Maplesoft, headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, is a leading provider of mathematical modeling and engineering computation software. Its flagship tool, Maple, supports symbolic mathematics, numerical simulation, data visualization, and control system design, serving both academic and industrial environments. Maplesoft solutions are integral in aerospace, robotics, energy systems, and research labs, offering high precision and scalability. With customers in over 90 countries, the company drives digital innovation in STEM fields and system-level simulation.
Increasing class sizes and more options for finding answers to math questions online provided significant challenges to the faculty at the Shanghai Second Polytechnic University. More students meant more time and money spent on grading papers and better access to mathematics on the internet meant an increase in student cheating. The faculty and management were looking for ways to make their testing system more efficient when they were introduced to the testing and assessment tool, Maple T.A., from Maplesoft.