A short look at COGENT

Scene by scene: what the video shows, then what the narrator says.

1. 0:00

   On screen: The COGENT logo over a dimmed collage of site screens. Title: "COGENT. The online math course from Successful Mathematics."

   Narration: Meet COGENT, the online math course from Successful Mathematics.

2. 0:05

   On screen: "Every lesson taught. Every answer checked." A laptop shows a teacher's skills grid: students down the side, lessons across the top, each cell marked.

   Narration: It teaches every lesson, checks every answer, and shows teachers exactly where each student needs help.

3. 0:12

   On screen: "For students. Read it to me. Every word read as it is spoken." A lesson reading, "1.1d Expanded Form and Word Form", with the word being read highlighted.

   Narration: Every lesson starts with a short, clear reading, and a Read it to me button that reads it aloud, word by word.

4. 0:19

   On screen: "An animated video for every lesson." The lesson video plays on the lesson page: "Example 1: expanded form of 70,406".

   Narration: Then an animated video walks through the examples, step by step.

5. 0:23

   On screen: "Every answer checked, with the steps." A question asks for 5000 + 600 + 7 + 8. A wrong answer shows "Incorrect answer" with the buttons "Show me the steps" and "Ask AI Tutor".

   Narration: Practice checks every answer the moment it's given. When a student is stuck, Show me the steps walks them through it.

6. 0:30

   On screen: "Streaks, MathCoins and a course map." The 6th Grade course map, lessons joined as a path, beside the lesson video "1.1c Writing Numbers in Standard Form". The page header shows the streak and MathCoins.

   Narration: Streaks, MathCoins and a course map keep them coming back.

7. 0:34

   On screen: "A home page for every student. Built for each student." A younger pupil's home page with the illustrated guide Rae and a homework card, "1.1b Homework: The Value of a Digit".

   Narration: Every student gets a home page built for them. Younger students get Rae, an illustrated path, and plain words for why each step comes first.

8. 0:44

   On screen: "The reasoning with its numbers." An older student's home page with the week's totals, the next lesson and the reasons for it.

   Narration: Older students see the reasoning with its numbers, and college students see every course at once.

9. 0:50

   On screen: "It learns when they study." The home page on a phone, with the student's usual study time.

   Narration: It learns when each student likes to practice, and can send a reminder at that time.

10. 0:55

    On screen: "Every device, every theme." The home page on a phone ("Good morning, Jordan") and on a laptop, in different color themes.

    Narration: It fits a phone, a tablet or a computer, in every theme, and when today's work is finished, it says so.

11. 1:02

    On screen: "In the classroom. The whole class, one live game." The Arena host screen with a game code and a QR code. A phone that has joined says "You're in! Look at your teacher's screen."

    Narration: In class, launch Arena: a live math game your students join from any phone, with a code or a QR code.

12. 1:10

    On screen: "Every phone answers." The host screen shows a question about the number with prime factorization 7 squared times 2. The phone says "Waiting for others".

    Narration: Every phone answers, and the scoreboard updates live.

13. 1:14

    On screen: "End early, keep every result." The scoreboard on the host screen. The phone says "Game Over! Look at the big screen to see the podium."

    Narration: End a game early whenever you need to. The podium still shows, and every game is kept in Past Results.

14. 1:21

    On screen: "29 interactive labs. Built into homework, graded for you." A lab, "Lemonade mixer", with two cups and sliders for the amounts.

    Narration: 29 interactive labs are built right into homework, and graded for you.

15. 1:27

    On screen: "Draw, match, order, record." The teacher's Create Custom Question form, choosing a question type.

    Narration: Teachers can also write questions students answer by drawing, matching, ordering, or even recording a video.

16. 1:35

    On screen: "Mech Vector. Every shot is an equation." The Mech Vector board above a number line from 0 to 10. A shot clears the targets: "Mission complete".

    Narration: For practice that plays like a game, there's Mech Vector, a math strategy game included with every course, where every shot is an equation.

17. 1:44

    On screen: "The board grows with each student." A grid board with a highlighted row and column, the equation panel and a Go button.

    Narration: The board grows with each student. A 6th Grader starts on the first quadrant, with help for every row and column, and a Math 1 student aims across the whole plane.

18. 1:54

    On screen: "Board your mech, meet the crew." The pilot walks through the base and climbs into a mech.

    Narration: Students walk their base on foot and board their mechs in the garage, where the crew talk them through it.

19. 2:01

    On screen: "Earned by playing, never bought." The garage, with a mech on its pad.

    Narration: A guide shows each new step once, and every mech is earned by playing, never bought.

20. 2:06

    On screen: "Mech Vector adventures. Adventures with grid puzzles." A beacon at a desert outpost, a grid puzzle, and a mech being rebuilt.

    Narration: The first adventure flies them out to Waypoint Nine, where grid puzzles wake an old beacon, and ends with the first Surveyor rebuilt by hand.

