What it is
Vault Viewer is Maths Vault’s classroom presenter. Each slide can hold a live vault resource — for example a textbook page or a quiz — so what appears on the projector is the working tool, not a screenshot of it.
Teachers move slide by slide (thumbnails, next/previous, keyboard shortcuts) and can project fullscreen from a browser.
What teachers can do vs what the public demo shows
| Public sample | Signed-in authoring | |
|---|---|---|
| Watch a lesson | Yes — the demo above | Yes — your own decks |
| Create or save slides | No | Yes, at /apps/vault-viewer/ |
| Embed live vault resources | As published in the sample | From your generated resources |
| Account | Not required | Required |
Compared with PowerPoint or SMART Notebook
Those tools export a file you project as pictures of a lesson. Vault Viewer is a browser application that can keep the underlying Maths Vault resource interactive on the board. It is not a Microsoft .pptx editor and it does not replace every feature of a SMART Notebook gallery.
Access
The sample lesson on this page is public on purpose, so search engines and AI crawlers can see what the product is. The creation interface remains behind login so generation APIs are not open to anonymous use.
Questions
Vault Viewer is Maths Vault’s lesson presenter: a slide deck that can embed live resources (textbook pages, quizzes and other vault tools) instead of static screenshots. Teachers author decks while signed in. A sample lesson is public and needs no account.
A PowerPoint or SMART Notebook file is usually a fixed image of a resource. Vault Viewer can show the live Maths Vault object on the slide, so a textbook page or quiz still works on the board. It is a web application, not a Microsoft Office file format.
Yes. It is designed for fullscreen projection from a browser. Controls stay available for next/previous and thumbnails. A public sample lesson can be opened full screen without signing in.
Not to watch the public sample. You need an account to create, save and present your own Vault Viewer lessons, and to use the rest of the teacher apps.
The public sample is free. Authoring is part of a Maths Vault teacher account. Free-tier and paid-plan limits are listed on membership plans; this page does not invent user counts or “unlimited for everyone” claims.