Academic Resources

Channels for individual PHY, AST, MAT courses on the PhySU Discord

• Link: https://discord.gg/DsKhEEWuc5

• PhySU GitHub - contains resources from our workshops & academic events

UofT Resources

• • 2023-2024 Academic Calendar

  • Timetable Builder

  • Degree Explorer

  • Campus Map

  • Academic Success

Online whiteboards

1. • Miro

Graphing software

• • Desmos (an advanced graphing calculator)

  • Geogebra (a graphing calculator that includes 3D graphing)

Symbolic computation

• • WolframAlpha (an answer engine)

  • Symbolab (an answer engine)

  • MATLAB (free with UofT)

  • Wolfram Mathematica (computing system which includes neural networks, machine learning, image processing, image processing, geometry, data science, visualizations)

Typesetting

• • LaTeX:

    • PhySU LaTeX Workshop Resources

    • Tutorial

    • Overleaf (online collaborative TeX editor)

    • TeXmaker (TeX editor)

    • TeXstudio (TeX editor)

    • Detexify (look up TeX symbols)

  • LyX (document processor based on LaTeX)

  • Microsoft Office Suite (free with U of T): includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams

Collaborative coding: work on code live with a friend

• • Codebunk

  • Codepile

  • Collabedit

File storage and organization

• • Dropbox (2GB of free storage)

  • Google Drive (15GB of free storage)

  • Github 

    1. Signup for the GitHub student developer pack at this link (gives access to GitHub copilot).

Math Learning Center (MLC)

• In person math help & tutoring (special sessions for First Year students): link