Five NEW Reasons To Try Diffit For Teachers

@LisaBerghoff

* I wrote my first  post about Diffit last September, you can read it here. This is an update on what is new with Diffit as of summer 2025. 

I have a problem with summer. 

Ok, that's not really true. I LOVE summer. What I have a problem with is that all of the edtech companies roll out their new features and updates over the summer. The result is that when we come back to school, the tools that we know and love, that we count on to be there for us, are often changed. I know, the next question to be asked is- If not over the summer, then when? Obviously there is no good answer to this. Also, the shiny newness of the school year makes some of this frustration go away. It just feels like a lot all at once, especially when the changes are substantial.

Also, I will admit that sometimes those changes and updates are welcome, like when the companies are making changes based on feedback from teachers.  That is my feeling about the updates that have been rolled out for Diffit For Teachers, an AI powered tool that is designed to help make learning more personalized for your students. Diffit is a tool that I love sharing because it aligns so beautifully with the Universal Design For Learning framework. In UDL, one of the core principles is to design multiple means for students to connect to content, take in and make meaning of content, and to show us what they know. 

Diffit continues to be my go-to for generating quick learning activities for my students in ways that don't require AI prompt writing and iterating. 

Here are five Diffit updates and reasons to try Diffit if you haven't already.

1. Everything is now in one place:

You now have the ability to add, edit, and organize student activities without switching views. You can also switch from one learning activity to another easily. This streamlines how you create materials and activities for your students. 

2. Use AI to modify the reading length with more specifity:

Sometimes the outputs that we get with AI are way to short for the needs of our students. Especially as we are encouraging them to persevere and work through challenging material. 

Now, you can choose between short, medium, and long passages. These are noted by the number of paragraphs. There is also the ability to state exactly how long you want it by clicking on Custom and specifying how long you would like it to be.

3. Use AI to modify content:

In addition to translating and changing the length, you now also have the ability to modify the reading content without rewriting everything yourself. When you click Modify Reading, you have the option to include more detail, remove information, rewrite the material with specific vocabulary words, or you can customize how you want the reading to be modified. 

4. Options in reading type and format: 

In all fairness, this update may not be so new but it's pretty new to me so I'm sharing it. 

When you are creating content, you can choose informational or fictional text. You can also select if you want the resources to come out in a Google doc format or slides. The Google docs format is also new and improved and so simple to use. This will work for any of the learning activities you choose.

5. New standards added, including WIDA:

Diffit continues to add standards with which you can align your content in seconds. How did we do this before we had this technology? You can choose up to 3 standards or skills and Diffit will create materials that are aligned. It's exciting to see that the WIDA standards have been recently added. If you are using standards that you don't see here, please reach out to me and I'm happy to contact the nice people at Diffit. They are really working hard to make sure this tool is helpful.

How will you use Diffit this school year? Want some help getting started? Feel free to reach out to me for more information.