# CL Newsletter Archive **URL:** https://cl.desmos.com/c/resources/cl-newsletter-archive/11.md [Latest](https://cl.desmos.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://cl.desmos.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://cl.desmos.com/tags.md) --- ## [CL Newsletter, December 2022 - Challenge Creator, Part 3](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-december-2022-challenge-creator-part-3/5475)
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In today’s newsletter, we’re going to take a look at how we can take a Challenge Creator from good to great. What are the little details that make an activity shine? To start, take a look at this activity. As we talked … --- ## [CL Newsletter, October 2023 - The New Geometry Component](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2023-the-new-geometry-component/5484)
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Have you heard? We’ve got a new geometry component in Activity Builder! Now you can enjoy all the power of the Graphing Calculator (sliders, list comprehension, CL) alongside a set of fabulous tools for working with geom… --- ## [CL Newsletter, August 2023 - Back to School 2023](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-august-2023-back-to-school-2023/5483)
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It’s August, and that means back to school craziness for many teachers. So before we get into it today, we want to say a big thank you for taking some time to learn alongside us! During my time in the classroom, the fir… --- ## [CL Newsletter, July 2023 - CL Day 2023 Tips and Tricks](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-july-2023-cl-day-2023-tips-and-tricks/5482)
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Hey there! We have some exciting news! The CL team is taking a break for the summer and will be back in August for the new school year. We’re also changing the cadence of our newsletter. We’ll be sending you less of wha… --- ## [CL Newsletter, May 2023 - More With Patterns](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2023-more-with-patterns/5481)
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Of all the newsletter requests we receive, sharing more information about patterns in CL has been by far the most popular. We’ve touched on the pattern library in the past, sharing general advice and ways to avoid possib… --- ## [CL Newsletter, April 2023 - Its (almost) CL Day!](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2023-its-almost-cl-day/5480)
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Hey there! Our fourth annual CL Day is only two months away, and that means it’s time for us to start planning. This year, we’d love to bring as many voices into the process as possible (more on how you can be a part of… --- ## [CL Newsletter, March 2023 - disableEdit and disableChange](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-march-2023-disableedit-and-disablechange/5479)
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Hey, folks! February was a short month, so we wrote a short newsletter. But that doesn’t mean we’ll make it any less fantastic! We have two new sinks that were created in response to one of our most popular feature requ… --- ## [CL Newsletter, February 2023 - formatLatex and substituteLatexVariable](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-february-2023-formatlatex-and-substitutelatexvariable/5478)
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Hey there, activity builders! Sometimes we get a new tool so powerful that we have to take some time to really learn about it before we can share it with you. This month, we’ll talk about two not-so-recent features that… --- ## [CL Newsletter, January 2023 - Make Your Sketches Useful](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-january-2023-make-your-sketches-useful/5477)
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We have a love/hate relationship with sketch. We love that sketch allows students to share their thinking visually and annotate graphs and diagrams. We don’t love that sketches can often obscure your visual feedb… --- ## [CL Newsletter, September 2022 - Pattern Matching Part 2](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-september-2022-pattern-matching-part-2/5476)
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Last year, we shared with you the CL pattern library and a little bit on how you can use it. This month, we want to follow up with some tips (and a few examples) to help you as you continue your expression parsing journe… --- ## [CL Newsletter, November 2022 - Challenge Creator, Part 2](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-november-2022-challenge-creator-part-2/5474)
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Challenge Creator is out in the wild and we know you want more! This month, we’re following up our guide to building Challenge Creators with a few non-content specific examples (and why we love them), some examples of in… --- ## [CL Newsletter, October 2022 - Challenge Creator, Part 1](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2022-challenge-creator-part-1/5473)
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At Desmos Classroom, we strive to build a more socially engaging classroom and believe Challenge Creators can help accomplish that goal, giving students the opportunity to create a “challenge” screen that their peers can… --- ## [CL Newsletter, August 2022 - Component Correctness](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-august-2022-component-correctness/5472)
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Have you tried component correctness yet? When students are asked to do multiple tasks on a screen, the dashboard summary view might be too general to give you a complete understanding of correctness on that screen. Comp… --- ## [CL Newsletter, June 2022 - Your Summer Learning Guide](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-june-2022-your-summer-learning-guide/5471)
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If Computation Layer is part of your summer learning plan and you haven’t had success with seminars, workshops, or PD plans in the past, we’d like to help. The trickiest part about learning Computation Layer is that eve… --- ## [CL Newsletter, May 2022 - Conics](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2022-conics/5470)
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As much as we love sharing techniques, strategies, and opinions with you, nothing beats a good old-fashioned feature release. This month, we’ll share a little bit about a brand new toy to represent and parse conic sectio… --- ## [CL Newsletter, April 2022 - Live Builds and Mirrored Sketches](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2022-live-builds-and-mirrored-sketches/5469)
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Last month we had the opportunity to test out an idea for an activity build-along with some Desmos fellows. And while we still have lots to work on, we had a great time working on a really fun build that we’d like to sha… --- ## [CL Newsletter, March 2022 - Ask the CL Team](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-march-2022-ask-the-cl-team/5468)
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Hey there! A lot has been going on here at Desmos. We finished an entire middle school curriculum and couldn’t be more proud of it. We’ve started building our Algebra 1 curriculum and plan to have it ready in time for… --- ## [CL Newsletter, February 2022 - A Better Way To Interpret Sketches](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-february-2022-a-better-way-to-interpret-sketches/5467)
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We’d like to start off this month’s newsletter with a HUGE announcement: If you’ve ever wanted to join the Desmos team, we’re hiring! Check out the careers page to see our open positions for graph specialist, Computation… --- ## [CL Newsletter, November 2021 - Self Checking Activities](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-november-2021-self-checking-activities/5466)
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Self-checking activities are all the rage these days and we get why. They are a quick way to give students immediate feedback on their work and are often simple in design and easy to templatize and reuse. Combine these r… --- ## [CL Newsletter, October 2021 - Favorites From Our Favorites](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2021-favorites-from-our-favorites/5465)
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Through our work here at Desmos and our interactions with the community we often come across things that make our lives easier, our work more efficient, or our lives more delightful. Sometimes these take the form of actu… --- ## [CL Newsletter, September 2021 - Number Puzzles](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-september-2021-number-puzzles/5464)
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Math is creative, social, and fun. We know that, and you do too. The bad news is that most of the internet is set up to make that hard to see. The good news is that Desmos users make lots of creative, social, and fun m… --- ## [CL Newsletter, August 2021 - Computations in CL](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-august-2021-computations-in-cl/5463)
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You may be aware that the primary function of Computation Layer is to connect components, and that performing actual computations in CL can be challenging, at least in comparison to some other computer languages. This mo… --- ## [CL Newsletter, July 2021 - Aggregating Responses](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-july-2021-aggregating-responses/5462)
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Classrooms can be powerful places where students are exposed to each other’s thinking, from sharing ideas to exploring new approaches and solutions. When math is social, it helps us learn in ways we can’t when we’re alon… --- ## [CL Newsletter, June 2021 - Secrets of the CL Team](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-june-2021-secrets-of-the-cl-team/5461)
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This month, we’ve picked out a few small tips that can make a big difference. Got some tips of your own? Send them our way and we’ll share them out in the next newsletter. 1. Use images. It’s ironic that our first tip i… --- ## [CL Newsletter, May 2021 - Pattern Matching](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-may-2021-pattern-matching/5460)
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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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