Wolfram Technology at Shippensburg University
Get access to Mathematica Desktop, Mathematica Online, Wolfram|Alpha Pro, and Wolfram Programming Lab
Mathematica is currently installed in the following locations:
- Dauphin Humanities Center (DHC) 104
- Library (all PCs and laptops)
- MCT 054 (Public Lab)
- All Franklin Science Center labs
Mathematica can also be installed on:
- Faculty university machines: Installation is available by contacting our Faculty/Staff Help Desk by dialing HELP (x4357).
- Faculty personally-owned machines: Request a home-use license by following the instructions listed below.
- Students' personally-owned machines: Students can download Mathematica for Students by following the instructions listed below.
To request access to Mathematica Desktop, Mathematica Online, Wolfram|Alpha Pro, or Wolfram Programming Lab, follow the directions below.
Faculty
1. Create an account (New users only):
- Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
- Fill out form using a @ship.edu e-mail address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
- Check your e-mail and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
2. Request access to the product:
| Mathematica Desktop | Mathematica Online |
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| Wolfram|Alpha Pro | Wolfram Programming Lab |
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Students
1. Create an account (New users only):
- Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
- Fill out form using a @ship.edu e-mail address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
- Check your e-mail and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
2. Request access to the product:
| Mathematica Desktop | Mathematica Online | |
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| Wolfram|Alpha Pro | Wolfram Programming Lab | |
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Tutorials
Mathematica
The first four tutorials are excellent for new users, and can be assigned to students as homework to learn Mathematica outside of class time:
- Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica
This tutorial helps you get started with Mathematica—learn how to create your first notebook, run calculations, generate visualizations, create interactive models, analyze data, and more.
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Mathematica & Wolfram Language Fast Introduction for Math Students (online book)
Use this tutorial to learn about solving math problems in the Wolfram Language—from basic arithmetic to integral calculus and beyond. - What's New in Mathematica 12
Provides a list of new functionality in Mathematica 11, and links to documentation and examples for these new features—including blockchain management, audio processing, machine learning and neural networks, and text and language processing.
- How To Topics
Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.
- Mathematica Resources
Browse Wolfram's large collection of learning materials and support resources.
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Introduction to Notebooks (interactive open course)
Learn to use Wolfram Notebooks for computing, programming, generating reports and creating presentations with this interactive course.
Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Tour of Wolfram|Alpha
New to Wolfram|Alpha? Take a tour to learn what you can do with Wolfram|Alpha, and explore additional features you get with Wolfram|Alpha Pro.
- Examples by Topic
Explore the immense range of areas covered by Wolfram|Alpha's knowledge base.
Wolfram Programming Lab
- The Wolfram Language: Fast Introduction for Programmers (online book)
This tutorial will give you what you need to read and understand almost any Wolfram Language code and to get started doing Wolfram Language programming yourself.
- An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language (online book and interactive open course)
Learn the Wolfram Language and modern computational thinking from Stephen Wolfram's book.
Teaching with Wolfram Technology
Mathematica
Mathematica offers an interactive classroom experience that helps students explore and grasp concepts, plus gives faculty the tools they need to easily create supporting course materials, assignments, and presentations.
- Teaching and Learning with Mathematica—Free video course
Learn how to make your classroom dynamic with interactive models, explore computation and visualization capabilities in Mathematica that make it useful for teaching practically any subject at any level, and get best-practice suggestions for course integration.
- Preparing and Giving Presentations
Learn how to create a slideshow presentation that combines graphics, calculations, and nicely formatted text, with live calculations or animations.
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Download pre-built, open-code examples from a daily-growing collection of interactive visualizations, spanning a remarkable range of topics.
- Wolfram U Courses on Classroom Resources & Instruction
Access on-demand and live courses on using Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and other Wolfram technologies in your classroom.
Wolfram|Alpha Pro
- Wolfram|Alpha in Your Classroom—Free virtual workshop for educators
This workshop showed off many exciting new Wolfram|Alpha features for students and teachers. Learn how to use Wolfram|Alpha to inspire authentic learning in your classroom with access to real-world data.
- Calculus Webinar for Educators—Free video webinar
Explore functions and their derivatives, integrals and limits using the Wolfram Language. This session shows practice problems with the Wolfram Problem Generator and lesson plans and tips on using Wolfram|Alpha in your calculus classroom.
- Physics Webinar for Educators—Free video webinar
Learn about using Wolfram|Alpha for your physics class computations to complement your existing curricula. Interesting blog posts and online resources are shared that help foster curiosity in areas such as mechanics, particle physics, optics and others.
- Economics Webinar for Educators—Free video webinar
Access a wide range of socioeconomic and demographic data, currency computations, financial indicators and country data using natural language input. Create stunning visualizations and examine financial equations such as mortgage and annuity through rigorous algorithms.
Wolfram Programming Lab
- Exploring Programming—Free virtual workshop for educators
In this free online workshop we discuss methods for introducing computational thinking and programming activities to middle and high school students. We also discuss specific activities that support and introduce computational thinking.
- Computational Thinking in the Classroom—Free virtual workshop for educators
Future coders will be engineers, chemists, business analysts — and the list goes on. This workshop introduces Wolfram Language programming and covers classroom coding activities to help teachers incorporate programming into their curriculum.
Research with Mathematica
Rather than requiring different toolkits for different jobs, Mathematica integrates the world's largest collection of algorithms, high-performance computing capabilities, and a powerful visualization engine in one coherent system, making it ideal for academic research in just about any discipline.
Resources for researchers
- Introduction to Parallel Computation in the Wolfram Language—Free video course
Learn how to create programs that take advantage of multicore machines or available clusters.
- Field-Specific Applications
Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.