Computation Layer Newsletter Archives
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Past Issues of the Computation Layer Newsletter
August 2023: Back to School 2023
Day 1 activities using aggregation
July 2023: CL day 2023 tips and tricks
We shared a few tips and tricks during CL day.
May 2023: More with patterns
Learn why these are two of our favorite tools.
April 2023: Its (almost) CL day!
Looking back at past CL days and a preview for 2023
March 2023: disableEdit and disableChange
Learn why these are two of our favorite tools.
February 2023: formatLatex and substituteLatexVariable
Learn why these are two of our favorite tools.
January 2023: Make Your Sketches Useful
hide, disable, and recolor sketches to keep them useful without obscuring your feedback.
December 2022: Challenge Creator Part 3
Adding polish to your Challenge Creators
November 2022: Challenge Creator Part 2
Some of our favorite challenges and how you can make them.
October 2022: Challenge Creator Part 1
The Desmos Guide to Building Great Digital Activities Challenge Creators
September 2022: Pattern Matching, Part 2
Dig even deeper into the pattern library
August 2022: Component Correctness
Dive into one of our coolest hidden (literally) gems
July 2022: New Friends, New Activities, New Challenges
Meet Leah and Schuyler, play some equationle, and try your hand at a mathematical mystery box.
June 2022: Your Summer Learning Guide
Want to learn more about Computation Layer this summer? This guide should help!
May 2022: Conics
We've been keeping busy here at Desmos, so we’re going to keep this one short and sweet and answer some of your questions!
April 2022: Live Builds and Mirrored Sketches
We had so much fun building this activity live that we had to share it!
March 2022: Ask the CL Team
We've been keeping busy here at Desmos, so we’re going to keep this one short and sweet and answer some of your questions!
February 2022: A Better Way To Interpret Sketches
Use sketch transformations to detect the edges of student sketches.
(Not) February 2022: Multiple Viewports
Have some fun with our fancy animation template!
January 2022: Cool Stuff (You Might Have Missed) in 2021
A look back at a few less-publicized new features.
December 2021: Dashboard 102
Determine the correctness of student responses.
November 2021: Self Checking Activities
We're saving you time AND delighting your students.
October 2021: Favorites From Our Favorites
Some good friends share their favorite things about CL and activity building.
September 2021: Number Puzzles
We LOVE playing with math, and now your students can too!
August 2021: Computations in CL
Perform calculations using defined or student variables without a graph.
July 2021: Aggregating Responses
Collect and display responses from the entire class.
June 2021: Secrets of the CL Team
Kick-start your summer with these five tips.
May 2021: Pattern Matching
Learn how to harness your newest, most powerful CL tool.
April 2021: The Tune-Up Process
Ever wonder what goes into making a Desmos activity ready for release?
March 2021: Our Favorites
This month: Everyone's favorite things about CL.
February 2021: Function Carnival Magic
Tips to make your carnival more functional.
January 2021: New Year, New Note Component
Here's Year 2, Issue #1!
December 2020: Line Zapper
This month, we’re showing you how to recreate Line Zapper and how to redesign it to fit your students’ needs.
November 2020: Inequalities and Desmos
Take advantage of some new CL tools and take control of your inequalities!
October 2020: Open Middle + Desmos
Love Desmos? Love Open Middle? This issue is for you!
September 2020: Our Favorite Layouts, Ep. 2
When one graph isn't enough, try two!
August 2020: Our Favorite Layouts, Ep. 1
Switch easily between different representations.
July 2020: Turtle Time Trials
Build your own 🐢 ⏱.
June 2020: Connecting Graphs and Inputs
Graphing equations? Choose the best function for you.
May 2020: Learning Together
This edition is brought to you by . . . you!
April 2020: CL + Distance Learning
We’re highlighting three threads showing savvy ways teachers can use Computation Layer to sharpen their distance-learning skills.
March 2020: Dashboard 101
Using correctness to improve your dashboard.
February 2020: Do More With Less!
How a single line of code can make a world of difference.
January 2020: Ordering Conditional Statements
🎉 The CL Newsletter is here! New year ✅ New publication ✅ New learning journey? Let's start it together!