21. 2:15

    On screen: "Race a line you write." A mech races along a track through gates.

    Narration: In race mode, they write their racing line as an equation, then race the crew and a friend's ghost.

22. 2:22

    On screen: "Friends only. No free-text chat. Teachers and parents can switch visits off." Players' characters meet on a round plaza.

    Narration: Friends meet in the plaza. It's friends only, with no free-text chat, and teachers and parents can switch visits off.

23. 2:30

    On screen: "Mech Vector for teachers. Teachers see every equation." The class settings for Mech Vector on the Schedule, then a scrolling list of the equations students fired in a match.

    Narration: Teachers can put a live match on the board, see the equations each student fired and how they fixed a miss, and choose how many rewarded missions a day.

24. 2:40

    On screen: "For teachers and parents. Grading that does itself." The Students page gradebook, each student with their grades.

    Narration: For teachers and parents, homework, quizzes and tests grade themselves.

25. 2:45

    On screen: "A whole term, planned in minutes." The Plan dates window for 6th Grade, open on the Schedule.

    Narration: On the Schedule, Plan dates lays out a whole term of due dates in minutes.

26. 2:49

    On screen: "Groups with their own dates." The Groups window on the Schedule.

    Narration: Give each group its own dates, and extra time where it's needed.

27. 2:54

    On screen: "Who needs you today." The Students page lists students with work due soon that they have not started.

    Narration: The Students page shows who has work due soon and hasn't started,

28. 2:58

    On screen: "Every skill, every student." The skills grid with a prerequisite check.

    Narration: and the skills grid shows who has mastered each skill, and who needs help.

29. 3:03

    On screen: "Fair tests, no camera needed. No camera, no lockdown browser." A test open in an ordinary browser.

    Narration: Tests stay fair without a camera or a lockdown browser.

30. 3:07

    On screen: "Their own questions, their own numbers." The same quiz on a phone and on a laptop, each asking about a different number.

    Narration: Quizzes and tests shuffle the questions, and many give each student their own numbers, so copying a neighbor doesn't help.

31. 3:14

    On screen: "The evidence, and a prove-it question." A fair-play report listing what was noted during a test, with buttons to send a question.

    Narration: A fair-play check shows you the evidence, and you can send a quick prove-it question with new numbers.

32. 3:21

    On screen: "Time limits and attempt limits." A quiz's settings on the Schedule.

    Narration: Time limits and attempt limits are built in.

33. 3:24

    On screen: "Make the course yours. Your version, still corrected." The list of courses, each with a button to make your own version.

    Narration: Make the course your own. Hide, reorder or add units, lessons and questions, and your version still receives every correction we make.

34. 3:33

    On screen: "Readiness checks and a weekly email." The Instructor Dashboard with the weekly email setting.

    Narration: A readiness check shows what each student already knows, and a weekly email keeps you up to date.

35. 3:39

    On screen: "For schools and districts. Seats and roster import." The Students page with the options to invite and import students.

    Narration: For schools and districts, there are student seats and roster import,

36. 3:44

    On screen: "Quotes, purchase orders and checks." The form to request a quote for a school or district.

    Narration: quotes, purchase orders and checks,

37. 3:46

    On screen: "Google, Microsoft, passkeys, LTI 1.3." The Instructor Control Panel's LMS Integrations page, with Canvas, Moodle and Blackboard.

    Narration: Google, Microsoft and passkey sign-in, and LTI 1.3 for your learning platform.

38. 3:53

    On screen: "For college students. College Algebra. From equations to matrices." The lesson video "8.1a Exponential Functions and Their Graphs", then the answer x = 4 marked Correct.

    Narration: And for college students, there's a full College Algebra course, from equations to matrices, with a video for every topic, and every answer checked the moment it's given.

39. 4:04

    On screen: "Inside COGENT": counters rise to 2,000+ lessons, 50,000+ practice questions and 1,000+ video lessons. "6th Grade through Math 3, and College Algebra."

    Narration: Inside, there are more than 2,000 lessons, more than 50,000 practice questions, and more than 1,000 video lessons, covering every course from 6th Grade through Math 3, and College Algebra.

40. 4:18

    On screen: "Books and training. A free day of training." The site's Essential Resources page.

    Narration: And with each class set of our printed books, your teaching staff gets a free day of professional development.

41. 4:25

    On screen: "Try COGENT. Free until December 6, 2026. Code on your NCCTM flyer, 6th Grade to Math 3." The sign-up page.

    Narration: NCCTM attendees can try COGENT free for 6th Grade through Math 3 until December 6, 2026, with the code on their flyer.

42. 4:36

    On screen: "Start today. successfulmathematics.com." The site's home page: "Master Math. Defy Limits."

    Narration: Start today at successfulmathematics.com.

43. 4:39

    On screen: Closing card: "COGENT by Successful Mathematics. Teach the skills. The results will follow.", a QR code that opens the website, and "successfulmathematics.com".

    Narration: Teach the skills. The results will follow.