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[WSG23] Daily Study Group: Introduction to Finite Mathematics

POSTED BY: John McNally
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POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau

I appreciate it Renay! I'll chalk this up to input from my instructors in the UIUC college of education and to my colleagues at various schools. Hooray for teachers.

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Posted 2 years ago
POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt
Posted 2 years ago

Thank you both. My only self criticism was failing to look in the Wolfram system documentation first, which clearly noted the issue.

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt
Posted 2 years ago

The main lecturer is pedagogically quite gifted as a presenter! Perhaps the best I have experienced -- certainly in mathematics.

POSTED BY: Renay Oshop
Posted 2 years ago
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POSTED BY: Soomi Cheong

The exercises for some lessons should now be visible in the course framework, stay tuned for updates on the rest that will also be appearing shortly.

POSTED BY: John McNally

The issue has been noted and will be fixed soon.

POSTED BY: Anisha Basil
POSTED BY: Anisha Basil
Posted 2 years ago

The system is back up and working - Thanks!!!

POSTED BY: Randy Janke
Posted 2 years ago

John, I think that the system has been down... No progress checked. No Quiz Graded.. (lol)

Quiz and Final Exam are due on 12/1 (Fri), correct?

POSTED BY: Soomi Cheong
Posted 2 years ago
POSTED BY: Randy Janke

That's correct, the exercises are not yet up in the framework so that behavior is expected (for now).

POSTED BY: John McNally
Posted 2 years ago

If I hit the exercises tab in any lesson in the beta framework, I am getting a 404 error. I cannot access any of the exercises. The lectures, quizzes, and ever-ubiquitous scratch notebook are working fine. Did I miss something? Do I somehow have a bum link to the framework? I am surprised to see nobody else mentioning this. I can make progress without looking at exercises, but it's rather strange.

I mentioned this in an e-mail to Wolfram-U a couple of days ago, but didn't get a response. Maybe they're shut down for the week.

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt
Posted 2 years ago

I'm having inordinate difficulty reliably creating a matrix in the WL. I don't understand why the first statement creates a 3x3 matrix and the second does not:

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt
Posted 2 years ago

George, to get the links, the simplest thing is to send an e-mail to wolfram-u@wolfram.com. The URL of the beta framework was included in reminder e-mails for the class sessions for the later sessions (8-10). It wasn't released until then. I don't think students are supposed to share the links here.

You should have links to the lecture archives in the "Recording available" annoncements you got from Wolfram U daily.

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt

I am registered for the series but could not attend. Where can I find the associated notebooks to download? Thank you.

POSTED BY: George Wolfe
Posted 2 years ago

what about the attendance certificate?

1) If we watch all the videos and pass quizzes of the framework (the study group will have its framework, right?), we will receive the attendance certificate?

2) If we pass the final exam, we will receive the level 1 certificate? These were my questions that I still have (lol).

  • I made a big mistake to miss the class. It was the first time for me to miss a class that I signed up for. I never miss a class under any circumstance unless I am hospitalized. Also, thanks to Wolfram, I have been able to study what I love - Wolfram Language, Mathematica, and Math.. what Wolfram teaches to the public is very fun. It's also mandatory for me to be qualified for Master's programs that I will apply for. Thus, it's a huge deal for me. I do hope that I can learn about the answers for my two questions above..

Thank you for your consideration.

POSTED BY: Soomi Cheong
Posted 2 years ago

@Soomi Cheong, I'm also in the class. The recording notification for Session 1 (audio + video) was sent out at 6:05PM Eastern Standard Time (US) today -- about 1 hour ago. The Wolfram-U team has to do some processing to turn around the archive. Sometimes, it's published within an hour; sometimes, it takes several hours.

If you didn't receive the notification, you should send an e-mail to wolfram-u@wolfram.com and they will be able to help you.

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt

Hi, I'm not sure why you may not have gotten an email about the recording being up; however, there is no requirement to attend the live sessions. Live sessions are obviously nice, but life happens and you can definitely catch up on the recorded versions.

POSTED BY: John McNally
Posted 2 years ago

I missed the first class. Then, I can't receive the course completion certificate? I will follow up the first class with the recording definitely. Still waiting for it..

As I thought, the audio was uploaded to the study group page. However, I did not receive it via e-mail. Is it because I missed the first class? Does this mean that I am not eligible for the course completion certificate no matter what? I never miss a class. Today was the first day I miss a class that I sign up for.

POSTED BY: Soomi Cheong

Yes, thanks Phil for answering this! And like Phil said, don't worry about missing a day. The text materials and the video links can both be accessed outside of the "live" time. The live time is obviously nice for being able to ask questions immediately and easily, but the design of all the courses is such that people can learn asynchronously too.

POSTED BY: John McNally
Posted 2 years ago

Thank you Phil

POSTED BY: Roger Rogers
Posted 2 years ago

Roger, I'm a fellow student, but I've gone through several Wolfram-U Daily Study Groups. There's no problem missing a session. A few hours after each session, the Wolfram-U team will e-mail everybody in the course a message containing a link to an archive video of today's session. You can play back (and pause and replay sections) at your leisure.

If you ever have customer service questions, an e-mail to wolfram-u@wolfram.com will get you a personal response.

--phil

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt
Posted 2 years ago

Hi John,

I have a conflicting work commitment today. What is the policy regarding a missed class or online discussion? (Obviously, I'm new to this.)

Roger

POSTED BY: Roger Rogers
Posted 2 years ago

John, the last 2 Daily Study Groups offered this fall (Discrete Math and Multivariable Calculus) commenced with an unreleased course framework. With Discrete Math, the framework Beta was released on Day 8 of the course; with MVC, I believe it was released in the third (final) week. I'm awfully fond of your work and presentation, but I'd strongly prefer to do courses where the framework was ready to rock on Day 0 of the course.

Will the Finite Mathematics course framework be ready to go on November 6? TIA.

@Wolfram U: if a DSG is commencing before its course framework is ready, could you please include a disclaimer noting that in the course announcements?

POSTED BY: Phil Earnhardt

Hi Roberto,

This is Marc, the instructor of the course for Discrete Math. The study group just finished today, the course framework will be available in a few days.

Happy learning! Marc

POSTED BY: Marc Vicuna

Hi Roberto, the study group for Discrete Mathematics (which is different from Finite Mathematics) began on Oct 16, and the full versions of courses will go live not too far after their study groups conclude

POSTED BY: John McNally

Thanks for your course, when will this https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-u/courses/mathematics/introduction-to-discrete-mathematics/ course begin ? Very interested to sign up

Have a great day or night

POSTED BY: Roberto Catanuto
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