Dear @Abrita,
I am still unable to access and mark the Quiz 10 questions.
Thanks.
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Dear @Devendra and @Abrita, I think the question #5 in Quiz 8 (in Introduction to Calculs) does not have a correct answer (in the multiple choice). Could you please quickly check? (Cf. See the attached.)
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Hello, You are correct. There is an error in the multiple-choice answer to this question (#5 in Quiz 8 (in Introduction to Calculus)). We will have this fixed soon. Thanks.
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Hi Hee-Young,
I just tested the quiz. The interactivity seems to be working ok i.e. I am able to select the answers by clicking on the radio-buttons. Note, you may sometimes have to wait a bit to allow the notebook to load completely and become interactive. Initially a non-interactive version of the notebook is displayed.
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Let me try again after a while and see whether it would work.
Thanks.
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Hi, Hee-Young Shin!
Hi, Abrita!
Hi, Devendra! I am having the same issue in Firefox, so I tried Chrome. There is a tiny horizontal progress bar above the scratch area and the quiz. The scratch area does seem to complete loading but the quiz never does in either browser. My current refresh has been loading for the last ten minutes. Safari takes you to the Wolfram home page when the link to the calculus class is clicked or pasted, so there is no point discussing that. (30 minutes later) CHROME MESSAGE: "Connection Lost
Unable to connect to www.wolframcloud.com. You may want to check your internet connection." There's nothing wrong with my connection because I'm streaming "Ms. Marple" right now, LOL! I did what Abrita suggested earlier: cleared the cache, deleted quiz 10, restarted the browser. Still no success. Hope this information can help get to a resolution OR maybe it will just work later today :D.
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Its not fixed yet it seems to me
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I have encountered an odd square root symbol in the results of a Solve statement as shown in the attached. Can anyone explain this for me?
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It stands for the Root symbol.
Root[f,k]
represents the exact kth root of the polynomial equation f[x]==0. This was updated in version 12 and more info can be found here http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Root.html The second root from your solution looks like this in InputForm
Root[-5 - 12 # + #^3& , 1, 0]
You can get the corresponding numeric value with:
Root[-5 - 12*#1 + #1^3 & , 1, 0]//N
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Hi Joseph, They represent the roots of a polynomial. Check the documentation for details. If you are just interested in the numeric values then
sol = Solve[f'[x] == 0, x]
N@sol
(* {{x -> 0.}, {x -> -3.23319}, {x -> -0.422973}, {x -> 3.65617}} *)
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In the "Introduction to Calculus" online course, Quiz 7 is the same as Quiz 8. And now, I'm catching up on other posts and see that this issue has been mentioned. Feel free to ignore. One thing IS certain: one feels much less crazy when the developers have trouble getting code the give the desired results.
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Dear Devendra, I have completed the online course, i.e., I have watched all 50 course videos, passed all 10 quizzes with a score of 100%, and passed the course exam with a score of 88%. I have reported the developer team for some issues, too. Unfortunately, I haven't received any feedback: no completion certificate, no Level 1 Certificate in Calculus, no any reaction from the Wolfram team for a couple of days. Is the developer team on vacation?
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Hi Valeriu,
Your final exam submission has been received. We have also received your feedback on the course. The "Certification" system is a new roll out and we are still working on smoothing out the last wrinkles. We hope to reach out to you shortly with your certificate.
Thank you.
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Thank you, Abrita, for your answer!
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Hi @Valeriu Ungureanu, I wanted to follow up on your post about your certificate progress tracking. If you completed all the certification components within the course (videos, quizzes and exam), but your certification progress does not indicate this, we would like to investigate. Can you please send a screenshot of your calculus course certificate progress tracking screen? You can send this to wolfram-u@wolfram.com. We will be happy to send you a certificate, and we appreciate your help in sorting out the issue.
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Thank you for your feedback on the various quiz questions. We are working on addressing the issues.
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Dear @Abrita, I quickly checked, but for some reason the problem still persists:
- Both Quiz 7 and 8 are the same as before, with the answer to the Quiz 8 are wrongly indicated.
- The answers to both question #2 and #3 in the Quiz 7 are not accurate.
Best wishes,
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Great! Thanks for including the third step of "Closing and re-opening the browser". We'll share it with other users facing similar issues.
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Hello,
The issue with Quiz 8 has been reported to the developer for fixing urgently. Sorry for the confusion. I will also look at the other feedback comments sent by you. Thank you.
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Hi Abrita, Yes, please. I would like to have those stand-alone notebooks for units that we do not discuss in the daily study Group. I prefer to add some notes and to extract the online content by copy and paste cost a lot of extra time.
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We will try to make these available when we send out the updated download link for this week - along with the Q&A and example notebooks.
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Hi Jamie, Is it possible to get also all notebooks of the original online course that we do not discuss in daily study group?
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Hi, I have a problem with the result interval of Problem 2, Quiz 5, Online Course. The task is as follows:
 In my opinion none of the given answers are correct. According to my calculations the result must be c = 1.527525232. Please check.
