What is this?
Formative offers online Basic, Scientific, and Graphing calculators directly within the Formative experience of teachers and students subscribed to the Paid Teacher plan or the School & District license.
Our brand new Graphing calculator lets students graph equations and inequalities, switch between radians and degrees, and explore functions without ever leaving their activity!
Enable Calculator
Enabling the calculator on a specific activity will take place on the activity's assign settings modal:
Click "Assign", locate the class(es) and proceed to adjust assign settings.
Click into "Learning Tools" under "Content Display"
Select the calculator type you want to allow your students access to from the dropdown menu. The available calculator types are:
Basic
Scientific
Graphing
Adjust any other assign settings to your preference and proceed to confirm the assignment
The Student Experience
When students open an activity that had the calculator enabled on it, they will see the calculator icon on the Learning Tools menu on the right side of their screen
Clicking on the icon will open the calculator. To close the calculator click on the X at the top right corner of the calculator, or click the icon again
Using the Graphing Calculator
The Graphing calculator keypad is designed to help students enter and graph expressions quickly. Here's what students will find:
Main and Func tabs: Use the "Main" tab for numbers and everyday operations, and switch to the "Func" tab for functions like trig and logarithms.
RAD/DEG toggle: Switch between radians and degrees for trig functions.
Inequalities: Use the relation keys (<, >, ≤, ≥) to graph inequalities. The solution region will be shaded on the graph!
Cursor keys: Move the cursor left and right within an expression to make edits without retyping.
Undo and Redo: Quickly step back or forward through changes.
Need assistance with the calculator?
Please reach out to our team using the Request Support form, and we'll be happy to help!