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Real-Time Control Systems (spring 2010), SSY190

Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

19 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		3		15%
Between 15-25 hours/week»		14		73%
At least 25 hours/week»		2		10%

Genomsnitt: 1.94

- The project took quite a lot of time» (At least 25 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

19 svarande

<25%»		0		0%
25%-75%»		7		36%
>75%»		12		63%

Genomsnitt: 2.63

- I would have liked to attend more, but it was hard to combine it with the other courses.» (25%-75%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		13		68%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		3		15%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
I have not seen the goals»		3		15%

Genomsnitt: 1.63

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

17 svarande

Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		16		94%
No, the goals are set too low»		1		5%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.05

Teaching and course administration

5. To what extent has the lectures been of help for your learning?

Large extent»		17		89%
Some extent»		2		10%
Small extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.1

6. To what extent has the exercises been of help for your learning?

Large extent»		1		5%
Some extent»		7		36%
Small extent»		11		57%

Genomsnitt: 2.52

- Execises was not very good. Too few examples and they were not too well explained» (Small extent)
- I never had possibility to attend them» (Small extent)
- I haven"t attended any.» (Small extent)

7. To what extent has the the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Large extent»		6		31%
Some extent»		10		52%
Small extent»		3		15%

Genomsnitt: 1.84

8. What is your opinion about the hand-in?

Good»		13		68%
Adequate»		5		26%
Poor»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.36

- There was a problem with the files in the robot arm part. We spent hours to implement a PID controller but the algorithm didn"t work until we replaced the m-files other than the initializing file with the files from the servo example in the true-time folder. Please check them and adjust if necessary.» (Good)
- Especially the part about scheduling was worthwhile.» (Good)
- Good hand-in, but there were some confusing tasks. For example, we were supposed to discretize continuous controller and implement it, but TA have shown discrete PID, so it was not clear what we should actually do. And it was written in the hand-in task to change file "controlcalc.m", but actually we should create two more new files, and shouldn"t care about that file. So you should make the task description more clear next period.» (Adequate)
- Excessive workload, should be removed» (Poor)

9. What is your opinion about the project (the report)?

Good»		10		52%
Adequate»		6		31%
Poor»		3		15%

Genomsnitt: 1.63

- The report is good to get some practice in paper writing and team work. Not so much of it in another courses.» (Good)
- Good, should be kept» (Good)
- The exam was easier since we wrote about project D» (Good)
- It was a good experience.» (Good)
- Too heavy workload if you take into consideration that our oriject was not on real real-time parts (discretization)...» (Adequate)
- The task was too general. it would be better if the problem was more defined and the task was more clear. The task description was just one paragraph which could cause ambiguous interpretations.» (Adequate)
- Nice to be able to dig deep into a subject and you learn much from it, not only about the subject. For example researching you don’,t learn on a lecture. Sometimes you have the feeling though that the amount of time spent on the project is relatively large compared to the learning outcome. Grading makes it hard with different ambitions in the group, but it is nice to get a grade for the large effort.» (Adequate)
- Don"t like the idea about having a group task which directly affectes my individual grade for the course. Furthermore, I believe that the different topics were not on the same difficulty level.» (Poor)

10. What is you opinion about the laboratory exercise?

Good»		16		84%
Adequate»		2		10%
Poor»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.21

- For me, it would have been good to implement more myself, but that is because I have little knowledge about integrated circuits.» (Good)
- Good, interesting laboration.» (Good)
- Perfect lab! Enough time for reflection is good!» (Good)

11. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Good»		12		63%
Adequate»		6		31%
Poor»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.42

- Lecture notes would have been fine...» (Good)
- Good! but some stuff came up a bit late. Also, things like information about the upcoming guest lecture can be updated in the "news" area.» (Adequate)
- Ping-pong is unnecessarily complicated to use. Just use the normal chalmers platform.» (Poor)

Study climate

12. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Good»		8		42%
Adequate»		4		21%
Poor»		2		10%
I did not seek help»		5		26%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- There were very good opportunities to ask questions» (Good)
- I think that a course assistant/exercise teacher should be more interested in his job. At least that is my opinion for the few exercises that I attended.» (I did not seek help)

13. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Good»		14		73%
Adequate»		4		21%
Poor»		0		0%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.36

14. How was the course workload?

Adequate»		11		57%
Low»		3		15%
High»		5		26%

Genomsnitt: 1.68

- It was a little high including the project.» (Adequate)
- Low except for the project...» (High)
- Handin+Project+Review+Laboratory+Exam=Too much!» (High)
- the global workload of this quarter was high, not only for this course.» (High)

Summarizing questions

15. What is your general impression of the course?

Good»		13		68%
Adequate»		6		31%
Poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.31

- Useful!» (Good)
- Improve the exercises and it would have been great!» (Adequate)
- Generally not interesting subject to me» (Adequate)
- In my opinion some of the topics for instance, basic binary arithmetic and purely theoretical discussions on network standards were not as interesting or maybe useful for students in the MPSYS program. » (Adequate)

16. Additional comments