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Scibly is primarily a worksheet creation tool. It works like a simple text editor, with one key difference: you can add many different types of content to your worksheet, move them around, and edit them easily. ✏️

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Editing tools

There are two tools you should know to build any worksheet.

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The / menu and commands

This is the easiest way to add new content.
  • Typing / opens a menu with block types — all available content options in Scibly. As you try it out, you’ll quickly see which combinations work best for different task formats.
  • You can also type / followed by a block type directly to add it faster, for example /heading, /inline equation.

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Selection menu

The selection menu appears when you highlight text in your worksheet.
  • Use it to change the formatting of selected text.
  • You can also convert text into other content types.

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Arrange and edit content

Every content block in Scibly (including single lines of text) can be moved by drag and drop within your worksheet. Hover over a block and use the icon shown on the left edge to move it. Blue guide lines show where the block will be inserted when you drop it.

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Markdown and shortcuts

While writing:
  • Wrap text with ** to make it bold.
  • Wrap text with * to make it italic.
  • Wrap text with ` to create inline code.
At the beginning of a new line, you can use:
  • Type *, -, or + followed by a space to start a bullet list.
  • Type 1. (or any number + dot + space) to start a numbered list.
  • Type # followed by a space to create an H1 heading.
  • Type ## for an H2 heading and ### for an H3 heading.
  • Type > followed by a space to create a blockquote.

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Smart Editor

Scibly’s Smart Editor automatically converts simple keystrokes into cleaner typography and symbols, so your text looks polished right away. What the Smart Editor recognizes:

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Punctuation and quotes

  • -- becomes an em dash —
  • ... becomes an ellipsis …
  • Straight quotes like "Hello" or 'word' are converted into proper typographic quotes: “Hello” and ‘word’

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Arrows

  • <- becomes ←
  • -> becomes →

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Symbols and characters

  • (c) becomes ©
  • (r) becomes ®
  • (tm) becomes ™
  • (sm) becomes ℠
  • +/- becomes ±
  • != becomes ≠

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Common fractions

  • 1/2 becomes ½
  • 1/4 becomes ¼
  • 3/4 becomes ¾

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Special characters

  • << becomes «
  • >> becomes »
  • 2*3 or 2x3 becomes 2×3 (proper multiplication sign, works with any numbers)

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Superscript numbers

  • ^2 becomes ²
  • ^3 becomes ³