Yes - you can add fraction circles. Learn more at polypad.org/help. Thanks!
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David Poras
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ElementaryYou are not able the change the order of the cards. However, cards that are answered incorrectly are sent back to Deck A and will be seen the next time you practice with the flashcards. Learn more about spaced repetition... (More)
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ElementaryYou aren't able to assign a course or something from mathigon.org/tasks5 directly to students in a Mathigon class. However, you can see their progress in courses on the teacher dashboard and you can assign specific Polypads to students in a... (More)
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Flash CardsHi Suzanne! Thanks for your interest in MBH. Sometimes, due to the nature of spaced repetition, students won't have any cards to answer on a given day. You can learn more about this in the tutorial video at https://mathigon.org/teachers#tutorials.4... (More)
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Hi Elizabeth. We don't have any courses for elementary students but check out mathigon.org/tasks32 for over 100 lesson plans, games, puzzles and more using Polypad. Many of these are geared to elementary students!
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The "share" option has now moved to the File panel. Once you save a canvas, the share options will appear there. Hope this helps!
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Hi Kim! Thanks for your interest in MBH. Sometimes, due to the nature of spaced repetition, students won't have any cards to answer on a given day. You can learn more about this in the tutorial video at https://mathigon.org/teachers#tutorials.28 Students... (More)
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You can not record a video within Polypad, but you can use other screen-recording tools to do so. Thanks!
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PolypadHi Hedy! Thanks for your question. We are in the process of adding sliders to our tutorials at mathigon.org/tutorials15. However, it's not live yet. In the meantime, you can see the sliders in use at this recent Algebra webinar. Start... (More)
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Hello! Thanks for your question. That is not currently an option, but one that we do have on our list of features to explore adding at some point. In the meantime, you can use the new Compass tool to draw... (More)
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ElementaryHi Michelle! Thanks for your interest in MBH. Sometimes, due to the nature of spaced repetition, students won't have any cards to answer on a given day. You can learn more about this in the tutorial video at https://mathigon.org/teachers#tutorials38. Students... (More)
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Hi Juan! Thanks for pointing this out. Yes - something is not working. Hopefully we'll have it fixed soon!
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Hi Jennifer. That feature is not currently an option but we'll add it our list of user-suggested features. Thanks for your interest in Mathigon!
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Yes - students can join multiple Mathigon classes!
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Welcome! You can add specific courses or tasks from mathigon.org/tasks10 to classes at this point. However, you can assign Polypads to classes. We have a number of tutorial videos available at https://mathigon.org/teachers#tutorials12 that may be helpful.
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Hi there and welcome to the Mathigon Community page. There is not currently the option to communicate with classes inside of Mathigon. However, we'll add this idea to the list of user suggestions. Thanks for passing it along!
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Hi Tina! You double-click on a number in the grid to have the "Select All Multiples" button appear at the bottom. Learn more here: https://mathigon.org/task/tutorial-numbers27. Hope this helps!
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Hi Betty! There are a few video tutorials here at this link that show how to share Polypad assignments with students.
https://mathigon.org/teachers#tutorials
Thanks!
Dave
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Hi Cindy - I think the issue was not "fixing the vertices" and making sure all the blue triangles were all exactly the same by snapping them to the grid with the custom Polygon tool. I just recreated the pyramid... (More)
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ElementaryHi Melissa! It doesn't show up on their dashboard. They can click on "Activities" at the top and then find "Mult by Heart" in the 2nd row. Or you can just send them to mathigon.org/multiply32. As long as they... (More)