# Resources **URL:** https://cl.desmos.com/c/resources/10.md?page=1 [Latest](https://cl.desmos.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://cl.desmos.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://cl.desmos.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [CL Newsletter, May 2021 - Pattern Matching](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2021-pattern-matching/5460)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2021-pattern-matching/5460 "2024-03-28T20:22:06Z")
If you’ve recently visited the updated Computation Layer documentation, you may have noticed a new section: pattern matching. That’s right. The highly sought after tools for parsing student expressions are finally here! … --- ## [CL Newsletter, April 2021 - Tune-ups](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2021-tune-ups/5459)
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If you caught #DesmosLive back in January 21, you might remember hearing our colleague Michelle talk about a process called “tune-ups.” This month, we’re giving you a little insight into how the Desmos CL team tunes up a… --- ## [CL Newsletter, March 2021 - Our Favorites](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-march-2021-our-favorites/5458)
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Last month, we asked you to share your favorite aspects about building activities using Computation Layer. This month, we’re going to share your ideas and experiences with the community. We’ll keep our narration minimal … --- ## [CL Newsletter, February 2021 - Function Carnival Magic](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-february-2021-function-carnival-magic/5457)
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Last month, John Rowe led an insightful tutorial on creating Function Carnival–style activities. Check out the video for a full tutorial. In this newsletter, we’ll share with you step-by-step how to put together the part… --- ## [CL Newsletter, January 2021 - New Year, New Note Component](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-january-2021-new-year-new-note-component/5455)
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Happy New Year! To make room for all of the things you have going on at this time of year, we have a short but sweet issue for you. This month, we’ll share with you what we’ve been doing to retire the content sink in our… --- ## [CL Newsletter, December 2020 - Line Zapper](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-december-2020-line-zapper/5454)
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In the Desmos kitchen, we love cooking up interactions that students find interesting and engaging while still having all of the mathematical nutrition they need to tackle challenging problems. As a result, many of our a… --- ## [CL Newsletter, November 2020 - Inequalities and Desmos](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-november-2020-inequalities-and-desmos/5453)
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Inequalities and Desmos Some of the most common questions we’ve received recently are about how to interpret student responses when the prompt asks for an inequality. Up until very recently, our response was, “Here’s a w… --- ## [CL Newsletter, October 2020 - Open Middle and Desmos](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2020-open-middle-and-desmos/5452)
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Welcome to October! We’re taking you behind the scenes again. This month, we’re showing you how you can build your very own Open Middle–style screens with two different ways to provide feedback. It’s no secret that we r… --- ## [CL Newsletter, September 2020 - Our Favorite Layouts, Ep. 2](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-september-2020-our-favorite-layouts-ep-2/5451)
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We recognize how stressful this time must be for you. We’re here to help, but if time and space is what you need right now, set this email aside for later. When you’re ready, we’ve got another snazzy layout for you to ch… --- ## [CL Newsletter, August 2020 - Our Favorite Layouts Ep. 1](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-august-2020-our-favorite-layouts-ep-1/5450)
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At the end of June, Desmos gave you access to our most powerful creation tool yet: the new Activity Builder editor. It allows you to add as many components to a screen as you want and lets you rearrange them into one or … --- ## [CL Newsletter, July 2020 - Turtle Time Trials](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-july-2020-turtle-time-trials/5449)
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One of our guiding principles at Desmos is believing that every student is brilliant. Little kids have brilliant ideas about how the world works. Bigger kids have brilliant ideas about numbers, shapes, and patterns. As t… --- ## [CL Newsletter, June 2020 - Connecting Graphs and Inputs](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-june-2020-connecting-graphs-and-inputs/5448)
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Our company's first product was a graphing calculator so it makes sense that teachers want to use Activity Builder to graph functions. The easiest way to do that is to use a full-screen graph component but that has lot… --- ## [CL Newsletter, May 2020 - Learning Together](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2020-learning-together/5444)
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In April, we asked you a question: With regards to activity building and CL, what is one thing you know now that you didn’t know a month ago? We were happily surprised to see an overwhelming number of responses! To honor… --- ## [CL Newsletter, April 2020 - CL + Distance Learning](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2020-cl-distance-learning/5443)
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This month, teachers continue to do what they do best: adapt. School closures around the world have forced teachers to find ways to connect with their students through digital media, and many of you have chosen Desmos. S… --- ## [CL Newsletter, March 2020 - Dashboard 101](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-march-2020-dashboard-101/5442)
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What’s the secret to making a good lesson a great lesson? Celebrate and build on early student thinking as it moves towards math learning goals. The Desmos dashboard helps teachers with that task by displaying a spreadsh… --- ## [CL Newsletter, February 2020 - Do More With Less!](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-february-2020-do-more-with-less/5438)
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Computation Layer is beautiful in its simplicity, and in many cases, just two or three lines can do things that at first glance appear to use two or three dozen lines. This month we want to keep things simple and useful … --- ## [CL Newsletter, January 2020 - Ordering Conditional Statements](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-january-2020-ordering-conditional-statements/5439)
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Welcome to the first edition of the Desmos Computation Layer Newsletter! Every month, we’ll spend some time updating you on the newest and grooviest features released to CL, teach you something new, and give you a place … --- ## [Save This Snippet! - Sketch Transformations Made Easy](https://cl.desmos.com/t/save-this-snippet-sketch-transformations-made-easy/5514)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/save-this-snippet-sketch-transformations-made-easy/5514 "2024-04-03T02:33:40Z")
Sketch transformations can be tough. First, getting the math right can be tricky, especially when you start combining rotations, with translations and dilations (not to mention rotations around non-origin points). Second… --- ## [numericValue vs simpleFunction](https://cl.desmos.com/t/numericvalue-vs-simplefunction/5528)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/numericvalue-vs-simplefunction/5528 "2024-04-03T23:06:40Z")
Computing values in CL requires a bit more than entering simple arithmetic (e.g. 1+1 won’t get you anywhere). For computations in CL, we primarily use numericValue and simpleFunction. Here’s what each does: numericValu… --- ## [CL Webinar Series - 2020](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-webinar-series-2020/5527)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-webinar-series-2020/5527 "2024-04-03T18:28:21Z")
--- ## [Component Switchers](https://cl.desmos.com/t/component-switchers/5526)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/component-switchers/5526 "2024-04-03T18:26:41Z")
--- ## [DIY - Turtle Time Trials](https://cl.desmos.com/t/diy-turtle-time-trials/5525)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/diy-turtle-time-trials/5525 "2024-04-03T18:26:06Z")
--- ## [Basic Interpretive Feedback](https://cl.desmos.com/t/basic-interpretive-feedback/5524)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/basic-interpretive-feedback/5524 "2024-04-03T18:25:39Z")
--- ## [Correctness Checks](https://cl.desmos.com/t/correctness-checks/5523)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/correctness-checks/5523 "2024-04-03T18:25:08Z")
--- ## [Pattern Matching Basics](https://cl.desmos.com/t/pattern-matching-basics/5522)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/pattern-matching-basics/5522 "2024-04-03T18:24:08Z")
--- ## [Introduction to Computation Layer - Summer 2022](https://cl.desmos.com/t/introduction-to-computation-layer-summer-2022/5521)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/introduction-to-computation-layer-summer-2022/5521 "2024-04-03T18:22:01Z")
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