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Derivita's Place in the Math Universe

January 4, 2022

Derivita’s aims to reshape online math courses


The co-founder of Instructure and co-creator of Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), Devlin Daley, and software engineer super star, Ryan Brown, came together to create a digital toolbox that would reshape the world of online math instruction. 


This toolbox is Derivita. 


Derivita is a powerful, intuitive, and user-friendly math assignment and assessment builder that integrates directly with your existing LMS.

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How we got here


In 2017, Devlin became increasingly aware that hundreds of U.S. K-12 and Higher-Ed institutions were struggling to adapt their math curriculum to digital learning environments. The existing online math software, tools, and question banks simply weren’t equipped to do what their teachers needed. Instead of improving the online math experience, these tools were hindering it. 


So Derivita was born with one mission in mind:
Make teaching and studying math easy.


Ryan stepped in to develop the technology to power Dervita’s
Assessment Assembly, custom question building, ever-growing Content Library, automated or manual instructor feedback system, Show Work feature, SpotCheck, and much more. 


Derivita has grown in the last five years to serve 56+ public and private K-12 systems and schools as well as Higher-Ed institutions with 96,600+ active users. But we’re just getting started. 


Check out our full story.


What a math tool should be


Derivita is frictionless. It seamlessly integrates with existing LMSs. It is device agnostic. It allows you to create aligned and standardized assignments and assessments with a growing content library or with customized tools. It allows students to show their written work without downloading anything. 


No extra softwares, no excessively long training or on-boarding processes, no spinning rainbows, no formatting formulas, or screams of frustration as you create an assignment. 


We make it easy. But that doesn’t mean we’re not here to support you. Derivita has an entire human team ready to support you and help from integration to creating textbook aligned assessments. 


It’s what online math instruction and assessment creation should have always been.


Looking to the future


Education is and should be an evolving industry, consistently adapting to both online and hybrid learning environments. Math instruction shouldn’t be left behind. 


With Derivita, it doesn’t matter if you are creating an
online algebra assessment that requires submitted images of written work or writing calculus homework assignments that can be completed and submitted within Canvas or with pen and paper in-person. Derivita exists as a tool to make your math instruction, online, hybrid, or in-person, convenient and engaging. 


Be a part of the evolution and schedule a personalized demo with us today.

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Additional Resources

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