Frequently asked questions

Accessibility

Choose Accessibility on the top right corner of the screen to change the display font size and background colour.  These settings will remain in place until you change them again. 

Accessibility options will not effect the display of individual exercises, diagnostic tests and resources.

Downloading packs of resources

Packs of resources may be downloaded as zip files.  The following packs are available :

• Engineering Maths First Aid Kit
• Quick Reference leaflets - All resources
• Quick Reference leaflets - Business resources
• Practice and Revision refresher booklets
• Teach Yourself booklets

Select Save to download the zip file to your computer.

How do I find resources ?

Find the mathematics resources most relevant to your needs by selecting from the menu buttons on the left:

• Course - select the course you are studying followed by the topic you need
• Topic - choose the topic you are interested in
• Resource type - choose a resource type and then select the topic you would like
• Let me choose- search for resources by entering keywords.  Search on a blank keyword to see a list of all resources for your chosen resource type.

Resources and materials may be filtered for students and/or staff when finding resources.

Resources from other projects and universities have been made freely available through the mathcentre site. Select Third party resources or Links to useful websites.

ActiveX

Some components of old mathcentre (such as the diagnostic tests) used ActiveX technology. All these components are now in Flash format making them platform/browser independent. Also, there is no need for ActiveX controls to be installed any more.

Exercises not responding ('freezing')

If you experience mathcentre exercises or diagnostic tests freeze and become non-responsive, please REFRESH the web browser and this should solve the problem.

Limiting your search results

Under “Let me choose”, all resource types have been selected by default. Select only the relevant green tick marks so the search will be limited to chosen resource types.

Updating links

If you are planning to update old mathcentre links to new mathcentre, a spreadsheet is available upon request (email: enquiries@mathcentre.ac.uk), which would  enable institutions who have hard coded links to specific resources to update their sites.

Videos, diagnostic tests and exercises

If you experience any problems in playing mathcentre videos, diagnostic tests or exercises, please check if you have Adobe Flash player version 10.0.32.18 (or higher) is installed.