# \#sketch **URL:** https://cl.desmos.com/tag/sketch/2.md [Latest](https://cl.desmos.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://cl.desmos.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://cl.desmos.com/tags.md) --- ## [Customise Size of Components](https://cl.desmos.com/t/customise-size-of-components/5704)
**Author:** [@EdTech\_Singh](https://cl.desmos.com/u/EdTech_Singh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/customise-size-of-components/5704 "2026-05-13T17:19:01Z")
When using Note, Graph, or Sketch components on the same slide, there should be options to adjust their sizes. With the window zoomed to 100%, there are margins on both the left and right sides of the screen, resulting i… --- ## [Computation Layer 101](https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-101/8414)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-101/8414 "2025-11-25T23:35:14Z")
This article contains interactive elements. make sure you are signed into Activity Builder before continuing. Note: This article is a companion piece to our Introduction to CL webinar. You can view and register for upco… --- ## [Adding a Reset Button](https://cl.desmos.com/t/adding-a-reset-button/8359)
**Author:** [@French](https://cl.desmos.com/u/French)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/adding-a-reset-button/8359 "2025-11-06T23:20:17Z")
Hi All! Working to find a solution in adding a reset button to this activity. Students are to construct a scatterplot by clicking. I’m going to try and figure out how to add in the correlation later. but right now I’m w… --- ## [Koch snowflake investigation](https://cl.desmos.com/t/koch-snowflake-investigation/8268)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Holcomb](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jeff_Holcomb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/koch-snowflake-investigation/8268 "2025-10-06T03:20:56Z")
Hey, I want the kids to be able to make this by clicking on two points on the segment and having an equilateral triangle show up. I know I could have done this in Geometer’s SketchPad years ago with their scripting and … --- ## [Image from One Sketch to the Next](https://cl.desmos.com/t/image-from-one-sketch-to-the-next/7871)
**Author:** [@Bella\_Dukes](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Bella_Dukes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/image-from-one-sketch-to-the-next/7871 "2025-04-06T02:37:03Z")
I have several sketch layers that students can draw on for the first 4 slides. I coded a way for whatever the students sketched on each separate slide will be shown all on one slide at the end. All they have to do is cli… --- ## [Graph appear on sketch](https://cl.desmos.com/t/graph-appear-on-sketch/7817)
**Author:** [@bealbn](https://cl.desmos.com/u/bealbn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/graph-appear-on-sketch/7817 "2025-03-13T14:20:12Z")
Is there a way to make this graph to appear under or over their sketch so students can compare when they click submit? --- ## [Ask Student to Explain Disabled?](https://cl.desmos.com/t/ask-student-to-explain-disabled/3157)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Gleeson](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Mike_Gleeson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/ask-student-to-explain-disabled/3157 "2025-03-04T00:54:40Z")
I feel like I’ve come across this before but I can’t remember exactly. I’ve placed a Sketch component below a Multiple Choice with Explain Prompt and in so doing my Explain Prompt is simply disabled by Desmos. Surely th… --- ## [How to have students see everyone's line overlaid on a curve](https://cl.desmos.com/t/how-to-have-students-see-everyones-line-overlaid-on-a-curve/7764)
**Author:** [@jackson\_schumacher](https://cl.desmos.com/u/jackson_schumacher)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/how-to-have-students-see-everyones-line-overlaid-on-a-curve/7764 "2025-02-24T13:43:44Z")
Hi I am very new to creating desmos activities and my goal is to give students a curve and have students drag lines to make them tangent to the curve, and when they do that and submit it, they will see all of the lines. … --- ## [Downsizing a sketch component or media component?](https://cl.desmos.com/t/downsizing-a-sketch-component-or-media-component/2427)
**Author:** [@Cheng\_Saechao](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Cheng_Saechao)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/downsizing-a-sketch-component-or-media-component/2427 "2025-02-21T16:30:30Z")
Hi, is there code to make a sketch component or a media component smaller? I don’t want to take up too much space on a screen especially when there’s not that much detail and can still be seen when it’s only half the siz… --- ## [Checking the sketch of a vertical line](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-the-sketch-of-a-vertical-line/7741)
