Learn More About DiGIMS Online

DiGIMS Online, a web-based subscription service, is a differentiated instruction management system for the teacher that provides a quick and efficient way to assess students on state writing standards.

DiGIMS Online allows you to assess student writing “pen free.”

Assess student writing by simply clicking on the prompted areas of DiGIMS Online.

After completing DiGIMS Online’s quick and easy assessment, DiGIMS Online provides numerous valuable resources and reports including:

   
  • Individualized Self-Edit Reports
  • Individualized Student Growth Reports
  • Individualized Review & Practice Reports
  • Individualized Scored Rubrics
  • Class Alerts (Informs you when a writing skill needs to be addressed with your entire class.)
  • Cumulative Class Assessment Reports
  • Cumulative Class Growth Reports
  • Copies Needed Reports (when using differentiated writing worksheets)

With DiGIMS Online, you are not required to scramble for computer lab time for your students.  Students can compose, edit, and revise in class, at home, or in the lab.  Handwritten or typed, essays are turned in to you and you complete the quick and easy assessment with DiGIMS Online.  DiGIMS Online allows for essays that are created with a word processor as well as those that are handwritten in a classroom setting that emulate the standardized testing environment.

DiGIMS Online maintains your freedom in creating writing assignments.  Writing assignments are not limited to the five-paragraph essay.  Assignments can be as short as one paragraph or as long as you desire the writing to be.  You can also use any writing prompt to maintain in-depth writing assignments. 

DiGIMS Online can provide a management system for differentiated instruction that works with your existing composition and grammar materials.  There is no need to purchase new materials with DiGIMS Online.  Any text, worksheet, or website you already use will supplement DiGIMS Online.   DiGIMS Online references your class materials to provide individualized instruction.

Since you – not artificial intelligence – determine the number of writing skills assessed, regular education students as well as special needs students are at ease with the DiGIMS Online process.  The individualized Self-Edit reports are simple and easy to read, and the automatic “chunking” of the DiGIMS Online process can meet modification requirements of many special needs students.  DiGIMS Online’s individualized growth reports also provide special education case managers with valuable data which can be included in IEP development.  

DiGIMS Online is not an artificial intelligence program that provides computer generated assessment.  DiGIMS Online preserves the need for the human element in writing assessment.  Students are able to write for an authentic audience, rather than a computer program, and receive valuable feedback on writing content as well as conventions.