What’s New in Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition

Steven Lachowski and Brad Janes

New Content Additions

Demonstrations Browser

Navigate the offerings of the Wolfram Demonstrations Project through a built-in browser. First icon in the Dock

Search for specific demonstrations by topic and sub-topic.

View interactive mathematical models, run simulations of physical phenomena, and more within a Wolfram|Alpha notebook.

Starting Points Browser

Peruse a curated selection of sample mathematics and science queries. Second icon in the Dock

Content specifically aimed at high-school and undergraduate level students of mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and life sciences.

Can be used as supplementary material to standard lesson plans

See Jordan and Jason’s talk

Interactive Plot Quizzes

New Feature debuting this year.  Third icon in the Dock

Stand-alone interactive modules geared towards providing “hands on” learning.

Focused on manipulating visual representation of a function or concept.

Randomly generated problems, automatically checked for correctness (within a thresh-hold), and printable reports for grading or progress tracking.

See AnneMarie and Jeremy’s talk later today for more information.

“Typesetting and special characters” aka “Math Input”

Fourth icon in the Dock.

Templated input fields to provide a “see as you type” kind of user experience

Goal is to keep parity with the W|A website.

Makes many things quicker and easier to enter, especially deeply nested expressions and large matrices

Conclusion

We’re happy with the progress we’ve made this year, and look forward to hearing how you are or plan on using Notebook Edition.

The Cloud version will soon be at parity with the desktop version.

Please let us know if you have any ideas of features you’d like  see from either a content or functionality standpoint.

Resources

Marketing page:
https://www.wolfram.com/wolfram-alpha-notebook-edition/

Recent blog post:
 https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/08/26/a-new-way-to-ask-wolframalpha-questions-with-math-input/

Wolfram Function Repository
https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FunctionRepository/

Related talks at the conference:
Active Learning Modules for Math & Chemistry: 
https://wtc2021.pathable.co/meetings/virtual/Ej22Q9WCtTvke5nsd
Interactive Plot Quizzes
https://wtc2021.pathable.co/meetings/virtual/YSgJM6BswQLuDwtEh
Resource System Updates: Function Repository, Paclet Repository and More
https://wtc2021.pathable.co/meetings/virtual/Pnje6dXNxGnATTbc8

“WANE turns 1” blog post from last year: 
https://blog.wolfram.com/2020/09/11/wolframalpha-notebook-edition-turns-one-now-with-support-for-chemistry-demonstrations-and-more/

Talks from previous years: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDd9P8WGbEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjummMB4fG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrTS21uxrtk

Thank you!