Recent Enhancements to the DI System
The DI System continues to become faster, easier to use, and more powerful. These are some of the enhancements recently added:
- Upload a current student list anytime
- Option to include Pre-Kindergarten
- Customized mailing and data lists
- Flag Bilingual and ELD/ESL students
- MySchoolLocator totally redesigned
- Combination Class Calculator
- Beautiful printed maps
- SchoolInsite: user-friendly demographics by school
New DI System Interface Launched!
The new DI System is already in widespread use. You can now login and enjoy the features of the new interface. It is easier to use, faster and more elegant. To login, use the sidebar to the left.

New System Interface Features
In the new DI System, the number of clicks required to complete a task has been reduced even further.
The new version puts all the information-rich, feature-laden prowess of the DI system at your fingertips.
You will appreciate the ease and the quickness with which you can:
- Control which layers are displayed
- Control the Google background
- Zoom in using 'Rectangle Zoom'
- Create a Powerpoint slide
- Download a report to Excel
- Edit a shape
- Consider a boundary change
- Get multiple reports on the same shape
PLEASE NOTE: We will continue to support the original interface for some time, allowing clients to make the transition to the new version following a schedule that works for them.
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TRAINING ON THE NEW DI SYSTEM!
Training on the DI System is always on a no-cost basis to DI clients.
- Participate in a comprehensive, in-person 3 hour training scheduled in your computer lab for a minimum of 6 persons.
- Sign up for any 30 minute web-seminar training session designed to address a specific topic.
To request an in-person training, or to request or sign-up for a web-seminar session, please contact Pam Grossman. pgrossman@decisioninsite.com.
Web Seminar Schedule
New System Overview
A training designed to provide users training in initial uses of the DecisionInsite System inlcuidng basic navigation, student plotting, MySchoolLocator, the Efficiency Calculators, mapping tools and using the system to create presentation images.
Web Seminar Dates:
Time: 9:00 am
Advanced System Tools
Designed to assist users with basic proficiency in advanced applications including boundary analysis for closing/opening schools, market analysis for recruitment/recapturing enrollment prospects, understanding long-range forecasting including residential develoment, ethnicity trends analysis, advanced plotting strategies and census data integration.
Web Seminar Dates:
Time: 9:00 am
Web Seminars Scheduled Upon Request
(A Partial List)
New System Overview
Learn the ins and outs of the elegant new DI Interface, including navigation basics, plotting, reports, and shapes.
Boundary Change
Learn how use the DI System to examine the impact of possible boundary changes.
Open Enrollment & Out of District Enrollment
Learn how use the DI System to quickly examine Open Enrollment and Out of District Enrollment by school and district-wide.
Staffing, Combination Class and School Capacity Calculators
Learn how to use the DI System to save time and to develop 'what-if' scenarios using the Staffing, Combination Class and School Capacity Calculators.
Marketing Your Local Schools
Learn how to use the DI System to identify resident population being served outside the district, and to help develop a communication and marketing plan.
Open Forum/Advanced Topics
This session is designed for those wanting to explore in depth the power and rich feature set of the DI system. Please bring your top three questions and we’ll do our best to answer them.
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