perguntas frequentes

In addition to our FAQs, you can explore our user guides, tutorials and professional development!

General

How much does Mathigon cost?

Mathigon is completely free to use for students, teachers and parents!

Do I need to create an account? What personal information do you collect?

Most of our content and features are available without creating an account, but you need to sign in to save your progress. Visit our privacy policy to see what data we collect and how we use your personal information.

Is Mathigon available in other languages?

Yes, Mathigon is available in more than 20 different languages! Simply click the user icon in the top right corner and then select Change Language.

Translations are generated by volunteers or by automated software. Please let us know if you find any mistakes or if you want to help us create additional translations.

Can you sign a Student Data Privacy Agreement with my school or district?

You can visit the SDPC website to see if another district in your state has already signed a data privacy agreement with Mathigon. In that case, you only need to complete Exhibit E and email us a copy.

We can only sign privacy agreements that closely follow the SDPC template. Since Mathigon is a free product, we cannot reimburse schools or districts for any costs related to using Mathigon – including data breaches. Please get in touch if you have questions.

This answer only applies to schools in the United States

What accessibility features does Mathigon have?

Most parts of Mathigon follow the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards at the AA level, and you can see a detailed breakdown on our accessibility page.

Our interactive courses also contain built-in audio narrations for students with reading difficulties. These work will all the different interactive elements, questions and equations: simply hover over a paragraph and click the play button at the start. Please note that this feature is only available in English.

Can I use Mathigon offline?

Yes – our native mobile apps for iOS and Android are free to install and work offline! If you sign into your account, they will periodically sync your progress data with our server, while you are connected to the internet.

Do you have any tutorials or lesson plans for teachers?

Take a look at our Teachers page for a summary of all the tools and resources we offer to teachers, as well as different tutorial videos.

We also have a large library with more than 70 tasks and lesson plans for Polypad, covering the entire mathematics curriculum.

Interactive Courses

Some of the courses are listed as “under construction”. When will they be released?

Building our interactive courses takes a long time: from research to writing, graphics design, and programming. Unfortunately, we cannot promise when a specific topic will be finished. However, our team of writers and engineers is always working on new content. If you have a Mathigon account, you can subscribe to our email newsletter to receive regular updates.

Can I see all the content in a chapter at once without having to answer each question?

Mathigon’s courses are divided into many small steps, and we want students to actively participate at every step before we show the next one.

However, when you first visit a page, there is a grey banner in the top-left corner which shows the approximate length of this chapter, and allows you to reveal all content at once. Later, you can also scroll to the very bottom of the page and click either “skip to the next step” or “reveal all steps”.

Please note that revealing all content will disable some of Mathigon’s personalisation features.

Should I complete the courses in any particular order?

Not necessarily: the chapters within a course do build upon the ideas from the previous chapters, but students can always go back as needed.

I think I found a mistake in a course. How can I let you know?

Thank you helping us to improve Mathigon. Simply send us a message using our contact form!

Can I disable Archie, the virtual tutor?

Our virtual tutor provides hints and help if students are stuck, or encouragement if they answer questions correctly. Students can also ask questions, which we try to answer directly, using Wolfram|Alpha, or by finding appropriate educational YouTube videos. It is not possible to disable the tutor.

Can I track my students’ progress in courses?

Yes! You have to create a teacher account and link your students to one of your classes. Then you can track their progress on your teacher dashboard.

Teacher Accounts

How do I create a class and add or delete students?

This video shows how you can add and remove classes and students on your teacher account.

I created a student account – can I change it to a teacher account?

Yes – simply go to your account settings page and then click the corresponding button.

Can I add a co-teacher to my Mathigon classes?

You can add co-teachers to any class in your teacher dashboard. Open the class and then click on “Add new co-teacher” on the right hand side. Then, just enter the email address of the co-teacher you want to add. Before doing so, make sure they have a Mathigon teacher account associated with the email you enter.

Everything Else

How did you decide which mathematicians to include on the timeline?

No timeline can ever show everyone who has contributed to mathematics: because of limited space, but also because research and discoveries were often misattributed throughout history. On our timeline, we tried to select both those mathematicians and artifacts who had the greatest impact, and those who best show the diversity of mathematicians. We are regularly reviewing our content and adding additional mathematicians and artifacts.

How do you keep Mathigon freely available?

Mathigon is free to use for students and teachers, but we license our content and technology to other organisations and publishers who want to make their products more interactive and engaging.

Can I use Mathigon commercially?

You can only use Mathigon for non-commercial purposes: this includes in schools or universities or for educational research. If you want to use Mathigon for something ele, please contact us to sign a commercial licensing agreement.