Latest Feature on MathCityMap: Student-Accounts

We are excited to introduce one of the latest features on MathCityMap: Student-Accounts. With this function, students are actively involved in the process of creating mathematical tasks – they become authors themselves.

How does it work?
Teachers create a learning group on the MathCityMap web portal and specify the number of participating students. Immediately afterward, usernames and passwords are automatically generated and can then be distributed to the students. Using these credentials, students can easily log into the portal – there’s no need to create their own account.

Another advantage: Teachers always maintain an overview. Not only can they view all the tasks created by the group, but they can also compile a shared trail for the entire class. This makes collaborative and creative work with digital media easy to integrate into the classroom. If the task creation is successful, the teacher can even request publication on our portal.

Tested and further developed
The student-accounts have been thoroughly tested – both through close collaboration with our partner schools and workshop days with our team. Valuable feedback from both teachers and students has been directly incorporated into the ongoing development of the feature.

Our MathCityMap team has already visited several schools to present the new feature live during workshops and to try it out together with students. In February, we were guests at the Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium in Eberbach, in March at the Martin-Luther-Schule in Herten and in Dublin at the Lycée Français International Samuel Beckett. A closer look at how such workshop days are structured will follow in a separate article – you can already find some first impressions on our Instagram account.

Positive feedback from schools
The response to the new feature has been consistently positive – from both teachers and students. The intuitive handling, the simple assignment of accounts, and the ability to independently create tasks are perceived as particularly helpful and motivating.

Have you already tried out the student-accounts or are planning to use them in your lessons? We would love to hear about your experiences, feedback, and suggestions – feel free to write to us!