August announcements from the Desmos Coaching team 📣 

New dashboard features! ✨

We're celebrating back-to-school season by rolling out two new tools on the Teacher Dashboard:

• Pull to lesson pulls all of your students into the lesson with just one click after you’ve assigned a lesson to a class.

• Sync to me brings all students to the same screen you are on in a lesson. 

Tips from teachers ⭐

Why do we begin our courses with units that are loaded with visual models? Hear from our Desmos educators on why they love to start the year this way:

"I’m going into my 3rd year with this curriculum…It’s a great unit to set up routines, standards. And for the students whose adults feel like they’re beyond the grade level, it’s an opportunity to have them stretch their understanding." – Kathy H. Math Educator, California

"I love starting with area for 6th grade. It’s such a fun, visual unit to start with and really gets the students onboard with the curriculum and routines." – Kimberley M., Math Educator, North Carolina

Connect with other Desmos educators by joining our Facebook group!

Clips from the classroom 🎬

The beginning of the year is a great time to start thinking about your classroom culture and norms to set up your students for success. How do you set up your students to collaborate?

Check out how Mr. Campbell involves students in reviewing norms for collaborating when using a shared device. 

Coaching tip of the day 💡

Creating classes not only allows you to assign activities to the same group of students throughout the school year, but it also allows you to edit student names, sort by last name, shuffle the student list, and use the new Pull to Lesson feature.

P.S. A friendly reminder to tidy up your Desmos workspaces by archiving your classes so you’re set for the new year!

- Desmos Coaching team 💙