**Author:** [@Malgorzata\_Demkow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Malgorzata_Demkow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-the-sketch-of-a-vertical-line/7741 "2025-02-11T18:18:41Z")
I am working on translating points/shapes in the coordinate plane. I want the students to sketch the line they will be translating across prior to doing the translation. I was able to figure out how to do it for horizo… --- ## [Checking a Graph/Sketch](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-a-graph-sketch/5143)
**Author:** [@TMertz](https://cl.desmos.com/u/TMertz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-a-graph-sketch/5143 "2025-02-11T18:15:58Z")
I want my students to sketch a proportional relationship on a graph. I want to be able to see if the sketch is correct with a check in the teacher view, but I do not want to notify students if their sketch is correct or… --- ## [Correctness in Summary](https://cl.desmos.com/t/correctness-in-summary/7696)
**Author:** [@schorstenc](https://cl.desmos.com/u/schorstenc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/correctness-in-summary/7696 "2025-01-26T23:29:28Z")
I struggle with correctness appearing when I use multiple components, especially with the graph and the sketch. Would anyone be willing to provide feedback for my issue in this 1 slide activity? https://teacher.desmos.… --- ## [Copy a polypad component](https://cl.desmos.com/t/copy-a-polypad-component/7661)
**Author:** [@Tracy\_Catalano](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Tracy_Catalano)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/copy-a-polypad-component/7661 "2025-01-10T15:41:31Z")
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to copy a polypad component from one screen to the next after students complete it much like we can with a sketch or a graph. I was hoping to have students use the polypad to add to… --- ## [Speeding Up an Animation?](https://cl.desmos.com/t/speeding-up-an-animation/7574)
**Author:** [@Mr\_B\_Dubs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Mr_B_Dubs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/speeding-up-an-animation/7574 "2024-12-10T16:47:11Z")
I’m designing an activity about story contexts for piece-wise functions about pool parties and want students to sketch a graph of the water level and have the pool show their graph as an animation. I briefly got this ide… --- ## [Text on Sketch doesn't copy to next slide](https://cl.desmos.com/t/text-on-sketch-doesnt-copy-to-next-slide/2990)
**Author:** [@Sarah\_C](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Sarah_C)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/text-on-sketch-doesnt-copy-to-next-slide/2990 "2024-12-06T01:06:50Z")
I gratefully borrowed from some other teachers to make this activity. I noticed that one student who answered with the new text feature on their sketch on slide 11 had their sketch but not the text copied into screen 12.… --- ## [Copy previous sketch by student to next slide](https://cl.desmos.com/t/copy-previous-sketch-by-student-to-next-slide/3203)
**Author:** [@Joel\_Patterson](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Joel_Patterson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/copy-previous-sketch-by-student-to-next-slide/3203 "2024-11-27T17:16:39Z")
Hi, I am trying to teach velocity vectors and acceleration vectors in calculus. I want to have a sketch with a path curve on the background. Students should draw the velocity vector on slide 1, then on slide 2 I want t… --- ## [Capture Point from Sketch?](https://cl.desmos.com/t/capture-point-from-sketch/7545)
**Author:** [@French](https://cl.desmos.com/u/French)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/capture-point-from-sketch/7545 "2024-11-22T14:29:35Z")
Hi All! I’m trying to work on an idea I had about having students guess the location of a missing vertex of a regular polygon. My goal is to have them estimate where the point is and then have the screen disable and sho… --- ## [Checking student sketched line](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-student-sketched-line/7477)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Rinard](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Steve_Rinard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/checking-student-sketched-line/7477 "2024-10-31T23:08:47Z")
I’m looking to create an activity where students physically sketch a linear equation from point slope form and I can check correctness from it. I’ve found a CL Newsletter from @JayChow and I’m thinking Part 2 might be wh… --- ## [Make dragged point leave trace](https://cl.desmos.com/t/make-dragged-point-leave-trace/3721)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Armstrong](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jason_Armstrong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/make-dragged-point-leave-trace/3721 "2024-09-14T00:13:39Z")
