A Guide to Using Electronic Resources to Support Learning in Mathematics
Introduction
There are a wide range of resources available to students to assist them in learning mathematics effectively. This guide provides an introduction to the key ones used at SFA.
Kerboodle
This is a website that may be accessed because the school pays a subscription. It is directly linked to the course and textbooks used at KS3 and KS4. The summary of access is below:
Resource / KS3 (Y7 and Y8) / KS4 (Y9 – Y11)Electronic Text Book / Y / Y
Electronic Homework Book / N / Y
Invisipen (Video resource) / N / Y
Links to MyMaths / Y / Y
Website Address:
The following details will need to be entered to access this site:
Username: Each student has been provided with this.
Password: Each student has been provided with this. A students’ class teacher may reset it if necessary.
Institution Code: zg4
After entering the details above students will be asked to select from a range of courses offered by Kerboodle. In mathematics one of the following should be chosen –MyMaths for Year7 or Year 8 or Edexcel GCSE Mathematics for Year 9 to Year 11:
For students clicking on MyMaths a tab will appear:
Testbank: Students may be set assignments through Testbank.
Digital Book: Students may select the current book they are working from in school or books from other years. There are three books for each year group. Book A (Used by set 4), Book B (Used by set 2 and set 3) and Book C (Used by Set 1). Book 1 is for year 7 and book 2 is for year 8:
Select the arrows on the left / right to move through the different options. Click on the book to be accessed. The menu on the following page will appear. The buttons functions are summarised on the next page. The most useful button for navigation is the “Show Table of Contents”. Each chapter, page and topic is summarised. The section desiredcan be navigated to by clicking on it.
A copy of part of the table contents is below:
Click on the page / topic you require to navigate to that page:
This symbol indicates a direct link to the MyMaths website, which will have supporting information.
The Edexcel GCSE Maths Online resources also include Invispen, which can be accessed from the main toolbar:
Both the homework and text books have direct links to Invisipen and MyMaths. Invisipen is a resource that contains videos of worked examples and practice questions that complement and support the main text book.
Invisipen linkMyMaths Link
An example of Invisipen content is below:
My Maths
This is a website that may be accessed because the school pays a subscription. There are direct links to it from the electronic textbooks and homework books in Kerboodle or it can be used independently in its own right. Homework assignments may also be set on it.
Website Address:
The following details will need to be entered to access this site at a first level:
Username: Assisi
Password: triangle
This will give access to a page similar to the one below. From this a wide range of resources may be accessed and used but the results of doing these are not recorded against the student and work set for students by their teacher cannot be accessed.
To login to a students own area each student should use their individual password and username in the My portal area above.
Username: Each student has been provided with this.
Password: Each student has been provided with this. A students’ class teacher may reset it if necessary.
An example of a page linking Kerboodle to MyMaths is below:
MyMaths requires the use of Flash. If the browser being usedhas not been set up for this the following website may be visited for support: If you continue to experience problems, MyMaths customer services team may be contacted on01536 452970or at
When using MyMathssome navigation choiceswill need to be made:
Select whether KS3 or GCSE exams 2017, 2018 …. are required from the menu shown in the previous picture.
Then select study area, topic and then specific activities.
The different topics are graded to the new specification – G67 for example means Grade 6 / 7. The filter button can be used to filter to foundation or higher topics, or to work of a particular grade.
Please be aware that there are booster study packs aimed at particular grades, which may be selected from the study area as well as a games option.
Clicking on Lesson brings up a range of activities for the topic chosen:
Clicking on any number above brings up the specified activity.
Clicking on homework from the original menu will bring up a screen similar to the following:
Any student logging in will have the scores recorded against their name whilst without logging in students may practice the online homework.
Maths Watch
This is a website that may be accessed because the school pays a subscription. It contains a large number of video resources linked to the KS3 and KS4 mathematics curriculum studied at St Francis. Homework assignments may also be set on it.
Website Address:
The following details will need to be entered to access this site:
Username: personal school email address
Password: triangle
This will give access to a page similar to the one below.
Any individual assignments will have been set in MyWork.
Click on videos to search for the resources on this site – a similar page to below will appear:
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Choose either KS3 or GCSE from the qualification drop down menu as is appropriate.
Select the appropriate tier, grade and topic from the drop down menus then select the clip that you wish to watch.
The clip will play. In addition a student may choose to do interactive questions immediately to support their learning by clicking on the Interactive Questions tab. There are usually three standard and three harder questions to try. Clicking on worksheet takes you to a worksheet of questions linked to the video. Print it off and answer the questions!
Example of Interactive Questions:
Example of Worksheet (part):
Alternatively, if you know the clip you wish to watch, enter it into the search box and select the title you wish to watch:
You may also search by qualification and topic for revision purposes.
GCSEPod
This is a website that may be accessed by Year 10 and Year 11 ONLY because the school pays a subscription.
Website Address:
Any students who do not yet have a password may obtain it by going to the website and clicking on the login button:
Then select the New Here? Get Started button:
Complete the following sections and your password will be given to you:
Select the maths courses from the menu on your home page and filter to the Edexcel exam board. Links to each exam you take in maths will show – EG:
Click on one of the playlists:
A menu similar to the one below will show:
You can click on individual topics to stream them or click on the Green Button to download all of the material to a device for revision as you are able. This can be downloaded to a portable device such as a mobile phone and is best done using wifi to avoid data costs with mobile data.
Podcasts of mostly less than five minutes summarise key information from that topic that you need to know for the exam.
Corbett Maths
This is a free to use website with a vast amount of resources. It is aimed at revision for KS4 but aspects of it are also suitable for KS3.
Website Address:
The following resources are accessible on the website:
- Nearly 400 videos covering worked examples from across the mathematics curriculum.
- Practice questions and text book questions linked to each video with answers to all of the practice questions and some of the text book questions.
- Five-a-day questions to develop mathematical competence – with five levels of differentiation.
- Practice exam questions and papers.
The site is very easy to use. Click on one of the following options on the home page:
Then find the subject that you are interested in. Ideally, watch the video and then do the practice questions / text book exercise:
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