For teachers

Keep setting homework the way you already do. Margin does not replace Google Classroom, Teams, your school's VLE or a printed sheet. It adds a homework pack: a short link and code that takes students straight to the parts of Margin that help with that homework, as a checklist they can tick off.

A pack takes about a minute to make, and students need no account to use it.

Making a pack#

Go to Homework packs and choose New pack.

1. Title and homework. Paste the homework as you set it, for example Ex 4B Q1–12 (integration by parts), Paper 3 2023 Q5. References such as exercise numbers and past paper questions are fine; the topic words are what Margin uses, so include them if the reference alone does not say what the questions are about.
2. Course and due date. Picking the course keeps suggestions to that syllabus. If you leave it, Margin guesses from the text (P1, Mechanics, "A2 Chemistry", "Paper 3") and offers to set it. The due date is optional.
3. Suggestions. As you type, Margin suggests the notes and specific sections the homework is about, worked examples from those notes, a flashcard deck built from their definitions, and graphs to explore in the grapher. A note or section named word for word in the homework comes first. Add them one at a time or with Add all.
4. Search to add. Search any note or section to add it. Type a function such as y = x^2 - 4x + 3 to add a graph of it.
5. Arrange. Drag items, or use the arrows, to put them in the order students should use them. Remove anything you do not want, and add a short note to any item, such as "Read before Q5".
6. Publish. You get the link and code at once.

Suggestions are matched in your browser against the notes, sections and examples on Margin, so they are fast, free and predictable. Nothing you type is sent to an AI service.

Sharing it#

After publishing, the pack page gives you:

• Copy link, to paste anywhere.
• Copy for Classroom or Teams, which copies a ready post: the title and due date, one line saying what the pack contains, the link and the code.
• QR code, with a print layout for paper homework sheets.
• The code itself (six letters and numbers). Students can type it at /h on Margin.

You can edit a pack at any time; students with the link see the change straight away. Duplicate for another class makes a copy with its own link, so each class's numbers stay separate. Archive keeps the pack readable but stops counting, and an archived pack can be deleted.

What students see#

The pack opens as a calm checklist: your title and note, the homework as you set it, then each item with your note under it. Each item opens in the Margin workspace at the right place: a note scrolled to its section, a worked example, the flashcards, or the grapher with the functions already plotted. Students tick items off as they go. Add to my planner spreads the notes over the days before the due date, with a hand-in reminder on the day.

Ticks are saved on the student's device, or to their account if they are signed in.

What you can see#

For each pack you see how many devices opened it and how many finished it, and how many ticked each item. These counts are anonymous. Each device keeps a random token, and the server stores only a one-way hash of that token with the pack, so a count cannot be linked to a person or across packs. No names, email addresses or accounts are recorded.

Seeing names#

Many students are under 18, so names are off by default. If you turn on Let students share their name with you, the pack tells students clearly that you have asked, and students who are signed in can choose to share a name with you, together with their ticks. Sharing is always the student's choice, they can stop at any time, and turning the setting off deletes the names already shared.

Accounts#

Publishing a pack needs a Margin account, so every public pack has an owner, and only that owner can edit, archive or delete it. You can start a pack signed out; the draft is kept on your device while you sign in.

See Privacy and data for how Margin stores data in general.