News from the Nest

Keyboard shortcuts in the student courseware – News from the Nest

Written by Hawkes Learning | Nov 1, 2016 4:00:00 AM

At Hawkes, we want to make sure students are focusing on learning the content of your lessons, not on how to input their answers into our system.

When students are in the Practice and Certify modes, they have access to a keypad within the courseware.

The keypad is available to students; however, we also have keyboard shortcuts for inputting answers at learn.hawkeslearning.com. These shortcuts accommodate all students, especially those who have motor disabilities and cannot use a computer mouse to access the keypad.

Check out the available keyboard shortcuts below, and feel free to share with students! The shortcuts are also available on our support page.

 
 

Standard Symbols and Operations

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

Divided by

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  /

e

e

Exponent

Shift  +  6

Fraction

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  F
OR 
/

Log

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  L

Minus Sign

-

Natural Log

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  N

Plus or Minus

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  -

Plus Sign

Shift  +  =

Prime

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  '

Radical (nth root)

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  R

Subscript

Shift  +  -

Times Sign

Shift  +  8

Parentheses, Brackets, and Grouping Symbols

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

Absolute Value

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  \

Angular Braces

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  ,
OR 
Ctrl  +  Alt  +  .

Curly Braces

Shift  +  [
OR 
Shift  +  ]

Greatest Integer

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  [
OR 
Ctrl  +  Alt  +  ]

Interval Notation: Bracket – Parenthesis

Ctrl  +  [

Interval Notation: Parenthesis – Bracket

Ctrl  +  ]

Parenthesis

Shift  +  9
OR 
Shift  +  0

Square Bracket

[
OR 
]

Equality and Inequality

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

Equals Symbol

=

Greater Than Or Equal To Symbol

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  .

Greater Than Symbol

Shift  +  .

Less Than Or Equal To Symbol

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  ,

Less Than Symbol

Shift  +  ,

Not Equal to

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  =

Sets and Logic

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

Conjunction

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  A

Disjunction

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  O

Element of / Belongs to

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  E

Empty Set

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  O

Implies

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  I

Infinity

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  I

Intersection

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  U

Negation

Shift  +  `
OR 
Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  N

Set of All Complex Numbers

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  D
THEN
C

Set of All Integers

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  D
THEN
Z

Set of All Natural Numbers

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  D
THEN
N

Set of All Rational Numbers

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  D
THEN
Q

Set of All Real Numbers

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  D
THEN
R

Such That

Shift  +  \

Union

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  U

Greek Letters and Letter Symbols

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

a-naught

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  A

Alpha

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
A

Beta

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
B

d-bar

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  D

Lambda

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
L

Mu

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
M

Omega

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
W

p-hat

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  P

Pi

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
P

Sigma

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
S

Theta

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  G
THEN
Q

v-naught

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  V

x-bar

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  X

Trigonometry and Angles

Description Button Keyboard Shortcut

Cosine

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  C

Cosine Power

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  C

Degree

Ctrl  +  Shift  +  '

Sine

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  S

Sine Power

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  S

Tangent

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  T

Tangent Power

Ctrl  +  Alt  +  Shift  +  T