Learning Center > Using Sketchpad > Getting Started Tutorials

## Welcome Videos

- Sketchpad Snapshots
- The Big Picture
- What's New in Sketchpad 5

## Using Sketchpad

- Getting Started Tutorials
- Sketchpad Tips
- Reference Center
- Online Resource Center
- Sketch Exchange
- Sketchpad Explorer for the iPad

## Teaching with Sketchpad

- Why Teach with Sketchpad
- Sketchpad in the Classroom
- First Steps
- Sample Activities
- Sketchpad LessonLink
- Training

- - plays a video
- - opens a web page

# Getting Started Tutorials

Each tutorial will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes to complete. Beside some tutorial steps you will find a "light bulb" icon to indicate there is a big idea embedded in this step. Roll over the icon with your cursor to reveal the big idea.

Roll over the images below to see the specific Sketchpad skills that are taught in each tutorial.

Constructing Triangles
Properties of Shapes
Angles in a Triangle
Perimeter and Area
Dynamic Algebra
Rotations and Symmetry
Translations and Reflections
Constructing Squares
Pythagorean Theorem
Twist and Shrink
Sine Wave Tracer
Tracing the Slope Function