Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Help with Our NMS Math Program: Digits

Help with

Please access the information below to assist with troubleshooting any issues you may be experiencing with our middle school mathematics program, digits. A variety of resources to assist you with digits can be found under the Nichols Middle School page, About Us, Mathematics, and then digits.

Should you require any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s mathematics teacher or Dr. Melanie Gates (email: melaniegates@middleboro.k12.ma.us or office phone: (774)766-6481).

Dr. Gates kindly put together these helpful hints. Please check them out and pass them around to anyone, who maybe experiencing any issues.

We are working on a "Technology Help Night" to assist NMS community members with the many technologies we utilize here at the Nichols: digits, Aspen, Google Apps, and Google Classroom. Day, date and time for event will be announced soon. Thanks.

Accessing digits


You can access digits through mymathuniverse.com/digitsSNP. Middleborough uses the SuccessNetPlus version and not the Realize version. Selecting the appropriate version is important.

Check Your System Requirements


Checking your system requirements can resolve and prevent issues with accessing digits outside of the school environment. If you are experiencing any type of issue, it is highly recommended to complete this step.


Once you click on Check your digits System Requirements, the next screen you are taken to will show the status of the required settings for your computer and this particular browser. If you use multiple browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Safari, etc.), please do this systems check on each browser you intend to use.


The following image is of the system check on the Chrome browser. Chrome has its’ own version Adobe Flash Player and therefore it will show as needing to be updated. You do not need to update Shockwave, Adobe Reader, or Java for the Chrome browser.

Enabling Flash in Chrome


If you need to enable Flash within Chrome, please follow the steps below.
  1. Select the customize and control icon on the right of the url bar in Chrome.
  1. Select Settings.
  1. Once you click Settings, a new tab will open to give you access to customize and control features of the Chrome browser. Scroll to the bottom and select advanced. This will make additional options appear.
  2. Select Content Settings.

  1. Under content settings, select Flash.
  1. Enable (slide the button to be blue)“Allow sites to run Flash” and disable (slide the button to be gray) “Ask First”. It should look as follows.