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Hello, Juergen! It's not you. I got a different and the correct answer, also, using Mathematica of course. These WSGs are very popular and since I got a passing score I didn't report it. BUT, QUIZ 8 of the online course just blew up and now only 2 of my answers are correct whereas YESTERDAY I had only missed one: none of the choices on #2 are accepted but one of the IS the correct answer. How far have you pregressed?
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I completely agree with your reasoning and conclusion. I tell my students: if you catch my mistakes, it means that you're paying attention! It applies to us, too :D
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I think there is mistake in putting local minima and maxima(-3,23, 3.66) instead of critical numbers -2, 2 where f' is not defined
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Hi Darko, Could you please point to the transcript notebook, problem session or quiz notebook you are referring to in the issue reported above? Thank you.
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Thanks for clarification
yes I am confused too LOL
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Quiz 4?? I didnt yet get even quiz 2
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Juergen is correct. The quiz I referred to is in the online collection of course materials. Sorry for creating confusion!
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[] I believe there is an error in the above list of answers for Quiz 4 Problem 4. The program accepts 5/18 as the correct answer , but as shown below, I think that the correct answer is 5/(18*[Pi]). The attche notebook provides the details.
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This course has a special value for me: I kept my mother's calculus notes. I've had her binder since I was little and wondered about all the symbols and numbers. These pages are about today's lesson. Now, I can look at her notes and understand them better. She was born in 1920. 
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 The attached notebook and image shows a Plot statement from the solution to problemset 2 problem 2. Can anyone identify the odd curly bracket just before x^3 and before 13x^2/4?
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The curly bracket is a representation of the Piecewise function. This code can also be written as
Plot[{Piecewise[{{x^3 + x, x < 2}}],
Piecewise[{{(13*x^2)/4 - 3, x >= 2}}]}, {x, 1, 3}]
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Sorry, I have made a mistake. Everything is ok.
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I can't find the Lesson Notebooks for this week?
Can you send me the link, please
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I have the same question: when those notebooks will be available? Another issue: I try to enter "FULL INTERACTIVE COURSE Introduction to Calculus" but no way. Any hint? Thank you in advance!!!
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Hello, You will find the download link for the lesson notebooks in the reminder email that goes out an hour before the Study Group webinar starts (at 11:00 AM CDT). The email should have the subject "Reminder: Daily Study Group" and is sent by Wolfram Virtual Events.
Hope this helps.
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Hi Abrita, The reminder email I received for todays session has the following
Lecture, exercise and Q&A notebooks: https://wolfr.am/OryTGdFm
That link goes to the notebooks and exercises for week 1. Where are the notebooks and exercises for week 2?
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@Rohit Namjoshi, the link to Week 2 notebooks is being shared in today's Study Group session (starting in 5 minutes!) and will be added to the email reminder effective tomorrow.
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This sounds like a known issue related to Safari cross-site tracking. Please try in a different browser, such as Firefox or Chrome. Your other options would be to turn off cross-site tracking in Safari or
add wolfram.com and wolframcloud.com to your list of website exceptions for allowing tracking.
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Hi @Josep Branchat , the link to Week 2 notebooks is being shared during today's Study Group and will be added to the reminder email effective tomorrow. Regarding the interactive course, you will be asked to sign in using your Wolfram ID or to create one. This will allow you to work with the cloud content for this course. If this process is not working for you, please send a screenshot and details to wolfram-u@wolfram.com. Thank you!
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Thanks to everyone for your attention to Quiz 1 of this Study Group. Each quiz covers topics that were covered the previous week during Study Group. Check your reminder emails for links to the quizzes and other links to Study Group recordings and notebooks. We will not be reviewing the quizzes as a group. To further clarify, there will be a total of three weekly quizzes. You must pass all three quizzes with a score of 60% or better to earn a certificate of program completion. All scores are recorded, and your best scores will be counted. Quizzes are due by August 28.
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Hi I have really enjoyed the course and have been watching it live (with a few sessions I missed and caught up with). I am a little confused with quiz and the certification process. Do you only need to complete the 3 quizzes (as in email) to gain the certification or do the 3 quizzes AND watch the 50 course videos, complete the 10 quizzes and the final exam as on https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u/introduction-to-calculus/track-my-progress.html ? Thank you.
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@Chloe Allen, there are three different Wolfram U certifications available related to calculus! 1) To earn a certificate of program completion for the Study Group, you need to have registered for the Study Group, attended the sessions or watched the videos, and pass the three quizzes. 2) To earn a certificate of course completion for Introduction to Calculus, you must watch the course videos and pass the course quizzes. 3) To earn a Level I certificate in calculus, you must complete the interactive course and pass the final exam. The latter two certificates can be monitored using "Track my Progress" from within the course.
