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Mathematica Desktop URL: https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/

Licensing Access (Single Machine)

• Go to https://www.wolfram.com/siteinfo/
• Type in your Chapman University email address and click Continue
• Click the link to download Mathematica for your Operating System
• When prompted to activate through your organization, sign in with your Chapman University login (for details, see instructions, click here):
  • (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)

Reactivating Mathematica Versions 12.3.0 and earlier

• To upgrade to version 12.3.1 or newer version, follow the directions under “Licensing Access (Single Machine)”
• If you would like to stay at your current version of Mathematica:
  • Go to https://user.wolfram.com/
  • Type in your Chapman University email address and select the option to sign in using your Chapman University username and password (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)
  • Select your Mathematica for Sites (Legacy) product, and click the button to “Request Extension” next to your Activation Key.
  • An email will be sent to you. Click on the link provided to validate. If you do not see the email, check your Spam or Junk folder.
  • Restart Mathematica and your license will be extended automatically

Mathematica Online URL: https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/online/

Licensing Access

• Go to https://www.wolframcloud.com/?setsessiontheme=MONLINE
• If prompted to sign in, type in your Chapman University email address and select the option to sign in using your Chapman University username and password (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)

Wolfram|Alpha Pro URL: https://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/  

Licensing Access

• Go to https://www.wolframalpha.com/ and select “Sign In” (upper right - hand corner)
• Type in your Chapman University email address and select the option to sign in using your Chapman University username and password (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)

Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition: https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-alpha-notebook-edition/

Licensing Access

• Go to https://www.wolframcloud.com/?setsessiontheme=wanotebookedition
• If prompted to sign in, type in your Chapman University email address and select the option to sign in using your Chapman University username and password (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)
• To install Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition on the desktop:
  • Go to https://www.wolfram.com/siteinfo/
  • Type in your Chapman University email address and click Continue
  • Click the link to download Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition for your operating system
  • When prompted to activate through your organization (SSO), sign in with your Chapman University login (for details, see instructions, click here)
    • (Note: The first time that you sign in using your school login, you will be prompted to link it to your Wolfram ID)

FAQ's:

• How do I activate Wolfram products using SSO?
• How do I troubleshoot SSO login or access issues?
• How do I contact Wolfram with question

The first three 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 Mathematica (videos)
  Follow along in Mathematica as you watch this multi-part screencast that teaches you the basics—how to create your first notebook, calculations, visualizations, interactive examples, and more.

• Hands-on Start to Wolfram Mathematica and Programming with the Wolfram Language (book)
  Learn Mathematica at your own pace from authors with 50+ years of combined Mathematica experience—with hands-on examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and authors' tips that introduce you to the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use.

• What's New in Mathematica 10
  Provides examples to help you get started with new functionality in Mathematica 10, including machine learning, computational geometry, geographic computation, and device connectivity.

• How To Topics
  Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.

• Learning Center
  Search Wolfram's large collection of materials for example calculations or tutorials in your field of interest.

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.

Resources for educators:

• Mathematica for Teaching and Education—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.

• How To Create a Lecture Slideshow—Video tutorial
  Learn how to create a slideshow for class that shows a mixture of 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 Training Education Courses
  Access on-demand and live courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.

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:

• Mathematica for University Research—Free video course
  Explore Mathematica's high-level and multi-paradigm programming language, support for parallel computing and GPU architectures, built-in functionality for specialized application areas, and multiple publishing and deployment options for sharing your work.

• Utilizing HPC and Grid Computing—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.