Startup Information
Start: Wednesday August 16 - 09:15-11:00, Room A-194
The Video below gives an introduction to this course:
MATLAB for Students (YouTube) + PowerPoint (PDF)
See TimeEdit for rooms used in this course. The campus students that have access to campus, should be in one of these rooms during the scheduled hours in order to get a diploma. Only foreign students stuck abroad are excused from that rule. You cannot be absent more than 3 times.
No regular lectures! - Learning by Doing: This course is all about doing exercises under supervision and guidance. Open the self-paced Course Manual (PDF) and start doing the exercises inside. You will also find videos below to assist you when doing the examples and exercises (read the document page by page and follow the instructions within). The only way to learn MATLAB is to do lots of Practical Exercises!
Note! Make sure to bring your Personal Computer!
Here you can Download MATLAB (External Web Site). Create an account and log in using your university e-mail address. If you in addition need the Activation Key/License, it can be found here (my.usn.no).
You can also get help and guidance using Microsoft Teams (click on the link in upper right corner to request access) by using the chat or have a video call with one of the instructors during the scheduled hours. It is possible to chat or share your screen with one of the instructors or other students.
Getting Started with MATLAB (YouTube)
Online students, industrial master students and foreign students who cannot be on campus take the course online (asynchronously in the form of videos, examples and problem solving). Guidance and assistance are provided by using Microsoft Teams.
The students in the Master programs at USN are from all over the world, with varying background and skills. It is important that everyone has the same basic skills when they start working with the different courses in their Master study.
Course contents: Programming and simulations with MATLAB. In this course we will use computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. MATLAB for Students is a free offer for new Master students at USN campus Porsgrunn.
No regular lectures! The course is a "self-paced" course based on the course manuals and some short videos on the way. The course manuals contain lots of examples and self-paced exercises that the students should go through and solve on their own.
Campus students need to follow the guided sessions (in order to get a diploma), where you get help and guidance from the instructors (2. year students) at campus, while online students can follow the course online. All the course material are available online from this web site.
In MATLAB for Students you will learn basic MATLAB and how to use MATLAB in Mathematics, Modelling, Simulation and Control Applications. An introduction to Simulink and other Tools will also be given. MATLAB is a tool for technical computing, computation and visualization in an integrated environment. MATLAB is an abbreviation for MATrix LABoratory, so it is well suited for matrix manipulation and problem solving related to Linear Algebra, Modelling, Simulation and Control applications, etc.
Do you have Questions or need Help when not in Class? - In this course Microsoft Teams (click on the link in upper right corner to request access) will be used for communication, questions, guidance, assistance, etc. Very often someone else is wondering about the same as you - or perhaps someone else has experienced the same thing and found a solution for the problem? Need help outside normal office hours? Perhaps a fellow student can help you if you ask your questions here? For example, if you have installation problems, etc., a fellow student can usually respond better than the supervisor can (outside scheduled hours, evenings, weekends, etc.). You also learn a lot from helping each other.
MATLAB Installation and use: You need to install MATLAB on your personal computer. Students and staff at University of South-Eastern Norway can freely install the MATLAB software on their own computers, since the university has a Total Academic Headcount (TAH) License. Installing MATLAB. Make sure to install MATLAB on your PC before startup.
If you have not been able to install MATLAB on your personal computer yet, use MATLAB Online, which you can use inside your Web Browser without any installation.
The Video below gives an introduction to this course:
MATLAB for Students + PowerPoint
This is a "self-paced" course based on the Course Manuals and some short Videos (see below) on the way. The course manuals contain lots of Examples and self-paced Exercises that the users will go through and solve on their own.
The course is based on Problem-based Learning (PBL) principles. We also take it one step further by using Programming-based Learning. You follow videos, examples and doing practical exercises in your own pace. Student assistants will be available for guidance and help in the classroom. So make sure to use this golden opportunity to take advantage of their knowledge. You may also work together with other students for collaboration and sharing knowledge.
Flipped Classroom: You need to watch the Introduction/How-To Videos (see below) and read the Tutorials with Examples at Home, and then come to Class to do the Exercises/Tasks inside the Tutorials in Class where you can get help and guidance from the Instructors - and discuss solutions with other students.
This is a voluntary course and you get no grades or credits in this course, but MATLAB is used in many of the other courses at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
What is the purpose with this voluntary Training?
Teaching, supervision and guidance will be provided by those who knows best where the shoe pinches - namely students at higher levels.
You need to install MATLAB on your personal computer. Students and staff at University of South-Eastern Norway can freely install the MATLAB software on their own computers, since the university has a Total Academic Headcount (TAH) License.
