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How to Get Mathematica 12 & Mathematica Online

Mathematica can be installed on:

1. UM lecturer and staff personally owned machines for home-use (off-campus)

   Follow the directions below to request a free home-use license from Wolfram.
   

   1. Create an account (If you already have Wolfram ID with @um.edu.my email address, go to Step 2):
      1. Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
      2. Fill out form using a @um.edu.my email address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
   2. Request the download and key:
      1. Fill out this form to request an Activation Key (must use @um.edu.my email address)
      2. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
      3. *Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
      4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt




2. UM student personally owned machines

   Follow the directions below to request a free student home-use license from Wolfram.
   

   1. Create an account (If you already have Wolfram ID with @siswa.um.edu.my email address, go to Step 2):
      1. Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
      2. Fill out form using a @siswa.um.edu.my email address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
   2. Request the download and key:
      1. Fill out this form to request an Activation Key (must use @siswa.um.edu.my email address)
      2. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
      3. *Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
      4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt




3. UM campus machines (e.g. PCs used in campus including lecturer's PC and lab's PC)

   Follow the directions below to download software from Wolfram and request the appropriate activation key.
   

   1. Create an account (If you already have Wolfram ID with @um.edu.my email address, go to Step 2):
      1. Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
      2. Fill out form using a @um.edu.my email address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
   2. Request the download and key:
      1. Fill out this form to request an Activation Key (must use @um.edu.my email address)
      2. Click the "Product Summary page" link to access your license
      3. Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your platform
      4. Run the installer on your machine, and enter Activation Key at prompt

Mathematica Online (Cloud version)

1. Mathematica Online can be accessed for all UM members

   Follow the directions below to request the Mathematica Online license.
   

   1. Create an account (If you already have Wolfram ID with @um.edu.my or @siswa.um.edu.my email address, go to Step 2):
      1. Go to user.wolfram.com and click "Create Account"
      2. Fill out form using a @um.edu.my or @siswa.um.edu.my email address, and click "Create Wolfram ID"
      3. Check your email and click the link to validate your Wolfram ID
   2. Request the Mathematica Online license:
      1. Fill out this form to request the Mathematica Online with @um.edu.my or @siswa.um.edu.my email address
      2. You shall receive an approval email from Wolfram Research Inc within minutes
      3. Then you could access the Mathematica Online at http://www.wolframcloud.com/ with your Wolfram ID from any browsers with internet connection

   
   

Facing problems in activating your Mathematica and Mathematica Online license, or wish to have them available at your department computer labs?

Please contact PTM Helpdesk 7967 4001 /6760 or supports (info@oemscorp.com) at OEMS IntiPakar Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

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Mathematica Tutorials

The 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 12 (videos)

  A quick start to Mathematica—enter queries through free-form input and the Wolfram Language, create notebooks, perform symbolic and numeric calculations, generate 2D and 3D graphics, create interactive Manipulates, analyze data and turn your notebook into an interactive presentation.



• Collaboration and Sharing with Mathematica Online

  How to deploy your interactive content to the cloud, where your public audience or private group can access it with their web browser, without needing a Mathematica license. You'll also learn how to embed interactive content into a webpage or CMS/LMS, as well as how to share notebooks in a classroom setting or with project stakeholders.



• Fast Introduction for Math Students

  This tutorial is designed to quickly bring all levels of math students up to speed on how to use the Wolfram Language for calculations, plots and presentations.



• What's New in Mathematica 12

  This four-part webinar series showcases significant areas of new and expanded functionality in Mathematica and the Wolfram Language.



• How To Topics

  Access step-by-step instructions ranging from how to create animations to basic syntax information.



• Mathematica Resources

  Wolfram's large collection of materials

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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.



• Notebook Presentations Using Presenter Tools—Video tutorial

  Learn how to create and customize your presentations using these new notebook features - Wolfram Presenter Tools. It seamlessly extends your notebook workflow for easy creation and delivery of dynamic presentations and slide shows.



• 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 - Classroom Resources & Instruction

  Access interactive courses and instructor-led courses on Mathematica, SystemModeler, and other Wolfram technologies.

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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.



• Fast Introduction for Programmers

  Spend a few minutes with this tutorial to get up to speed with the foundations of the Wolfram Language.



• 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.