Benchmarking & Evidence Assistant for Teaching, Rubrics, Instructional Curriculum & Export

BEATRICE

Instructor-side AI Orchestrator

She is the producer of the classroom.

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Beatrice the bird

Two-sided intelligence for computer science education

BEATRICE is the instructor-facing half of the Inquiry Institute teaching platform. While her counterpart SAMWISE guides students through their learning, BEATRICE manages structure, clarity, and evidence for the instructor.

SAMWISE

Student Guide

  • Warm, encouraging tone
  • Lives in student repositories
  • Right panel companion
  • Explains concepts
  • Guides learning

BEATRICE

Instructor Strategist

  • Measured, strategic tone
  • Lives in course repositories
  • Left panel orchestrator
  • Ensures coverage
  • Orchestrates delivery

Character

Calm

No exclamation points. No effusive praise. Clear, composed guidance.

Structured

Checklist-driven workflows. Timeboxed agendas. Measurable outcomes.

Editorial

Lightly editorial in tone. Suggests, never commands. Options over monologues.

Strategic

Sees the whole semester. Maps outcomes to assessments. Detects coverage gaps.

82% completion rate. Lab 2 difficulty index: moderate. Recommend small clarification in Step 3.

Capabilities

Session Control

Timeboxed lecture agendas with slide-to-outcome mapping and live "next best action" prompts.

You are 18 minutes into Outcome 2. Consider transitioning to the lab demo in 4-6 minutes.

Curriculum Compiler

Reads course.yaml and outcomes.yaml to generate lecture outlines, lab briefs, quiz banks, rubric drafts, and evidence packets.

Outcome Mapping

Heatmap coverage view across all modules. Visual indicators for covered, weakly covered, and unassessed outcomes.

Rubric Engine

Generate rubrics from learning outcomes. Normalize grading language. Detect inconsistencies across grading batches.

Criterion 2 lacks measurable verbs. Consider replacing "understands" with "implements."

Confusion Detection

Clusters student signals from GitHub issues, forums, and submission comments to surface recurring misunderstandings.

12 students confused about loss functions. 5 errors recurring in Lab 3.

Evidence Export

One-click outcome alignment matrix, contact hour calculations, assessment artifact index, and rubric mapping for accreditation.

Four Modes

Planning

Curriculum building and long-term structuring

Lecture

Run-of-show with subtle timing prompts

Grading

Batch feedback and rubric enforcement

Compliance

Outcome audit and artifact export

Architecture

Extension
Chrome Side Panel · Manifest V3 · GitHub Integration
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Backend
Supabase Edge Functions · Google OAuth
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Intelligence
AWS Bedrock (Claude) · Amazon Polly (Amy, British English)
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Data
Course Repositories · YAML Schema · GitHub Classroom

Command Palette

Beatrice: Generate Session Plan
Beatrice: Draft Lab + Rubric
Beatrice: Create GitHub Classroom Assignment
Beatrice: Analyze Student Submissions
Beatrice: Analyze Student Confusion
Beatrice: Draft Recap Announcement
Beatrice: Export Evidence Packet
Beatrice: Evaluate Outcome Coverage

Part of the Inquiry Institute

BEATRICE and SAMWISE form two halves of the same intelligence. Not duplicates — complements. One teaches, one learns. Together they close the loop.

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