As part of the dialog process "Universities in the digital world" of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg, SCC and the University of Stuttgart are developing a new state service "bwJupyter for teaching".
Jupyter is a web application that provides users with access to computing environments and resources without burdening them with installation and maintenance tasks. After requesting a resource, the user is forwarded to a Jupyterlab environment. A central component of Jupyter is the Jupyter Notebook. This is a document that can simultaneously contain formatted continuous text, executable code sections and (interactive) visualizations (image, sound, video, 3D views).
In the past two semesters, selected courses have already been able to test the new service. Around 1000 users from six universities had access to the pilot hub during the winter term 24/25.
The new bwJupyterHub for teaching is now available to all lecturers and students. Registration is conveniently managed via the state-wide identity management system bwIDM; no additional registration is required.
With the state-wide opening, there are also numerous new features. For example, lecturers can create their own notebook profiles and share them with their students. In addition to the ten notebook options provided, such as Jupyter Datascience with Phython, R and Julia; Jupyter Tensorflow or Jupyter GPU, lecturers can now also use their own Docker images. Moreover, lecturers can share larger files and continuously edit course material via a shared directory.
Further features such as a grading function for exercise sheets and a connection to the ILIAS and Moodle learning platforms will be tested during the summer term.
Further information and detailed documentation