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Slate keeps nothing after you close it. Save a lesson to a file to reopen it later.

On this iPad

Drawing

Page

Pencil

Branding

Lesson Hub

Plan the lesson, generate a question, check understanding and manage your class without leaving Slate.

Lesson

StarterPage 1

Practice

Open Dugsy practice without leaving your lesson.

Teacher notes private to this Slate file

Question generator

Choose a topic and press Generate.

Quick understanding check

Starts a live 3-choice check when you are teaching live.

Cold call

Live students are used automatically. You can also keep a manual class list here.

Ready

Maths tools

The ruler and protractor sit on the board and can be dragged and turned. Draw along the ruler's edge and your line follows it exactly.

Opens a transparent ink layer over the whole Mac screen. Write over PDFs, websites, PowerPoint or any other app, then turn Ink off to use the app normally.

Shapes

Pick one, then drag on the board. It appears at the top of the tool rail while it's armed.

Writing over other apps

Slate can only draw inside its own window. To write over MathsWatch, a PDF or anything else on the Mac, that's Slate Overlay — a separate app. This opens it if it's installed.

With the compass on, drag out from the centre to set the radius, then drag anywhere to sweep an arc — right round to a full circle if you want. The radius stays put, so you can strike the same arc from two points the way you would on paper. Escape puts it away.

Live lesson

Start a lesson and you'll get a PIN. Students open this same address, tap Join, and wait for you to let them in by name.

Saved lessons

Stored on this iPad, in this browser. Clearing website data removes them, so keep anything important as a .slate file too.

Background

Applies to this page only. New pages inherit whatever you last chose.

Page size

Timer
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Diagnostic question
Solver
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Graph
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You have the pen — draw on the board