<![CDATA[Gurindam, a two-line traditional Malay poetic form, conveys moral values and local wisdom but remains difficult for many university students to write. Preliminary assessment at the Indonesian Language Education Study Program of UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau showed that only 22.86% of students met the overall criteria for appropriate gurindam writing. This study aimed to develop Weebly-based digital teaching materials integrating Malay local wisdom and examine their validity, practicality, and association with students’ writing performance. The study employed Research and Development using the 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate). Fifty students were purposively selected from 102 students enrolled in the Malay Literary History course, while a separate group of 15 students participated in the limited trial. Data were collected through needs questionnaires, lecturer interviews, expert-validation sheets, practicality questionnaires, and pre-test and post-test writing tasks assessed with a validated rubric. Data were analyzed descriptively and through CVR/CVI, inter-rater reliability, paired-sample t-test, and N-gain. Results showed that 87% of students reported a high need for interactive digital materials. The product was rated highly feasible by experts (mean = 4.48/5; CVI = 0.94) and practical by students (91.2%) and lecturers (89.5%). Mean writing scores increased from 56.3 to 82.7, t(49) = -12.45, p < .001, with a medium N-gain (0.61). These findings indicate meaningful improvement during the eight-week implementation and support the feasibility of combining digital scaffolding and Malay local wisdom in traditional poetry instruction in higher education. Causal inference, however, remains limited by the absence of a control group within this context.]]>
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