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Academic Assistants

Active Learning Designer (opens in a new tab)

Create active learning activities for your class: games, card sorts, jigsaws and butcher's paper, with timed steps, printable cards and a built-in timer.

Assessment Builder (opens in a new tab)

Generate a complete, ready-to-issue assessment from one short course-context form.

Case Study Creator (opens in a new tab)

Get a discussion-ready case study — a realistic scenario, discussion questions that build in difficulty, and teaching notes — from a short course-context form.

Chatbot Assistant (opens in a new tab)

An AI chat built for university teaching: plan a class, chat about a PDF, rehearse a hard conversation with a student, or calibrate your marking. Chats saved.

Concept Mapper (opens in a new tab)

Create concept maps for university teaching: a focus question, labelled links and cross-links, three student versions, a drag editor, and Word or PDF export.

Desktop Simulator (opens in a new tab)

Create desktop simulations where teams take roles and make decisions as a scenario unfolds, with role cards, stage updates, a facilitator guide and debrief.

Exam Creator (opens in a new tab)

Write a complete exam paper with a marking guide and blueprint: multiple choice, short answer, extended response and scenario questions for university units.

Feedback Assistant (opens in a new tab)

Draft criterion-by-criterion feedback on student work against your own rubric and grade scale, build a reusable comment bank and see where your class struggled.

Hybrid AI Activator (opens in a new tab)

Design hybrid AI activities for university teaching: AI-integrated and AI-resistant stages, a student AI-use statement, checkpoints and find-the-flaw tasks.

Image Creator (opens in a new tab)

Create original pictures for university teaching, from lecture slides and case study scenes to handouts and LMS banners, with alt text written for you.

Learning Objectivator (opens in a new tab)

Create measurable university learning objectives with Bloom, SOLO and ABCD levels, plus assessment ideas and Word or PDF downloads.

Lesson Planner (opens in a new tab)

Turn a topic and a few learning outcomes into a full, outcomes-aligned session plan — structure, activities, timing, and assessment touchpoints included.

MCQ Maker (opens in a new tab)

Generates a set of well-written multiple-choice questions with an answer key and explanation of correct and incorrect responses.

Mind Mapper (opens in a new tab)

Turn a topic, your learning outcomes or a PDF reading into a clear, colour-coded mind map that shows students how the ideas in a topic connect.

OSCE Creator (opens in a new tab)

Design OSCE stations with candidate instructions, examiner marking sheets, simulated patient scripts, props and a station timer, for health education.

PDF Summariser (opens in a new tab)

Creates a clear, structured summary of an uploaded pdf - including overall theme, key takeaways, section summaries and questions for discussion.

Presentation Producer (opens in a new tab)

Create editable college teaching slide decks with activities, speaker notes, questions, and timing. Export to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Keynote.

Reference Finder (opens in a new tab)

Find real, published references for university teaching, with AI summaries, APA, Harvard or Vancouver formatting, and fully referenced articles you can trust.

Rubric Maker (opens in a new tab)

Generate a complete analytic marking rubric — criteria x performance-level descriptors — from a short course-context form

Student Chatbot Builder (opens in a new tab)

Build an AI chatbot for your students from your own unit material: a Q&A assistant, Socratic tutor or simulated patient. Share a link or embed it in your LMS.

Topic Explorer (opens in a new tab)

A teaching overview of any topic: key concepts, misconceptions, debates, teaching angles, discussion questions and real key readings for university teaching.

Unit Planner (opens in a new tab)

Plan a whole university unit: learning outcomes, a weekly teaching schedule, an assessment plan with weightings and an alignment matrix, ready to edit.

Viva Voce Creator (opens in a new tab)

Create viva voce exams and authenticity checks: an examiner script, timed questions with probes, model answer points, parallel sets, a rubric and marking sheet.

Worksheet Generator (opens in a new tab)

Printable student worksheets with a full answer key: short answer, fill in the blanks, matching, worked problems, mini cases and more, for university teaching.