TpT Digital Activities

TpT has a digital overlay feature! I have been busy adding the overlay to a bunch of products. To be fair, this feature has been available for a while, but I wasn't sure it would work with puzzle products. But then I got a review from a teacher who said they had used one of the puzzles digitally. I mulled it over for a while, then checked it out and realized that it can work! Not for everything, mind you, but for many things! 

So here is an example of the Crytpo-Riddles product with a digital overlay. This one in particular is Crypto-Riddles Subtraction. When you buy this product you get a PDF with 22 puzzles included and answer keys. Each page has 2 puzzles on it. You cut them in half so that your kids don't get overwhelmed with too much math practice at once! 

You also get the digital overlay included with the PDF! This allows you to assign any of the pages to your students to work on. Since it is built over the PDF, you will get 2 puzzles per page. But if you only want to assign one at a time, you can use the edit features to put a white box over the puzzle you don't want to assign at that time. TpT is allowing for a lot of flexibility with this feature! You can see above what the screen will look like for a student who is solving the puzzle. I like how these half sheets fit on the screen nicely without having to scroll. Students will have access to text boxes, pens, highlighters, and shapes. They can use these freely on the page, but they cannot delete whatever formatting is already in place. 

I sat in on a webinar explaining the features of this new TpT feature. It was very informative. You can watch it on youtube here, if you are interested.

So far, I have created overlays for Crypto-Animals, Crypto-Dinos, and Geometry Puzzles. I have added it to two Spanish puzzle products, Zoo #1 & School Supplies. And I am currently working on getting them added to all the Crypto-Riddles products. With these, I am also giving them a major facelift. They are some of the first products I made when I joined TpT, and I thought they could use an update! So those are taking a bit longer to complete. 

On a side note, I am also currently updating all the Winter puzzle packs. When those are done, I will create a grade 6 pack to go with it. I recently finished Fall and made a grade 6 pack for that too! I am working on updating all the seasons puzzle packs as they are a bit out-of-date as well. These puzzles wont have overlays as they are designed to be printed as little books. There are also a number of puzzles that just wouldn't work digitally, like coloring pages and such.

Hope your holidays are joyous and safe!