MATLAB is available  in UniSA's OUA Lab Virtual desktop.  It is remotely possible that MATLAB might be temporarily unavailable on times of maximum usage by other students. Log onto the VDI using the client installed on your machine using your UniSA log in.

In the Applications folder is MATLAB. Double click this icon. The default Matlab Desktop Layout which appears is shown at the back of this guide. In the “Command History”, you can view previously used functions, and can copy and execute selected lines. However, the “Command Window” is the most important, and this is where you enter variables and commands, and where you define functions and run M-files.

We suggest you opt to expand this window by clicking on “View”, followed by “Desktop Layout” and then choosing “Command Window Only”. You can always bring back the other windows later by choosing “Default” under “Desktop Layout”.

In Command Window, you will see “>>”: >> is the MATLAB prompt. When the Command Window is the active window, a cursor should appear to the right of this prompt, indicating that MATLAB is waiting to answer a mathematical query or execute a command.

When you have finished your MATLAB session, and saved on your flash drive everything that you wish to save, you need to exit from MATLAB and the virtual desktop. To do this, enter either the command quit or exit after the prompt, or else click File followed by Exit Matlab. Then logoff of the VDI.