Diffit for Everyone

• Education
• Year 4

Diffit for Everyone

Create student activities for multiple reading levels. Diffit is an AI tool approved by the Boston Public Schools. It's great for review of a topic, a quick quiz or a comprehensive sub plan.

What subject(s) do you teach?

Launch the app

The easiest way to complete this tutorial is to start the Diffit app  in a separate tab. Answer the questions while you do the exercises. When possible, quiz questions are highlighted in this presentation.

Literally Anything

Let’s start here. 

You can type in a word, a phrase, a topic, or even a learning objective!

Let’s try one together and then you will try a few on your own.

Type the word “Mitosis” into the search bar.

For now, let’s stick with 5th grade level and English

Now click the Generate Resources button

What do you notice right away?
Is the app easy to use or difficult to navigate?

How many images could you choose from?

1. 3 - 5
2. 6 - 9
3. 10 - 15
4. 16 - 20

Where do these images come from? Name one source.

How many sources are used in the reading passage?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 5
4. 8

Why would you want to edit the sources?

How many vocabulary words does Diffit define for this reading passage?

1. 9
2. 7
3. 5
4. 3

Printable Activities

It is very easy to edit, create and share activities with students. For this practice activity, click “Printable Doc”

After looking over the printable doc, is the result something you could use in class? Why or why not?

How to use resources you have

Go back to the home screen on Diffit and click “Start New” in the top right

Copy the URL below into Diffit 

https://shorturl.at/qPlox

Choose an approximate reading level of 7th grade

How many paragraphs are in the reading passage?

1. 1
2. 7
3. 3
4. 5

How many paragraphs are in the reading passage if you adjust the length to ‘short’?

1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4

Check out a few different kinds of student activities. Which one do you think would work best for preparing students to learn more?

Adapt a reading passage

What if you find an article or a reading passage you want to share with students but you know it will be too hard for some of them to read in its original form? 

Either paste a chunk of text or upload a pdf for Diffit to adapt a passage.

Your Turn

Pick three different topics from your curriculum and try each one. 

Try a learning objective.

Try copying in some text you want students to read and then ask Diffit to generate questions/activities.

Play around with reading levels and sources. 

Try the translate function. Would that help some students access the curriculum?

What kinds of student activities work?

What topics worked best?

How will you use Diffit in the future?

Will you use Diffit in the future?

No

Probably not

Maybe

Probably yes

Definitely