Need a new PC? - Here are some PC Guidelines and Recommendations.
Rooms: See TimeEdit - You need to bring your own PC where you have installed the MATLAB software!
Course Registration (first time only) Make sure to use your Full Name (First Name and Last Name) with correct upper/lower casing, since this is the Name that will be presented on the Diploma. Under "Additional Information" enter either IIA, PT, EET or EPE.
Make sure to register your Attendance in each session in class. Note! Make sure to use the same E-mail address every time!
Week | # | Date and Time | Tasks | Submission |
33 | 1 |
Wednesday (16.8) 09:15-11:00 |
Part 1: Introduction to MATLAB |
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34 | 4 | Friday (25.8) 08:15-10:00 | cont. part 1 | |
35 | Friday (1.9) "Safety Day" | No MATLAB Course this day! | ||
36 | 5 | Friday (8.9) 08:15-10:00 | Part 2: Modelling, Simulation and Control | |
37 | 6 | Friday (15.9) 08:15-10:00 | cont. part 2 | Code Part 1 |
38 | 7 | Friday (22.9) 08:15-10:00 | cont. part 2 | |
39 | 8 | Friday (29.09) 08:15-10:00 | cont. part 2 | |
40 | 9 | Friday (6.10) 08:15-10:00 | Part 3: Simulink and Advanced Topics | |
41 | 10 | Friday (13.10) 08:15-10:00 | cont. part 3 | Code Part 2 |
42 | Friday (20.10) 08:30-10:00 | Final Test and Diploma | Code Part 3 |
Diploma: This is a voluntary course and you get no grades or credits in this course. As an extra service with no additional charge, I will provide you a Diploma. If you are absent more than 3 times (out of 10), you will not get a diploma! This means you can choose to follow the course outside campus, but you will then not get a diploma. Being a student is a full-time job, so it is expected that you are at the university campus during ordinary work hours (Monday-Friday ~8-16). In addition to the compulsory attendance you also need to take a Final Test in order to get the Diploma.
Final Test: You can use the MATLAB software during the test, no other aids allowed. You may use your own computer during the test. We use the same rooms, When? - see the Course Schedule above.
Important: The official e-mail address for students at USN is studentnumber@usn.no (where you need to replace <studentnumber> with your personal 6 digit number). It is recommended that you use this address, but other private e-mail adresses can also be used, but you need to use the same E-mail address every time (both for the registration and the attendance), since the E-mail address is your unique User Name.
Attend for Today's Session. You need to register your attendance each time in class. The attendance registration can only be done in class between the start time and the end time as shown on the schedule above. A new Attendance Key will be given in class during each session. Make sure to use your Full Name (First Name and Last Name) with correct upper/lower casing, since this is the Name that will be presented on the Diploma.
Before you attend for a Session, you must have registered for the course (first time only!). You also need to use the same E-mail address every time, since the E-mail address is your unique User Name.
You can check your attendance here (Note! You may need to reopen this link after you have logged in in order to refresh the web page). You are personally responsible for checking that the attendance has been correctly registered in the system after each session. If problems occur, ask one of the instructors right away.
The following are instructors in this MATLAB course (click on the names to send e-mail):
Hans-Petter Halvorsen (Course Instructor and Course Coordinator)
Need Help or Guidance when not in Class? - Use Microsoft Teams.
Since you get no grades or credits in this small MATLAB course, I provide, as an extra service with no additional charge, a Diploma. You will get this valuable diploma (handy when applying for jobs, etc.) only if you pass the following criteria:
Part III is for "intermediate" users and you will be able to get a diploma even
if you haven’t submitted code for part III. Note! It will be written on the diploma which parts that are successfully completed and approved.
Each Task should be saved as one or more .m files (depending on the Task). You should store all the .m files for each Part in a separate folder. When you are finished with a part, just Zip (right-click on the Folder and select Send to->Compressed (zipped) folder) the folder and upload the the Zipped file. The Filename for the .Zip File should be: "studentno_partX.zip" (where X is 1, 2 or 3).
Note! Dont use the .RAR compression format, only ZIP format - because ZIP is built into Windows/macOS, while RAR is not. Those who do not fulfill the conditions (filename and file format), will be deleted. You must then upload again within the deadline.
You don't need to submit solutions for Task 1-5 in Part one, because you have not learned to create .m files yet and you should only use the Command Window for these Tasks. In general, you only need to submit the m-files (functions and scripts) you create - not the stuff you write in the Command Window!