grader.datahub.berkeley.edu, with no local install.

Solutions repository (private) : The private GitHub repo holding solutions and autograder.zip files for a course. Access is granted after completing the instructor interest form.