{"id":41373,"date":"2025-09-18T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/?p=41373"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:02:29","slug":"edugator-wins-2025-florida-government-productivity-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/edugator-wins-2025-florida-government-productivity-award\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-enabled Edugator tool wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A team of innovators from the University of Florida has created an award-winning tool that&#8217;s transforming the way students learn to code and saving them money in the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edugator is a browser-based, AI-enabled tool for teaching engineering and computing education across UF and other Florida universities. It was developed to support instructors of introductory computing courses by simplifying how they create and deliver interactive content. Emphasizing strong collaboration with former students, the project is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kapooramanpreet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amanpreet Kapoor<\/a>, Ph.D., an instructional associate professor with the <a href=\"https:\/\/eed.eng.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Engineering Education<\/a> (EEd), who worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/cise.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Computer &amp; Information Science &amp; Engineering<\/a> (CISE) alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marc-gabriel-diaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marc Diaz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dustinkarp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dustin Karp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prayujt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prayuj Tuli.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is turning heads. On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, the team received the 2025 Florida TaxWatch Government Productivity Award at the\u202fFlorida Historic Capitol Museum in Tallahassee, Florida.<strong> <\/strong>They have also received<strong> <\/strong>the 2025 UF Innovate Innovation Fund Award and the Procter &amp; Gamble U.S. Higher Education grant. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform allows instructors to generate lessons and programming problems using generative AI and enables students to complete exercises in a web-based coding environment with real-time feedback. Students also have access to an AI tutor chatbot powered by a large language model, which nudges them toward explaining how to think through a problem or approach a solution without directly giving the answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy embedding AI-TA chatbots with pedagogical guardrails directly into course activities, we try to provide a fair, structured environment where all students benefit and learn with personalized feedback,\u201d Kapoor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former student Tavienne Millner praised the platform for its ease of use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I took data structures and algorithms, it was one of the first semesters where Edugator was implemented fully, and I thoroughly enjoyed completing problems on the platform,&#8221; she said. \u201cEdugator prepared me for technical interviews, and now, as a teaching assistant, I use it when I need to debug students\u2019 programming quizzes with them.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors can embed coding problems, multiple-select questions and create custom content for their courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI use the Edugator platform to administer weekly programming quizzes. Creating coding questions with public and hidden test cases is straightforward, and the sync with Canvas is seamless and accurate, which makes both grading and record-keeping efficient,\u201d said Lisha Zhou, a CISE assistant instructional professor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Cruz Castro, Ph.D., an EEd instructional assistant professor, said Edugator is a great platform for short autograder assignments, with a clean and intuitive interface.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a proud UF product that puts students\u2019 financial needs first,&#8221; Cruz Castro said. \u201cBuilt through collaboration between students and faculty, I\u2019m excited to see it keep improving as feedback shapes its future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, Edugator has served over 7,000 students at UF and other universities. According to Kapoor, UF students have saved more than $500,000 by using Edugator since 2021, compared with an earlier platform, Zybooks. 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