tools-ict

tools-ict

Small web tools for teaching and studying ICT at the HvA. Most run entirely in the browser, without an account.

Study tools

Tools students use to study, take notes and design.

Idea Foundry

For students

A guided card deck that helps first-year students come up with and refine project ideas, ending in a prompt for an AI chat.

ideation no-account

Makeshift

For students

From idea to website with the AI chat you already use: paste code, see it run, keep versions and publish to GitLab Pages.

ai offline web

Noted

For students

Lecture notes with a method (Cornell, Outline, Mapping, Charting, Sentence) or free Markdown, with a review mode to test yourself.

no-account notes offline

System Composer

For students

Draw a simple system architecture (devices, containers, networks) and learn what each part means. In Dutch and English.

architecture diagrams no-account

Teacher tools

Tools teachers use in and around the classroom.

Cohort

For teachers

Class lists for teachers: balanced teams, presentation schedules and a random student picker. Runs in the browser; student data stays on your device.

no-account offline

Flowslate

For teachers

Classroom diagramming with a grease pencil, plus practice exercises that students solve on their phone through a QR code.

diagrams no-account

Goldfish Share

For teachers

Live classroom responses that are never stored: start a session, apps send student answers, watch them arrive. Forgotten after four hours.

server live-session

Web explainers

Interactive explainers for how the web and HTTP work.

HTTP by hand

For students

The classic "learn HTTP with telnet" exercise in a simulated terminal: type the request yourself and get real responses back.

explainer http

tURLte

For students and teachers

Learn HTTP APIs by steering a turtle on the class canvas: query strings first, then JSON POST, then WebSocket commands.

server http live-session