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The toolkit for academics.

Learning designers have H5P. Academics have NTLSN.

62 free, browser-based tools for assessment, curriculum, quality, scholarship, recognition and partnership. Open any one and use it this minute.

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🛡️Assessment & GenAI 12

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Assessment Mix & AI-ResilienceNew
See your assessment variety and how exposed the marks are to GenAI.
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TEQSA Gen AI Readiness
Self-assess an assessment against the GenAI guidance principles.
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Rubric BuilderNew
Build a criterion-referenced rubric and save it as a PDF.
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Marking-Load EstimatorNew
Estimate real marking hours by cohort, assessments and moderation.
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APA 7 Reference FormatterNew
Turn source details into a formatted APA 7 reference.
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AI-Use Disclosure GeneratorNew
Generate an honest statement of how you used AI — assessments, papers, applications.
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Feedback & Feedforward BuilderNew
Student feedback they can act on — specific, criteria-linked, forward-looking.
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MCQ Quality CheckerNew
Flags negative stems, all-of-the-above, cueing & recall-only multiple-choice flaws.
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Group-Work DesignerNew
Design fair, free-rider-resistant team assessment — mark split, peer factor, scaffolding.
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Unit AI-Use Policy BuilderNew
Set a GenAI level per assessment — get a clear student-facing policy to paste in.
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Test BlueprintNew
Check your exam covers outcomes at the right Bloom levels — not just recall.
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Viva / Oral Question GeneratorNew
AI-resilient oral-exam prompts — warm-up, authenticity probes, understanding, transfer.

🪜Curriculum & outcomes 7

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Readability & Cognitive-Load CheckNew
Paste an assessment brief — instant reading-ease, grade level and load flags.
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Learning Outcome CheckNew
Bloom’s level and measurable-verb check for your learning outcomes.
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Student Workload EstimatorNew
Estimate a unit’s real student hours against its nominal target.
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Constructive Alignment MatrixNew
Map outcomes ↔ assessment ↔ activities and catch what’s un-assessed, never taught, or evidencing nothing.
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Programme Curriculum Map (I-D-A)New
Map a whole degree — where each outcome is Introduced, Developed & Assured — and catch outcomes never assessed.
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Microcredential DesignerNew
Scope a stackable micro-credential — outcomes, hours, assessment, quality markers.
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Active-Learning Session PlannerNew
Turn a class into a minute-by-minute run-sheet — chunks, active moves, a mid-point check.

📊Quality & standards 9

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Course Quality Self-CheckNew
Map a unit to QM, PSF 2023, TEQSA HESF, QILT, JISC & the Accord — coverage and next steps.
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TELAS & UDL Readiness
Score an online unit against TELAS and Universal Design for Learning.
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Peer Observation of TeachingNew
A developmental observation record to fill and keep — portable evidence.
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School Needs Diagnostic
Map a team’s development needs to the right NTLSN tools.
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Colour Contrast CheckerNew
WCAG 2.1 contrast ratio for any text/background — AA & AAA pass/fail, live preview.
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Alt-text HelperNew
Write accessible image descriptions — role-based guidance + live length check.
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Accessibility Pre-flightNew
A 10-point check for slides, PDFs & LMS pages — tick, score, get the how-to.
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Tailored Teaching InductionNew
A custom onboarding checklist for new staff — by uni type, cohort and delivery mode.
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Program Review ReadinessNew
Get a whole degree review- or accreditation-ready across 9 dimensions.

🔬SoTL & research 10

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Survey & Likert CheckerNew
Paste survey items — flags double-barrelled, leading, vague & biased questions.
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SoTL Abstract BuilderNew
Five guided moves — assembles your abstract, counts words, checks the parts.
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Survey Sample-Size CalculatorNew
How many responses you need — or the margin of error on what you have.
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SoTL Ethics-Readiness Self-CheckNew
Negligible, low or higher risk — and what to prep before HREC.
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Research-Question FramerNew
Turn a teaching problem into a sharp, researchable SoTL question + method.
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Reflective Practice PromptNew
A teaching moment + a model (Gibbs/Rolfe/Brookfield) into prompts to write against.
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Participant Info & Consent BuilderNew
Draft the participant statement & consent form your SoTL study needs for ethics.
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Feedback → Action PlanNew
Turn student-survey themes into concrete actions and a ‘you said / we did’ line.
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SoTL Grant Pitch BuilderNew
Turn a teaching idea into a fundable pitch — problem, aim, evaluation, dissemination.
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Thematic Analysis StarterNew
Code qualitative data into a codebook + themes — with a Braun & Clarke methods paragraph.

🎖️Recognition & fellowship 16

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Recognition NavigatorNew
Not sure where to start? Tell us your goal — we’ll point you to the right self-check.
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Recognition Points CalculatorNew
Map your teaching, scholarship, fellowship & leadership into a recognition profile and tier.
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Fellowship Category MapperNew
Which HEA fellowship category fits — AFHEA, FHEA, SFHEA or PFHEA? Based on the PSF 2023.
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PSF 2023 Evidence Self-AuditNew
Map your evidence across the 15 PSF Dimensions and find where it’s thin before you write.
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AAUT Award-ReadinessNew
Which national teaching-award pathway fits — and how ready are you?
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Teaching Recognition Passport
Build a portable record of your teaching recognition to keep.
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SoTL Self-PlacementNew
Where are you on the scholarship-of-teaching journey, from curious to leading?
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Teaching Philosophy & Narrative BuilderNew
Draft the reflective narrative every fellowship, award & promotion case needs — your words, structured to the PSF.
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Evidence Cross-WalkNew
Tick the evidence you hold — see how it counts across fellowship, awards, promotion & SoTL at once.
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Sessional & Casual RecognitionNew
Log the real teaching work casual staff do, build RPL hours, and keep a portable record that follows you.
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Recognition ROI CalculatorNew
Model the retention payback of a recognition scheme — the one-page business case for a DVC.
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Recognition Credit Framework
The open, versioned model behind the points — what each contribution is worth, its RPL hours, and its provenance.
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Portable Recognition LedgerNew
Export your recognition as a standards-based Open Badges 3.0 credential file you own — portable, not crypto.
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Credential CheckerNew
Read any Open Badges / Verifiable Credential file: its achievements, alignments, and whether it’s signed or self-asserted.
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AUTC Teaching Criteria Self-CheckNew
Map your evidence to the 7 Australian teaching criteria at your level (A–E).
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Teaching Promotion Case BuilderNew
Assemble your case across the 7 criteria — claim, evidence, impact, by level.

🤝Partnership & open resources 8

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Students-as-Partners Certificate
Generate a partnership certificate, print-ready, in your browser.
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Student-Partner Contribution RecordNew
Students who partner with staff deserve recognition too — record the work, capabilities & reflection, and keep it.
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Reflective Coach
Structured reflective prompts for your own teaching practice.
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Open Building BlocksNew
Licence-cleared CC resources you can embed, link or adapt — each with its exact licence — plus a video-embed code generator.
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CoP Starter KitNew
Start a teaching Community of Practice — purpose, norms, first agenda, rhythm.
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Find Your SoTL PathNew
Tap a few bubbles — interests, field, goals — and see exactly where to plug into NTLSN.
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Partnership Agreement BuilderNew
Draft a staff–student charter that shares power and names how the student is recognised.
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World Teaching HubsNew
22 verified links to the world’s best teaching centres — CAST/UDL, ADCET, Harvard, Stanford…
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