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CAT — Computer-Aided Teaching
AI Teaching Assistants Built Around Your Course
Bring 24/7 course-specific teaching support to your institution.
Turn your instructors’ materials into assistance that helps students understand concepts, work through difficult steps, and learn in the language and methods of their course.
Discuss an institutional pilotExclusively for educational institutions · Custom-designed by agreement
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You know that moment when you’re studying, and one step just doesn’t make sense? Imagine having help that starts with your own course.
Meet CAT — Computer-Aided Teaching. CAT turns your instructor’s lectures, notes, figures, worked examples, and tutorials into a course-specific AI teaching assistant.
Ask a question, explore a diagram, or work through a calculation, using the same language and methods you learned in class. CAT connects explanations back to the course material, so you can return to the relevant page, example, or tutorial.
And if the course materials don’t support an answer, CAT says so. The goal is simple: find the gap, build your reasoning, and try the next problem more independently.
CAT, from MESC Labs. Built on Mathematics, Intuition, and Applications. Understanding that stays with you.
The film illustrates CAT’s intended teaching approach. Answer quality, available sources, and deployment arrangements depend on the configured course; AI answers require appropriate review.
The course comes first
Support that speaks
your course’s language.
Students need more than a plausible answer. They need help that fits the concepts, notation, and expectations their instructor has established.
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Start with your materials.
Lectures, notes, slides, figures, worked examples, and tutorials form the course-specific foundation. The material and source formats are agreed during setup.
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Explain the difficult step.
Help students reason through a concept, calculation, or diagram. References can point back to relevant pages, slides, examples, or transcript moments where those sources are included.
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Keep teaching in the loop.
Instructors review representative answers and course scope before release. The assistant is designed to acknowledge unsupported questions; AI answers can still be wrong and should be checked.
For studentsCourse-aligned clarification beyond scheduled teaching hours.
For instructorsSupport for recurring questions, with room for deeper human feedback.
For institutionsA reviewed pilot and an agreed route to additional courses.
Designed with your institution
Your courses.
Your operating model.
CAT is a custom-designed service, not a fixed off-the-shelf package. The following options can be developed and configured within an institutional agreement.
01 Choose the hosting model
Institution hosted
Built for your environment.
A deployment can be designed for your institution’s cloud subscription, with deployment templates, technical guidance, and agreed updates. Your IT team’s responsibilities and cloud/model costs are defined in the agreement.
02 Choose how courses are prepared
MESC-prepared courses
Work with us from material to pilot.
We can curate and structure your materials, configure course instructions, and work with instructors to test and refine answers before an agreed student pilot.
Custom self-service builder
Equip your own teaching teams.
A tailored upload, processing, configuration, and review workflow can be developed so instructors or learning-technology staff can prepare and maintain course assistants.
Privacy, data residency, retention, model-provider processing, access controls, integrations, and support are specified for each deployment. An institution-hosted arrangement does not by itself guarantee that data stays within a particular boundary.
From one course to a considered rollout
Begin with a focused pilot.
Choose a course, define useful support, and review the result with the people who teach it. The scope and sequence are tailored to your institution.
- Agree the scopeAudience, materials, teaching expectations, hosting, governance, and success criteria.
- Prepare and reviewCurate the course, configure assistance, and test representative questions with instructors.
- Pilot and evaluateIntroduce an agreed cohort, review limitations and feedback, and decide what to refine or expand.
Before we begin
Questions worth asking.
Is CAT a replacement for the instructor?
No. CAT supports learning alongside instructors and teaching teams. Course scope, review, and teaching decisions remain human responsibilities. It is designed to encourage understanding, not bypass learning or assessment rules.
Can we use our own materials and update them?
Yes. The engagement begins with materials your institution is authorised to provide. Preparation, instructor review, updates, and ownership/licensing terms are agreed for the selected course workflow.
Can CAT fit our systems and policies?
Custom interfaces, integrations, language requirements, and governance controls can be considered during scoping. Compatibility, implementation work, data flows, and acceptance criteria are established before agreement; no particular LMS connector or compliance certification is implied.
How are pricing and support determined?
Request a quotation. Course preparation, custom development, hosting, model usage, maintenance, and support depend on the agreed design. The 24/7 teaching-support goal is not a blanket uptime or support-response guarantee.
How do CAT, CAPS, and GPT-TA relate?
CAT — Computer-Aided Teaching is the current name. Earlier versions were developed under the names CAPS and, before that, GPT-TA. Older demonstrations may retain their original names.
Available exclusively to educational institutions
Let’s discuss your course.
Contact MESC Labs for more information, a demonstration, or a quotation. Tell us about your institution, course, and broad requirements. Please do not send student records or confidential course files before an agreed transfer arrangement.
Custom design. Agreed scope.
A clear next step.