Community reviews for Desmos

When I was in high school, I used Desmos, hence why I’m doing this review. I found Desmos to be extremely useful when taking calculus courses. Usually, our teacher would let us use one of the school’s graphing calculators during class, but we were not allowed to take them home to do homework assignments. Graphing calculators can be very expensive, and I could not afford one, so Desmos was a great, free tool to use. It’s easy to use and has many different features that can do pretty much anything that a physical graphing calculator could do.

Desmos is a very good resource not just for the students but for teaching as well. Desmos makes it easy to graph various things while on the internet without having to use a physical graphing calculator. This could be used in a classroom setting as it is much easier to share a screen / present the screen you are using Desmos with, rather than trying to show students a graph from a small calculator. Furthermore, the online tools of Desmos are very easy to use, easy to customize and you can toggle on and off various graphs as needed. This only adds to the ease of use of this platform. The keyboard tool on the bottom left of the graphing calculator is also incredibly useful since students might not remember all the functions they need to use when graphing, and this pop-up tool can help students input the graphs they need without manually typing each part of the equation. I think the one part of Desmos that I didn't like is the functions button. While this button is super useful since it expands into a large array of functions the students can use, it is sort of a hassle to scroll through all of the functions. Ultimately, I think the keyboard pop-up could be made bigger, to make more room for the functions to be placed out in the open, rather than sticking all of these functions into a separate interface the users have to scroll through. For reference, these two buttons I am referring to are the keyboard icon in the bottom left which opens an interface with various buttons to use to form an equation. Within this interface is another button called "Functions" which opens another interface that has over 20 other buttons which aid in making graphing equations as well, however, these buttons are more condensed, smaller, and the user has to scroll up and down to get to their desired function.

Overall, when I use Desmos, I use it for understanding equations that I am unable to picture in my head. This website allows me to picture multiple equations at the same time on the same graph, allowing me to understand and picture what the numbers mean from my paper. This feature allows me to explore and understand the relationships between different equations effectively.

Desmos was very helpful for me especially in higher level math classes like Calc 2 and Multivariable Calc. It make it easy to visualize mathematical concepts, equations, etc. that you might have trouble with. It also works pretty well as a free alternative to a graphing calculator. My only issue is that it can occasionally be a bit tricky to use, especially when you're trying it for the first time.

I believe that Desmos is a great teaching tool. Its accessibility and easy usage make the application an exceptional resource for students and teachers. I recommend the application to everyone.

Poor design.

Very useful for mathematical formulas, and for visualizing them.

Since this teaching tool is completely online, it's very accessible to students and all setup required is just going to the website. Rather than downloading a calculator so that I can display visuals of certain equations, I can put them up with ease. The tool is fast and streamlined but does take a bit of getting use to, to utilize it at its full potential. However, its still a great tool and worth it to learn as an educator, and to teach to students.

I believe that this tool makes it easier to show a visual perspective for mathematical concepts and how different types of equations look on the graph. I liked that it is an easy software to learn and utilize. It is also accessible for anyone to use and does not cost extra money, so students can use it as support when learning and completing classwork.

This app is very useful in both graphing information and helping people to visualize equations. Having students play around with this app can be a great way to show how changing certain variables like exponents and constants change the shape of equations. Desmos is great for both teaching about how graphing works, and collecting data to make graphs. There are many useful features, and some features that I haven't found an excuse to used yet (like the ability to transpose an image over the graph. Desmos is an amazing graphing tool.