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Ponder shows you how.
Every walkthrough in the app, written out step by step. Open one in the app and Ponder highlights each button as you go. Walkthroughs that create things can use practice mode, with sample data, so nothing real changes.
In the app, tap the question mark button at the top of any screen to see the walkthroughs for that screen and your Getting started checklist.
Start here
New to Ponder? A quick tour of the spaces and where help lives.
Find your way around Ponder
Pick a space, find help on any screen and start learning in the guided preview.
Learner
Learning a subject step by step, Ask Ponder, your avatar, Challenges and the Retro Arcade.
Work through a practice set, step by step
Pick a subject and a practice set, use the problem-solving steps and the hint ladder, and see how you went at the end.
Ask Ponder about a subject
Pick a subject (and a topic if you like), then ask your own question out loud or by typing.
Build your avatar
See how puzzle pieces unlock items, then change your avatar’s look.
Try a Challenge
Pick a subject and age band, then play a quick-fire round.
Unlock and play Snake
Earn Think Points to unlock the Retro Arcade, then start a time-limited Snake session.
Parent or carer
Your family space, your children, school links and homework.
- Practice mode available
Add a child and set up their avatar
Add a child to your family space with a first name, year level and an avatar.
- Practice mode available
Accept a school invitation
Open a school’s invitation link and connect your child’s school to your family space.
Set a family prize
Tie a real-world reward to Think Points or the weekly Quest.
- Practice mode available
Check homework
See the homework and tests your child’s class has been set, with due dates and instructions.
- Practice mode available
Start a gifted-pathway test
Start a next-year challenge for a child who finds their year too easy.
Teacher
Your class roster, parent invitations and homework.
- Practice mode available
Add students to your class
Add one student, or paste a whole list, to your class roster.
- Practice mode available
Invite a parent
Create a one-time invitation link so a parent can connect their child to your class.
- Practice mode available
Set homework or a test
Set homework, a test or practice for your whole class or one student.
School admin
Setting up your school, inviting teachers and verification.
- Practice mode available
Set up your school
Create your school, add its grades, then add classes with rooms.
- Practice mode available
Invite teachers
Invite teachers and school admins by email and assign their classes.
- Practice mode available
Check verification status
See whether Ponder has verified your school and what you can do while you wait.