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Section 12.5 Frequently asked questions

Hello fellow students!

Here is the most common frequently asked questions. In case you don't get a quick email reply from me or the TA, pleases first look up here.

  • Q1. Whether and How to answer the question such as "Why are you getting an error message?" or "Explain: What type of matrix are you getting?"

    A: Answer them in your natural language. Begin a new line in textmatlab with % then your natural language answer. You can also insert the answer to such questions during post editing with pico, still stat each line with a %.

    Reminders:

    1. R1. The file name is always LAB().text; LAB in capital; () is the lab number; .text in lower case; NOT .txt; NOT Lab; NOT lab These are very common mistakes.
    2. R2. Everything is case sensitive. Always pay attention to upper or lower case.
    3. R3. Submission is done in the server user home directory. Save and quit both textmatlab and pico before you hit the submission command "submitm22al LAB().text"

  • Q2. What if I missed one task, or found some mistake of previous tasks, after finishing the later tasks?

    A: You can redo the task (in textmatlab) at the end of what you have written ONLY IF this missed/mistaken task does not involve a variable that got used in later task; If variables (including both your input or matlab output) in the missed/mistaken task get involve a variable that got used in later, you need to delete (using pico) all steps at and after the mistaken task, load the memory, and redo (in textmatlab) everything downstream.

  • Q3. When do I receive the grade?

    A: One or two days after the deadline. The grade is NOT available right after submission.

  • Q4. Any preview of the grade before deadline so that I can make corrections accordingly?

    A: Sorry but no. I did this in the 1st week and it is only a special accommodation when everyone is not familiar with this logistic. It is very laborious to inform you the grade while keeping some privacy before the final grade is published.

  • Q5. How to check submission status?

    A: Successful submission command will returns an unnoticeable message like "sending LAB().text to m22al ta" but I am not exact about it. I am not sure if the ''Assign. Received" tab is working or not because I can not use it as a student. But I do not encourage you to ask via email. I can not process that much email.