rocket.scientists

iOS developer / university lecturer

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Accidentally reused the exact same midterm question two semesters in a row? We've all been there. Built by educators for higher ed, Qubase parses your legacy worksheets into a smart database that tracks question history and prevents duplicate testing: https://t.co/eRPqfo1mgT

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

"Did I use this exact question on last term's final?" If you teach in higher ed, you know that fear of using the same questions in an assessment. I built an app to fix this. It scans your worksheets and tracks question usage across semesters. https://t.co/eRPqfo1mgT

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Midterms are coming, and you're digging through 5 years of folders to build one exam paper. Stop manually copying and searching. Qubase is built to end this nightmare. Import your worksheet assets, and our AI creates a searchable database in one place. https://t.co/eRPqfo1mgT

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Every educator’s nightmare: Spending hours looking for that one test question you wrote 2 years ago, only to give up and retype it from scratch. 🫠

I have built https://t.co/DGnIbCvHwD that helps automating the task.

Ask me anything here.

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@thegautamkamath Wish I was there

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@LongFormMath Either Gauss or Von Neumann.

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

App Store Connect now comes with a beautiful animation when your app launches: https://t.co/DGnIbCvHwD

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

I have been teaching for a while. Every semester I have to dig up a pile of files to look for questions to reuse. It has become out of control recently. So, I develop an app to solve the problem. If you are facing the same problem, check it out: https://t.co/DGnIbCvHwD.

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

I have all classes in the late afternoon this semester. What about your guys? Do you like afternoon or morning classes? #university #professor

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@terenzeyuen It is lacking Files app. Not really able to drop a sample file there for testing my app

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@twostraws Yes. But, to be honest, when trying a new simulator beta, not always sure whether it is my app’s problem or the simulator’s bug. So, not a big fan of early betas. I will wait until the public release

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

I’m still convinced there has to be a smarter way to manage grades than clicking through 100 sub-menus in Moodle. It feels like we have AI tools everywhere, but our main teaching hub does not move fast enough to catch-up. Any suggestion on how Moodle can be automated by agents?

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Fellow lecturers and professors: There is nothing more exhausting than spending hours on low-value, mechanical tasks when we have the technology to automate them in minutes. How much of your workload feels like busywork, and what's the one thing you wish you could eliminate?

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

8 yeas of teaching math finance. 70+ worksheets scattered around for years. Now it is loaded in one place. Pretty satisfied

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

In one of my courses, it has open book tests. Previously I allowed them to use iPad or phone for checking notes. Almost all of them did not print out slides: It saved a lot of paper. Now, checking device is banned because of the AI thing, they have to print notes, a step backward

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

(1) many of the students have no programming experience; I mean zero. (2) it is a one unit course, just one hour per week, i.e., 13 contact hours including test time. Simply not enough time to cover Python. Am I wrong?

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

The Math major I am teaching has a one unit course on programming. Everyone told me I should teach Python. I insist the students should learn MATLAB. My reasons are

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@Ryan2up0 I am guessing maybe the iOS review will get through once the in-app purchases in the Mac review get approved. Both Mac and iOS share the same set of IAPs

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Any reason why the iOS app review status not changing for almost a week? While the Mac version has been rejected 2 times, not sure is they are related

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

Here is my teaching schedule. Monday: 1-hr + 3-hr lectures; Friday: 4-hr lecture. Every time it is like running a marathon. How about your guys?

[rocket.scientists @marklau6]

@terenzeyuen First version review may take a bit longer