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Generating and editing apps with AI

MecSimCalc integrates with your favorite OpenAI and Anthropic models to help you create and modify apps using natural language prompts. Generate new apps, edit existing ones, or get help with our documentation — all powered by AI.

This page will walk you through some real-life examples created with our AI chatbot and the prompts they used.

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Creating Illustrations​

Tired of building practice problems in Word or Excel?​

Let our chatbot do the work for you. Just describe what you need, and it will create a complete interactive app — with input fields, step-by-step solutions, and graphs. No more formatting. No coding. No Excel. Try it now and share it with your students instantly.

Prompt:

Create an app to calculate the dot product of two vectors. Let users enter the magnitude and angle (from the positive x-axis) of each vector. Show the solution detailed steps and plot the vectors.

Want to show your students how a function behaves — not just tell them?​

Skip graphs in PowerPoint or Excel. Use our chatbot to create interactive visualizations in seconds. No coding. Just teaching. Let your students explore functions visually — anytime, anywhere.

Prompt:

Create an app that plots(x^(3.7)+y^(1.5)-5). Let the user input the x and y ranges. Allow the user to hover over the points.

Want your students to visualize motion instead of just solving equations?​

Use our chatbot to build interactive physics apps in seconds — with graphs, animations, and step-by-step solutions. No code. No spreadsheets. Just describe the problem. Perfect for physics educators or students who want to test ideas visually.

Prompt:

Create an app that calculates and plots the trajectory of a projectile. Let the user enter the initial velocity, angle, and height. Show the time of flight, maximum height, and range. Plot the path of the projectile.

Class Interaction Example​

Explained a tricky concept in class and want to check if students really understood it?​

Don’t waste time building forms. Just tell the chatbot what concept to test, and it will generate a custom quiz app that sends student responses directly to your email. Instant feedback. Fully customized to your lesson.

Prompt:

Create an app that asks students to explain the conditions for equilibrium in 2D. Let them enter their CCID and written answer. When they submit, send their response to xxxxx@ualberta.ca.

Quiz Examples With Grading​

Want to quiz your students and collect their scores automatically?​

With MecSimCalc, you can create an auto-graded app that logs student answers to a shared spreadsheet. No grading. No Google Forms. Just instant results — and everything saved in one place.

Prompt:

Create a quiz app that asks: ‘What is the moment at midspan for a simply supported beam of 6 m with a 4 kN/m uniform load?’ The student should enter their CCID and answer. The correct answer is 18 kNm. Award 1 mark if the answer is correct. Append the CCID, answer, and score to this Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Need a fast way to test student understanding — and collect their answers?​

Let the chatbot build a self-marking quiz app that also stores responses to a Google Sheet or sends them to your email. Instant quiz. Automatic grading. Results saved.

Prompt:

Create a quiz app that asks: ‘A projectile is launched at 25 m/s at an angle of 40°. What is the maximum height it reaches?’ The student enters their CCID and answer. The correct answer is 13.2m. Award 1 mark if correct. Append the result to this sheet: [Google Sheet link].