Big Ideas Math

Big Ideas Math homework, worked from Canvas

Big Ideas Math delivers assignments through the Big Ideas Learning platform, often linked into Canvas. Silent Student follows the link and works each problem in the answer box.

Math input entered as math, not text
Read back every answer checked
Tests proctored ones stay yours
Big Ideas
What it handles

Big Ideas Math, done for you.

Assigned exercises

Big Ideas assignments are sets of textbook exercises. The agent works them in order and checks each answer registered.

Math entry

The agent has built-in handling for the common web math editors (MathQuill and MathLive), so fractions and exponents go in as math.

Attempts follow your teacher

Your teacher decides how many tries each problem gets. The agent uses the attempts allowed and cannot take one back.

Linked from Canvas

Big Ideas Learning can be linked into Canvas. The agent follows the assignment link your teacher posted.

Every answer is read back

Typing an answer is not the same as the platform accepting it. After each entry the agent re-reads the live page, so an answer that did not take is caught and retried instead of counted.

Honest about what it finished

A run that turned the work in and saw the platform's confirmation says so. A run that saved some answers and then got stuck is reported as partial, with the remaining part named, never as done.

How it works

From open tab to submitted.

  1. 1

    Pick the assignment in Canvas

    Open the Silent Student desktop app, find the Big Ideas Math assignment in your Canvas course list, and queue it like any other.

  2. 2

    It opens Big Ideas Math from your course

    The app follows the assignment's link out of Canvas and lands in Big Ideas Learning. It does not ask for or type your password.

  3. 3

    It works the screen in front of it

    The vision agent reads each problem from a screenshot and the page's controls, enters the answer, and reads the page back before the next problem.

  4. 4

    It reports what really happened

    It uses the platform's own submit or completion control and marks the run confirmed only when the platform shows it. If it had to stop early, the log says which part is still yours.

Where it stops

What it won't do.

Big Ideas Math is mostly typed math. These are the exceptions.

No purpose-built solver, no published run yet

Big Ideas Math runs on the general vision agent, not a solver written for its interface, and we have not yet published a recorded run on it. Expect it to be less predictable than our dedicated platforms, and check the run log for what it did.

Graphing problems

Problems where you plot or draw on a graph are the hardest type for a screen-reading agent. Check those yourself.

Timed tests

The agent does not check for a timer, so don't queue a timed test you want to pace yourself.

Proctored tests are yours to take

Tests that run inside a lockdown browser or a proctoring tool need software the agent's browser does not run, so they do not open for it. Don't queue a proctored test; take it yourself.

Questions

Big Ideas Math FAQ

Yes. It uses the math editor on the page rather than plain text, so fractions, exponents and roots are entered as math.

Big Ideas Learning records your answers, attempts and time spent, and your teacher can see it. Silent Student does not hide, disguise or fake any of that. It runs in a normal browser on your computer, signed in as you, and whether using it is allowed is decided by your class or school policy.

Ordinary assigned quizzes are worked like homework. It does not check for a timer, and tests behind a lockdown browser are yours to take.

Any plan. Every plan includes the vision agent that works this platform; plans differ in monthly usage and in access to the advanced pro model. See the pricing page for details.

Big Ideas homework, done tonight

Queue the Big Ideas Math assignment from Canvas and check it in the morning.

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