A team of innovators from the University of Florida has created an award-winning tool that’s transforming the way students learn to code and saving them money in the process.
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 Amanpreet Kapoor, Ph.D., instructional associate professor with the Department of Engineering Education (EEd), and with UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) alumni Marc Diaz, Dustin Karp and Prayuj Tuli.
The project is turning heads. On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, the team received the 2025 Florida TaxWatch Government Productivity Award at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in Tallahassee, Florida. They have also received the 2025 UF Innovate Innovation Fund Award and the Procter & Gamble U.S. Higher Education grant.
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.