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iSci 3A12 - Scientific Programming with MATLAB

Preparation

Follow the steps below to prepare MATLAB Online and your get your data pack for this assignment.

1. Activate MATLAB and open MATLAB Online

As a student at McMaster, you have access to MATLAB through McMaster’s web portal. From this portal, you can download the MATLAB installer to install it on your local desktop or laptop, or access and use MATLAB online–an completely online version of the software. For this assignment, we’ll be using the online version. If you don’t already have one, you’ll be required to create a MathWorks account.

  • Navigate to https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-online.html
  • Click Start using MATLAB Online
  • On the MATLAB Online login page, choose to create an account login dialog box
  • On the registration page, enter your information. BE SURE to use your McMaster email address! sign up dialog box
  • Follow the link to create your profile through the university. Use your MAC ID credentials. account creation instructions
  • Finally, sign in to MATLAB Online using your MathWorks credentials to start using it.

NOTE: After connecting your account the first time, you only need to go to the sign in page to access MATLAB Online.

2. Add the assignment data pack to MATLAB Drive & MATLAB Online

Before you can begin the assignment, the assignment pack materials need to be uploaded to your MATLAB Drive. This will make these files usable in MATLAB Online. Two options for doing this have been outlined below–you only need to do one.

Option 1: Using a MATLAB Drive share

  • Click on this link to view the shared assignment data pack in MATLAB Drive.
  • In the Sharing Preview page, select + Add to my Files > Copy Folder Matlab Drive sharing preview page
  • You should now see a folder called iSci3A12-CC-SciProgramming in your MATLAB Drive and in MATLAB Online. The folder should contain a number of files and subfolders.

Option 2: Upload files to MATLAB Drive

  • Click on this link to download the assignment data pack from this assignment’s GitHub repository to your local computer as a zip file.
  • On your local computer, extract the zip file to a folder named iSci3A12-CC-SciProgramming.
  • Go to your MATLAB Drive select Upload > Folder MATLAB Drive folder upload page
  • Choose to upload your extracted iSci3A12-CC-SciProgramming folder to MATLAB Drive.
  • You should now see a folder called iSci3A12-CC-SciProgramming in your MATLAB Drive and in MATLAB Online. The folder should contain a number of files and subfolders.

3. Continue to the first lesson

Now that you have MATLAB Online set up, continue to the first lesson.