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Care · Delight · Evidence

Built for
My Students

The apps I build and use in my own university courses, so students know I care, enjoy the material, and show me how they are thinking, not just what they scored.

40+

Apps Built for My Courses

16+

Years of Design Experience

2K+

Projects Completed

100+

Faculty & TAs Trained

; Why I Build ;

Care · Delight · Evidence

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.

First delight, then instruct.

My teaching philosophy, in teaching order. Every app here has one main job, and each job is a step.

; Spotlight ;

Flagship Apps

In teaching order: apps that show students I care, apps that make the material a delight, and apps that make learning visible.

PostScript

PostScript

My most impactful app: a personal letter from me to a student, with an encouraging word and a design of their own, so each one knows someone noticed their work and their effort.

MoodPulse

MoodPulse

A quick class check-in on how students are feeling, so I know how the room is doing week to week and can follow up with care before a grade ever shows a problem.

Ovation

Ovation

Applause for every voice in the room. I log participation and attendance in seconds (an answer, a sharp question, helping a peer), students see their contributions celebrated, and I can spot the quiet student or the empty seat early enough to reach out.

AURA

AURA

My most buzzed-about app: a strategy simulation where students steady a campus biosphere through sustainable choices, and learn Earth Systems science because they want to win.

Scientific Method Explorer

Scientific Method Explorer

A guided adventure through the scientific method: students form their own hypotheses and test them, so science feels like discovery, not steps to memorise.

OBSIDIAN

OBSIDIAN

Assessment that rewards judgement: a multi-phase exam that separates recall from critical thinking and records how each student worked, at the marking cost of an essay.

STRATA

STRATA

My most powerful tool yet: the course command centre for GENV 121, with knowledge checks, study sessions and reading progress that show me how students are studying, not just what they scored.

Tidewater

Tidewater

My most immersive game: students plan the city of Barlow's climate adaptation from 2027 to 2070, and every decision leaves a record of how they reasoned.

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; Faculty Ready ;

Classroom Utilities

Small tools any instructor can use tomorrow. They support all three steps.

University Exam Timer

Faculty Ready2024

University Exam Timer

A dynamic exam timer designed for universities, offering real-time countdowns, scheduled instructor notes, and a high-contrast display for projectors.

ClassSpin

ClassSpin

Built for university lectures, ClassSpin drives equitable engagement with specialized wheel types for cold-calling, prompts, and roles.

Vector

Vector

A comprehensive academic utility suite with advanced calculators, unit converters, and physics references.

; ALL THE APPS ;

Every App, By Purpose

Each app is grouped by its main job. If it records how students think, decide or study, it sits under Evidence, even when it is also fun.

Meet

Meet

Office hours without the awkward email. Students book a time with me in a few clicks, get a confirmation they can reschedule or cancel, and I see each student's history before we talk, so no one has to ask twice for help.

Office HoursBookingCalendarStudent Support

My Research Journey

My Research Journey

My research talk, turned into a live experience: word clouds, polls, sorting rounds and guessing sliders on every phone, following the atmosphere from climate change in Lagos to northern peatland carbon sinks. Anonymous and fun, so the room is part of the story.

Live TalkAudience ResponseClimateAtmosphereResearch

Ovation

Ovation

Applause for every voice in the room. I log participation and attendance in seconds (an answer, a sharp question, helping a peer), students see their contributions celebrated, and I can spot the quiet student or the empty seat early enough to reach out.

ParticipationAttendanceRecognitionTeamsInsights

ClassSpin

Classroom Utilities

ClassSpin

Spin wheels for fair cold-calling, prompts, roles and groups, so participation feels transparent and every student gets a turn.

LectureParticipationGroupsFairness

Tidewater

Tidewater

My most immersive game: students plan the city of Barlow's climate adaptation from 2027 to 2070, and every decision leaves a record of how they reasoned.

Narrative GameClimate AdaptationDecision Record

AURA

AURA

My most buzzed-about app: a strategy simulation where students steady a campus biosphere through sustainable choices, and learn Earth Systems science because they want to win.

SimulationStrategyBiosphereSustainability

SyllaBrief

SyllaBrief

A syllabus turned into a space mission. Students enter their course access code and unlock five stages, from course essentials and the grading scheme to policy scenarios and the term schedule, before the full syllabus opens. Missions run in three of my courses.

SyllabusGameMissions

PostScript

PostScript

My most impactful app: a personal letter from me to a student, with an encouraging word and a design of their own, so each one knows someone noticed their work and their effort.

Personal NotesEncouragementScriptureLetters

Chidera - Off Script

Chidera - Off Script

An interactive storybook that follows Chidera through faith, failure and transformation, with reflective journaling that invites students to bring their own story to the page.

StorybookFaithReflectionJournaling

Good Student Notebook

Classroom Utilities

Good Student Notebook

A 50-page fillable digital notebook built on the Cornell method, to help students take notes they can actually study from.

NotebookCornell MethodStudy Skills

Gamified Hydrosphere Quiz

Gamified Hydrosphere Quiz

A gamified tour of Earth's water system, from oceans to groundwater, built to make the hydrosphere stick.

HydrosphereWaterQuizGamification

Urban Air Pollution Flashcards

Urban Air Pollution Flashcards

Flip through real examples of air pollution in Canadian cities, so a big global issue becomes local and memorable.

Air PollutionCanadaFlashcards

Climate Conversation Challenge

Climate Conversation Challenge

Practise a productive climate conversation with Alex, a sceptical neighbour. Students learn to listen, respond with evidence and keep the relationship intact.

ClimateDialogueRole PlayCommunication

Eco Quiz Challenge

Eco Quiz Challenge

A light environmental quiz that gets students talking about sustainability and testing what they know.