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Hi @Jamie Peterson , I just saw this reply here, where the expectation was that we attended all the study group sessions or watched the videos in addition to the quizzes. I was not able to attend all the group sessions when they were live, but I was catching up using the GoToStage website. I also passed all three quizzes. Will I still get a certificate in this course? I really appreciated @Devendra Kapadia 's sessions, with the mini polls between lessons. This was why I used GoToStage instead of Calculus 1 page. Will there be a problem? Thanks again for this course. I'm a PhD student and really needed this review. It's helped me to overcome my fears. :-) Take care.
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Hello @Veronica Frans, it is no problem if you did not attend all sessions but watched the videos instead. If you passed the three quizzes, then you will receive a certificate. These should be sent by the end of the week.
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Is there a specific due date to this? It just has to be done by tomorrow, right? Will we go over this? We are allowed to retake right? If we retake, is it still that the initial score on the first trial is the one that is recorded? For example, I took it the first time and I got a 70% but I realized my mistakes and selected different answers and earned a 100%. Which score will be recorded in order to be eligible for the course completion?
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Where can I find the link to Quiz 1? Can anyone tell me?
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Will there be a short overview of the Quiz for Week 1?
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I am missing a graph plot in slide 10 of "7DerivativesandRatesofChange.nb". It is stated: "Plot the function, its derivative and the tangent line". In my opinion the plot doesn't show the derivative. I have made the following improvement and would like to get feedback whether it is correct.
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Where can I get the copy of Quiz 1? I didn’t get it.
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Properly formatted Given that
Limit[f[x], x -> 0, Direction -> 1] = a
and
Limit[f[x], x -> 0, Direction -> -1] = b
what is the value of
Limit[f[x], x -> 0]
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FYI, there seems to be an issue with the WSG Calculus week 1 quiz (at least with my copy)... The wording for question 5 seems to be incorrect (it is the same as for question 6).
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Thank you for bringing that to our attention @Dave M ! We will fix this and redeploy the quiz ASAP. Question 5 should read:
Given that Limit[f[x],x->0,Direction->1] = a and Limit[f[x],x->0,Direction->-1] >> = b, what is the value of Limit[f[x],x->0]?
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Thanks
was wondering what's going on lol
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Hi everyone. How are you doing the practice exercises? I don't understand how to use the practice notebook below the videos when I go to the online course. I'm not able to run anything to see the results in there. Is it possible to receive notebooks of the exercises, similar to how we received copies of the lesson notebooks, so we can work with them in the Mathematica program itself? I just keep struggling going back and forth to try them... Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hi Veronica, I believe the user has to be signed in into the Cloud for the Scratchbook space to work (?). I decided to open a second window next to the browser and work the exercises in Mathematica. I need to take my time to type in instead of copy/paste (that did not work for me), it helps me to practice the syntax of the language. I also have a few tabs open at the Documentation Center to look up entries that I do not know about, or not understand, or to alter how graphs render for example. I am also curious about how others approach the examples and the practice exercises. I hope this helps. Be well!
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Hi @Veronica Frans, Were you able to use the scratch notebooks after all?
You should be able to click inside them, type in Wolfram Language code, and click Shift+Enter to evaluate the code. If you are unable to do so - let us know what browser you are using.
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No luck. I ended up opening a new notebook, setting the default context to Unique, from Evaluation in the Menu Bar. This also allowed me to reset my inputs numeration to 1 and retyped as needed. Is there a way to do that (reset the input numbering) within the same notebook? Thank you!
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Hi Heidi, You can always quit the kernel by evaluating Quit[].
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I hope the pictures show as attachments.
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I am having difficulty with an exercise. I do copy/paste to the scratch notebook, and separately to Mathematica and do not see the expected result. Thank you. (apparently I can only add one picture)
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Hi Heidi, I am unable to reproduce the problem. Are you sure you do not have multiple downvalues for f? Try ClearAll@f.
f[x_] := (x^3 - x^2 + 2)/(5 x - 3)
{Limit[f[x], x -> -2], f[-2]}
(* {10/13, 10/13} *)
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I am enjoying the conceptual approach to the course. Also, the use of "multiple representations" where the connections between a situation, code, table and graph are made.
Familiarity with the basics of the language can be a tad challenging, however, learning by example is helpful, in addition to introducing options to the examples and to see how things change.
I try to follow with a notebook where I can make annotations and work examples at my own pace. My mother used to say that "Mathematics are learned with a pencil" (not an exact translation, but it gets the message across: practice is important.)
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Thank you for the feedback. I am glad that you are enjoying the course, and I agree that practice is important for mastering the subject.
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Hello I'm Jonathan I'm looking to do this to get an idea of how best to help my students.
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Thank you, Jamie! I am looking forward to meeting students and learners from all over the world in the study group. My goal is to provide an easy introduction to AP, high school, or college calculus. See you all there!
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Devendra,
There is a typo in the answers provided for the 9th question in quiz 3.See 3rd multiple choice answer from the top.
Best Regards,
Rajeev
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