--- title: Say Hello to your Moby Friends! description: Exciting news! MobyMax just released a brand new motivational tool called Moby Friends. Moby Friends are fun cartoons that follow students around as they work in the program. Have students click on the Moby Friends button in their student dashboards to get started. image: https://blog.mobymax.com/hubfs/MobyMax_Teachers_Register_Free2.png --- [![logo-mobyBlog@2x](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-mobyBlog@2x.png?width=325&name=logo-mobyBlog@2x.png)](http://www.mobymax.com) ![00276-_press_blog_1](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/00276-_press_blog_1.png?width=1210&name=00276-_press_blog_1.png "00276-_press_blog_1") ## Say Hello to your Moby Friends! Posted by [MobyMax](https://blog.mobymax.com/author/mobymax) on February 06, 2017 [![](https://assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png)](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://blog.mobymax.com/say-hello-to-your-moby-friends&media=http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/682121/MobyMax_Teachers_Register_Free2.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Exciting news! MobyMax just released a brand new motivational tool called **Moby Friends.** Moby Friends are fun cartoons that follow students around as they work in the program. Have students click on the Moby Friends button in their student dashboards to get started. ![MobyMax Friends 1.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resized-%20Moby%20Daily%20Challenges,%20Friends,%20Phonics,%20Sight%20Words/MobyMax%20Friends%201.png?width=518&height=465&name=MobyMax%20Friends%201.png) Students can **Choose** or **Build** their Moby Friends. Using the "Choose" option, students can pick from a ready-made list of friends. To select a friend, simply on the desired thumbnail. ![Moby Friends 2.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resized-%20Moby%20Daily%20Challenges,%20Friends,%20Phonics,%20Sight%20Words/Moby%20Friends%202.png?width=495&height=545&name=Moby%20Friends%202.png) On the "Build" screen, students can create an unlimited number of customized whale friends. Choose a color, a mouth, sunglasses, and a hat! Click the dice tab to create a random friend! ![Moby Friends 3.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resized-%20Moby%20Daily%20Challenges,%20Friends,%20Phonics,%20Sight%20Words/Moby%20Friends%203.png?width=518&height=475&name=Moby%20Friends%203.png) Students will see their new friends appear as they work in Moby.  ![MobyFriends4.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resized-%20Moby%20Daily%20Challenges,%20Friends,%20Phonics,%20Sight%20Words/MobyFriends4.png?width=518&height=469&name=MobyFriends4.png) A timer will appear in the upper-right hand corner of the Moby Friends screen informing students of how much Moby Friend time they have left. Once students run out of time, they won't be able to view, select, or create more friends until they do more work.  ![MobyMax Friends 5.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Moby%20Friends/MobyMax%20Friends%205.png?width=518&height=582&name=MobyMax%20Friends%205.png)  Of course, you can hide Moby Friends just like you can hide any other module in Moby. Just go to your settings! ![MobyMax Friends 6.png](https://blog.mobymax.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Moby%20Friends/MobyMax%20Friends%206.png?width=518&height=364&name=MobyMax%20Friends%206.png) Got a favorite Moby Friend? 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