Printing and Copying
All copy requests must be sent to the Course Support Team (eecs-course-support@eecs.berkeley.edu) at least one full business day before the delivery deadline. Because our team does not work over the weekend, requests needed on Monday should be sent by the end of Thursday prior to the deadline.
Please check out a copy card at the Cory Front Office (253 Cory Hall) before 4:30 pm or the Soda Front Office (387 Soda Hall) before 1:00 pm if you are unable to send your copy job at least 24 hours before your delivery deadline. These hours are subject to change depending on shelter-in-place restrictions, please check back for updates. 532 Cory and 384 Soda copy rooms are accessible after business hours. To check your card key access to these copy rooms, email keys@eecs.berkeley.edu.
Please visit the EECS Course Materials policies to make copy requests (secure and publicly available) and to review the copy request lead time schedule.
Copy Card
If a print job is needed on short notice, you'll most likely need to handle it yourself. Visit the Soda or Cory front desk during open hours and ask to borrow the copy card.
Then, go to the copier room in 384 Soda and feed it into the small black box to the side of the machine. Follow the instructions to copy, making sure to choose "Copy Sample" to check that your copy settings are right and everything looks good. Common options include two-sided to two-sided copies, stapling + collation, and copy set numbering.
Scanning Exams
EECS operates 5 scanners which can be used by course staff, four of which require a copy card to operate. There are two (2) scanners in 384 Soda, and one scanner in each of 730 Soda (no copy card needed), 280 Cory, and 532 Cory. If your copier use only includes scanning, you can checkout a scan card rather than a copy card.
For scanning exams, the copy machine vendor recommends the following procedure for scanning large batches of exams.
First, remove all staples by cutting off the corner of each page. Bring your own heavy-duty scissors if possible as the paper cutters are sometimes hit-or-miss.
Load exams into the scanner tray at the top of the machine, rotating pages so that the straight edge without the missing corner goes in first. This can reduce the occurrence of jams, though it will require extra processing at the end to rotate pages. Count 10 or 20 or N exams before putting them into the scanner. It is safe to scan in batches up to the max fill line, which is about 500 pages (if scanning double-sided).
Load the preset "Gradescope" setting, which has been pre-configured based on best guidelines from course support. If the setting is not available, for most exams, we'll want to scan 2-sided original (book type). Reduce the resolution to 200x200 for more reliable scanning. Note that these settings are not default! If an option is properly selected, the button will be highlighted in yellow.
The physical Start button begins the scanning job.
After all scans are complete, verify that you've received all the exams before leaving. It sometimes the case that the scanner will get stuck on long queues as well, so use the Status Monitor to check the progress of current scanning jobs. A USB flash drive can be faster and more reliable than scanning and sending over email, but remember to use the Eject button to ensure that the scanner has flushed all the files to your disk. However, sometimes a team email works well because you can parallelize the process.
If, during scanning, an error or warning message comes up, follow the instructions carefully! The scanner knows exactly when there is a problem and will report it to you when it needs your intervention.