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Mathematica can be installed on a faculty, staff or student's personal computer.

Follow the directions below to download software from Wolfram.

1. Create an account:

1. Go to user.wolfram.com, enter your email address, and click Continue.
2. Select Appalachian State University, then sign in via the Appstate sign-in page.
3. Select the appropriate download for your operating system.
   
4. After installing and launching the Mathematica, select the SSO option to sign in and authenticate the software.

Support and Training:

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.

Teaching with 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.

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.

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

• 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 in Education—Video tutorial
  Learn how to create programs and take advantage of multi-core machines or a dedicated cluster.
• Field-Specific Applications
  Learn what areas of Mathematica are useful for specific fields.

Who do I contact for problems or issues?

Call the Help Desk at 828-262-6266, Monday through Friday, 8 AM – 5PM or enter a support request at tech.appstate.edu

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