Academic tools

Femke's Tools

Browser-based tools for education design and academic administration. Free to use and adapt.

No installation No account Data stays on your device Open source
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Course Workload Calculator

Takes into account contact hours, reading load, assessments, and written assignments to verify that a course's total student workload matches its ECTS credit allocation.

Education design ECTS UU conventions
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Hours โ†” FTE Calculator

Convert between working hours and FTE for Utrecht University staff. Spreads totals across academic blocks to show hours per week and per day.

FTE Planning UU conventions
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Time Registration App

Track time across roles and FTE allocations throughout the academic year. Log hours with short aliases, monitor budget per task, and export to CSV.

Time tracking FTE budgets Outlook import
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Selection & Acceptance Projector

Developed for our two-year joint programme where Year 1 students are distributed across partner institutions before converging at our home institution in Year 2. Given historical acceptance and dropout patterns per partner, it calculates how many offers you need to send to reliably hit the Year 2 enrolment target.

Admissions Joint programme Enrolment planning
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Meeting Agenda Scheduler

Distribute time across agenda items and adjust live with sliders. Paste or load an agenda, set total duration and start time โ€” the tool redistributes remaining time automatically.

Meeting planning Agenda Time management
AI-assisted Workflows

These workflows use an AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Mistral, or EduGenAI) to analyse your materials and produce structured reports. Some require file access โ€” they work best in Claude Cowork or Claude Code, which can read files from your computer and write Word documents automatically. Others work in any chat window. The README for each workflow explains which options are available.

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Course Evaluator

Evaluate course materials against 10 evidence-based pedagogical frameworks โ€” from Bloom's taxonomy and constructive alignment to self-regulated learning and peer learning. Works with syllabi, assignments, rubrics, and slides.

๐Ÿ—‚ File access recommended Pedagogical frameworks Course design
Claude Skills

Claude Skills are lightweight tools that run directly inside Claude โ€” no file access needed. Open Claude, load the skill, and go. More skills coming soon.

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More skills coming soon

New Claude skills will appear here as they are developed.

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Click โ†“ Download on the tool you want and save the HTML file to your computer.
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Double-click the file โ€” it opens in your web browser like a website. No internet connection needed.
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Done. Your data never leaves your computer.

These tools are single HTML files โ€” all the code is in one place. If you want to adjust labels, add fields, change a calculation, or rebrand for your institution, an AI assistant can do that in minutes. No coding knowledge needed.

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Download the HTML file you want to change.
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Open an AI chat (see options below), upload or paste the file, and describe what you need โ€” e.g. "replace ECTS blocks with our semester system" or "add a field for online vs in-person hours".
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Copy the modified code, save it as an .html file, and open it in your browser.

Which AI to use:

Built by Femke van Esch, professor of European Governance and Political Leadership at Utrecht University and vice-dean of Education of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. These tools were made in a personal capacity and are not official Utrecht University products.


Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 โ€” free to share and adapt for non-commercial purposes with attribution. Source on GitHub. Contact: f.a.w.j.vanesch@uu.nl