Hi everyone, I have been interested in getting a dragged point to leave a trace of where it has been on the graph, but I haven’t figured out how to code it. In other words, as you drag a point around the graph, it leave… --- ## [Sketch Custom Colors](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketch-custom-colors/7222)
**Author:** [@Travis\_Balch](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Travis_Balch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketch-custom-colors/7222 "2024-09-07T17:37:34Z")
Hey all, I know you can put custom colors in a graph, but can you use custom colors in the sketch tool? And if so, how? Any help would be great, Thanks! --- ## [Student Generated Colors](https://cl.desmos.com/t/student-generated-colors/5699)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/student-generated-colors/5699 "2024-06-13T01:49:01Z")
Did you know that you can use RGB colors to set the initial and available color sinks in sketch components? Furthermore, did you know that get the values of R, G, and B from almost any source that outputs a number? Ch… --- ## [Finding max/min values of student sketch](https://cl.desmos.com/t/finding-max-min-values-of-student-sketch/4277)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/finding-max-min-values-of-student-sketch/4277 "2024-05-21T15:43:50Z")
I don’t have a screen to share at the moment, but was wondering if there is an efficient way to determine the global maximum and/or minimum of a student’s sketch. My current approach is to use: numberList(\`w\_0\`): this.s… --- ## [Not needing students to response in Free Response Questions before submitting maths responses](https://cl.desmos.com/t/not-needing-students-to-response-in-free-response-questions-before-submitting-maths-responses/5680)
**Author:** [@ash](https://cl.desmos.com/u/ash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/not-needing-students-to-response-in-free-response-questions-before-submitting-maths-responses/5680 "2024-05-20T12:02:49Z")
Hi, I would like to ask if there is a way for students NOT to interact with a free responses question/input in order to answer a maths responses qns. This came up because I wanted to give the student an option to eithe… --- ## [Connecting Previous Polypad Slide to the Following Slide](https://cl.desmos.com/t/connecting-previous-polypad-slide-to-the-following-slide/5681)
**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Raza](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Ahmed_Raza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/connecting-previous-polypad-slide-to-the-following-slide/5681 "2024-05-19T21:20:51Z")
How can I preview the previous polypad slide to the following slide as an image or sketch etc? --- ## [Sketch Inside The Lines](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketch-inside-the-lines/5587)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketch-inside-the-lines/5587 "2024-04-08T17:53:56Z")
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in art and in teaching, its that things rarely come out the way you plan. Sketching inside the lines is hard. Getting all of your students to sketch inside the lines might be impossibl… --- ## [CL Newsletter, October 2023 - The New Geometry Component](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2023-the-new-geometry-component/5484)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2023-the-new-geometry-component/5484 "2024-03-28T21:55:29Z")
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, April 2023 - Its (almost) CL Day!](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2023-its-almost-cl-day/5480)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-april-2023-its-almost-cl-day/5480 "2024-03-28T21:46:29Z")
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, January 2023 - Make Your Sketches Useful](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-january-2023-make-your-sketches-useful/5477)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-january-2023-make-your-sketches-useful/5477 "2024-03-28T21:38:04Z")
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, November 2022 - Challenge Creator, Part 2](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-november-2022-challenge-creator-part-2/5474)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-november-2022-challenge-creator-part-2/5474 "2024-03-28T21:20:51Z")
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)
**Author:** [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/cl-newsletter-october-2022-challenge-creator-part-1/5473 "2024-03-28T21:17:15Z")
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… [Next page](https://cl.desmos.com/tag/sketch/2.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=sketch)