A strategy that my university (Purdue) uses for this is to distribute some "stub" code to get you started. Beyond being there to help the students (and giving

A strategy that my university (Purdue) uses for this is to distribute some "stub" code to get you started. Beyond being there to help the students (and giving instructors an idea of the structure of your code if you need to ask for help), it also means that the university owns a portion of the copyright for on the code. In the case of TFA, UIllinois claims ownership over some of the things made by students; it's part of their conditions for enrollment. This kind of thing is more common than most people realize. http://www.bot.uillinois.edu/general-rules http://www.bot.uillinois.edu/general-rules http://otm.illinois.edu/studentownership http://otm.illinois.edu/studentownership