Microsoft Math USER GUIDE. Globally available at:

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1 USER GUIDE Globally available at:

2 Free, online high school learning support service based on the national curricula Thousands of math exercises Instant, interactive feedback Core functionalities: Practicing math exercises Viewing examples Reading theory Collecting points Moving to more challenging levels Creating study groups (or class rooms) Messaging within the group Participating in contests

3 How to get started Make sure that your phone has internet connection. Locate any of the browser icons and open it. On the address bar or Input URL, type and open it. 1. If you don t have an account yet: Sign up for free 2. Type in the requested information. Use username which can be connected to you. Write down your username and password, so that you remember it later. Tap or click Sign up 3. Now you can choose what you want to study 1. If you already have a Microsoft account, you can use that to sign in 2. Let this app access your info? Press Yes When you sign in using your Microsoft account, your permission will be asked before any of your personal information is accessed

4 How to get started CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO STUDY ACTIVITY SCORE AND LEVELS YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN GROUPS HERE NEWS FROM THE MICROSOFT MATH TEAM AND PARTNERS MY INFORMATION AND SETTINGS

5 Practice SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH CONTENT AND EXERCISES Organized by topic ABILITY TO PROGRESS AT OWN PACE COLLECTING POINTS AND ACHIEVING LEVELS Track you progress and compete with your peers OVER 9000 MATH EXERCISES Randomly presented to the users, difficulty based on the level (1-10)

6 Study TO HELP YOU LEARN THE BASICS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS Ask for a hint or read theory and study examples SHOW A HINT Get help before submitting your answer STUDY THEORY Read theory related to the question at hand BROWSE THROUGH EXAMPLES Understand the topic through examples

7 Make progress ANSWER THE QUESTION AND GET IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK And not just the right or wrong notification, but an explanation on the correct way to solve the question LEARNING SUMMARY TO ENCOURAGE YOU FURTHER Including earned points and progress with the levels

8 Compete RANKING AND POINTS Compare your activity against other users ALL TIME HIGH AND MONTHLY BEST RESULTS Check out the best of the month as well (especially if you are a newcomer)

9 Peer support PRACTICE AND COLLABORATE WITH PEERS Be part of one or many study groups or class rooms by joining one or creating an own Teachers can for example set assignments for their (math) class this way TO JOIN A GROUP Acquire the invitation key from the group administrator TO CREATE A GROUP Give it a name and you ll receive the invitation key to be distributed to the users you invite in your group

10 Work with groups PERFORM GROUP ADMIN TASKS Edit group, delete group or reset invitation key INVITE YOUR FRIENDS By using the group invitation key FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF PEERS How have they done? What level are they in? NOTE: you can always decide not to show results to your group. SEND MESSAGES WITHIN THE GROUP Inform, motivate, share, collaborate

11 The rest READ NEWS FROM THE MICROSOFT MATH TEAM AND PARTNERS e.g. here you can find out if a (national) competition or math challenge is coming up 1 2 MY CATALOG - When you signed up, you chose what you want to study. More areas and subjects will be added in the future. PRIVACY Ability to make the results invisible through the ME section 1 2 SEND FEEDBACK Share your ideas, report issues, give us feedback even on a specific question

12 Summary 1 2 ACTIVITY SCORE AND LEVELS - Monitoring/ tracking and motivation ACCESS THROUGH WEB BROWSER For all data-enabled handsets 24/7 ME AND MY GROUPS Practising and collaborating with others, incl. Collaboration spaces 1 2 SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH CONTENT CONTENT PULL Theory, excercises, hints IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK RANKING AND COMPETITIONS Inspire and get inspired