MathsOnline

MathsOnline is an online math tutoring program for school students from Kindergarten to Year 12, published by Mathematics.com.au Pty Limited, the company named in the site's copyright line. It belongs on the learner side of this directory: a student works through video lessons and practice at home, while a parent or teacher follows progress from a separate login. The home page calls it "Australia's #1 Online Maths Teacher" and opens with three promises: kids learn "at their own pace, not somebody else's," the program is "Great for catch up, for keeping up, and for moving ahead," and students can "Start getting better marks now." The site serves three groups, with Student, Parent and Teacher logins, and has a dedicated page for homeschooling families.

How the program works

Every topic runs through the same four parts, which the site names Video Tutorials, Interactive Questions, Worksheets & Solutions, and Reports.

The video tutorial carries the teaching. The site describes clear, spoken explanations that are short, engaging and to the point, and argues that children learn faster "by seeing and hearing at the same time." A student can pause, rewind or repeat a lesson until the idea lands, which the homeschool page puts in terms parents will recognize: children can "stop and rewind the teacher," and "the teacher never gets annoyed or frustrated with them." The videos are also pitched for catching up on lessons a child missed at school or did not fully understand the first time, and for learning at home in the student's own time, away from classroom pressure.

Interactive questions come next and test how well the video lesson was understood. Feedback is immediate, the difficulty rises to match the student's progress, and answers are automatically marked and recorded. The site stresses the size of the question bank, a "Huge variety of questions," which it says also makes this part useful for quick revision before a test. It frames the questions as kinesthetic learning, the student actually doing the math rather than only watching it.

Worksheets & Solutions move the work onto paper. MathsOnline encourages traditional pen-and-paper practice because, as the site puts it, setting work out in clear, logical steps is an essential skill for top marks in written tests. Each worksheet comes with worked solutions a student can learn from when they get stuck. Worksheet results are marked and recorded too, and a student can save progress and come back later.

Reports close the loop. They give ongoing progress reports that point to weaker areas needing further study, so the adult following the student can see at a glance where more review is needed. Every lesson is recorded with its results stored, and the reports show when the student passed, the score, and how much time and effort went in, in what the site calls "Detailed, easy-to-understand statistical information."

Coverage and access

A subscription gives "unlimited access to all lessons, from K-12." The homeschool page lists each level in turn: Kindergarten, then Year 1 through Year 12. That single span is the product's main structural point. A family with one child in the early primary years and another near the end of secondary school can use the same program, and a student who finds a gap in an earlier year's work can go back to that year's lessons instead of looking for a separate product. Moving ahead works the same way in the other direction, which is how the site's "moving ahead" promise plays out in practice.

Beyond the lesson sequence, the site links to areas called Speed Skills, Times Tables and Swap Pieces, and it offers a video demo of the program and a set of video testimonials for anyone who wants to see a lesson before signing up.

Homeschooling

The homeschool page is the most specific page on the site. Under a list of top benefits for homeschooling parents, introduced with "Not what we say, what parents tell us," it names a dramatic lift in the child's confidence and attitude, lessons that are short and to the point, learning at the child's own speed, improved math results "using multi-sensory methods which ensure retention," detailed progress reports, and "a whole lot less stress when it's maths time for both parents AND kids." The arrangement it describes is a division of labor: the video teacher does the explaining, the questions and worksheets do the practice and marking, and the parent reads the reports to decide what to revisit.

Price and trial

The homeschool page shows "$198.50 for your Whole Family" beside a "Save $198.50" line. The offer is worded for the whole family rather than per child, but the page does not say what billing period the figure covers. The home page carries no price at all and sends students, parents and teachers to a Join Now button.

The site offers a free trial, which the homeschool page describes as a "FREE 2 Week Trial of MathsOnline." The sign-up form asks you to pick student, parent or teacher, then for a first name and email address, and the trial login details arrive by email. The form's consent line covers both the login details and "news & specials from MathsOnline." The homeschool page tells parents they will "start seeing results as early as the very first lesson," which a 2 week trial gives a family room to test against their own child.

Teachers and support

Teachers have their own login and sign-up, the trial form accepts them, and the site publishes a Teachers' User Guide, so a teacher can set students up and follow their results rather than only recommend the program to families. The site has a For Teachers section next to For Parents.

For help, the site has a Support / Contact Us section, and the footer gives a 1300 phone number for MathsOnline.

Who it suits

MathsOnline fits families who want one program to cover the whole of school math, from Kindergarten to Year 12, with the teaching done on video and the marking done automatically. Homeschooling parents get the closest fit, since the site addresses them directly, and the whole-family offer suits a household with several children at different levels. Students who missed lessons, lost track of a topic in class or want revision before a written test can use the video, question and worksheet cycle to rebuild a topic from the start, and students who are ahead can work past their current year. Teachers who want a video resource with its own teacher login can sign up separately.

It is a weaker fit for a student who wants a live tutor: the "teacher" here is a recorded video, and questions come back as automatic marks rather than a conversation. A computer and internet connection are needed for the lessons, even though the worksheets go onto paper. And a parent comparing costs gets a single family figure on the homeschool page without a billing period, so the trial and the Join Now page are where the rest of the terms have to be read.