EnvironmentSustainabilityQuiz

Solar System Adventure

Solar System Adventure

An adventure across the Solar System that makes planetary science feel like exploration rather than a list to memorise.

SpaceSolar SystemAdventure

Scholarships Navigator

Student Pathways

Scholarships Navigator

Helps students find and navigate scholarships with clarity and speed, so funding is not the reason someone gives up.

ScholarshipsFundingNavigator

PhD Career Guide

Student Pathways

PhD Career Guide

A career companion for PhD students navigating opportunities across Canada, the US and the EU.

PhDCareersAcademia

Career Path Finder

Student Pathways

Career Path Finder

A guided career finder for high school and undergraduate students, matching interests to paths worth exploring.

CareersGuidanceStudents

Geography Careers

Student Pathways

Geography Careers

A hub connecting Geography and Environmental Science students with careers, practitioners and next steps beyond the degree.

CareersGeographyMentorship

Random Name Picker

Classroom Utilities

Random Name Picker

A quick, fair name picker for class participation or draws, with enough flair to make the moment fun.

ClassroomRandomParticipation

University Exam Timer

Classroom Utilities

University Exam Timer

A projector-ready exam timer with live countdowns and scheduled instructor notes, so exam rooms run calmly.

ExamsTimerProjector

Science & Faith Discussion Hub

Science & Faith Discussion Hub

A respectful space for students to explore how scientific discovery and faith meet, hearing perspectives different from their own and knowing their questions are welcome.

ScienceFaithDiscussionBelonging

Faith & Reason Flashcards

Faith & Reason Flashcards

Interactive flashcards on Ian Barbour's four ways science and faith relate, for GENV 121 students to master a framework they will use in discussion.

FlashcardsScience and FaithGENV 121

Common Sense

Common Sense

Students judge the reliability of real sources with a clear rubric and show their reasoning, which is exactly the skill AI makes more important.

Media LiteracySource EvaluationRubricReasoning

Scientific Method Explorer

Scientific Method Explorer

A guided adventure through the scientific method: students form their own hypotheses and test them, so science feels like discovery, not steps to memorise.

Scientific MethodReasoningInquiry

SDG Quest

SDG Quest

A game on the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Global Environmental Issues, turning seventeen goals into challenges students want to solve.

SDGsSustainabilityGame

Geologic Time Explorer

Geologic Time Explorer

Earth's deep history on an interactive timeline, with short reflections that help students hold 4.6 billion years in their heads.

Geologic TimeTimelineReflection

Ice Age Explorer

Ice Age Explorer

A journey through the last 110,000 years of Earth's climate, built so students can see ice ages come and go and ask why.

Ice AgeClimate HistoryExploration

GeoQuest

GeoQuest

A quick, playful quiz on the core ideas of GENV 131 Unit 1, so students check their understanding and feel ready.

GeographyQuizGENV 131

Litho Learn

Litho Learn

A pocket guide to geology, from weathering to plate tectonics, designed for students to explore on their own time.

GeologyRocksTectonicsSelf-paced

Terra Quest

Terra Quest

Short quests through Earth science that reward curiosity, so students explore the planet one discovery at a time.

Earth ScienceQuestsExploration

BioSphere

BioSphere

Ecosystems and biogeography to explore rather than memorise: students move through biomes and processes at their own pace and come away curious.

EcosystemsBiogeographyExploration

Atmosphere Challenge

Atmosphere Challenge

A gamified climb through Earth's atmospheric layers, with challenges, streaks and live scores that make students want to reach the top.

AtmosphereChallengesStreaksGamification

StreamLearn

StreamLearn

Stream erosion flashcards for GENV 121 with points and streaks, so a tricky topic becomes a daily habit students actually enjoy.

FlashcardsStreaksGeomorphologyGENV 121

Class Challenges

Class Challenges

A class-wide competition with team chat, so students review course concepts together and cheer each other on instead of studying alone.

TeamsCompetitionGroup ChatReview

MoodPulse

MoodPulse

A quick class check-in on how students are feeling, so I know how the room is doing week to week and can follow up with care before a grade ever shows a problem.

Check-insClass PulseClassroomWellbeing

Vector

Classroom Utilities

Vector

An academic utility suite with calculators, unit converters and physics references, ready when a class needs them.

CalculatorsConvertersReference

Climate Challenge

Climate Challenge

A quiz game built from my climate lectures, so review feels like play and students keep coming back for one more round.

ClimateQuizGamificationReview

OBSIDIAN

OBSIDIAN

Assessment that rewards judgement: a multi-phase exam that separates recall from critical thinking and records how each student worked, at the marking cost of an essay.

AssessmentCritical ThinkingProcess RecordAI Era

STRATA

STRATA

My most powerful tool yet: the course command centre for GENV 121, with knowledge checks, study sessions and reading progress that show me how students are studying, not just what they scored.

Course HubKnowledge ChecksStudy RecordGENV 121

EarthOS

EarthOS

A cinematic, interactive presentation of Earth's physical systems and sustainability that turns a lecture into something students lean into.

Interactive LectureEarth SystemsSustainability

; How I Build ;

The Craft Behind the Apps

Modern Web Engineering

High-Performance React, Vite & Type-Safe UI

Scalable Systems

Serverless Functions, Node & API Orchestration

Responsive Design

Mobile-First, Cross-Platform & Accessible UX

Pedagogical Design

Care, Delight and Evidence Designed In from the Start

Evidence of Learning

Seeing How Students Think, Not Just What They Scored

Assessment in the AI Era

Assessment That Rewards Judgement

For Faculty & Departments

Courses Students Love. Learning You Can See.

I run online Build Labs where instructors build tools like these for their own courses, without learning to code. Want one for your department, or just want to stay in the loop?