Learning to Use TinkerPlots

Learning to Use TinkerPlots

TinkerPlots Movies

The best first introduction to TinkerPlots is a five-minute movie called “TinkerPlots Basics.” You can view this movie by choosing TinkerPlots Movies from the Help menu. After you've watched this short introduction, you'll be ready to use TinkerPlots for most basic tasks.

Altogether, ten short help videos are available when you choose TinkerPlots Movies from the Help menu. These are:

TinkerPlots Basics

Adding Data

Making Common Graphs

Comparing Groups

Exploring Relationships 1

Exploring Relationships 2

Building a Data Factory

Simulating Group Differences

Probability Simulation

Creating Sample Spaces

We recommend returning to watch these movies after you’ve spent some time exploring TinkerPlots, perhaps by working through the tutorials.

TinkerPlots Tutorials

After you’ve watched the movie “TinkerPlots Basics” and perhaps also the movies “Adding Data,” and “Making Common Graphs,” and “Building a Data Factory,” you may wish to work through one or both tutorials. To access tutorials, choose TinkerPlots Tutorials from the Help menu.

TinkerPlots Terms

We also recommend that you read the section TinkerPlots Terms. Some of these terms, such as fully separated attribute, are unique to TinkerPlots.

TinkerPlots Website

The TinkerPlots Website provides activities, data sets, and more to help you use TinkerPlots in your classroom.