CascadAI Platform

From research prototype to production service.

CascadAI builds AI-assisted learning and civic tools as research on Canadian research cloud. Once a tool is in regular use, it leaves the research cloud. Teaching tools go to the teaching cluster and AWS, and public services run in production on AWS. This page shows where each part of the platform currently sits.

ResearchDigital Research Alliance of CanadaPrototypes and studies on the Arbutus cloud, including the GPU speech and AI-docent stack.
TeachingMoving to the teaching cluster and AWSCourse worlds and course infrastructure in active use by students.
ProductionAWSPublic-facing services run as production systems.
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Research · Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Active research projects on the Arbutus research cloud.

GAMBIT

A gamified, multimodal tutoring platform: what it is and how it works.

gambit.cascadai.orgOpen

CascadAI Poster Hall

A virtual research-poster hall where AI docents present and discuss the posters.

adventure.cascadai.orgSign-in · Google

EarthDaily Fortis Geospatial Platform

A geospatial analysis platform for Earth-observation data.

platform.cascadai.orgRequest access

Teaching · moving to the teaching cluster and AWS

These services are being moved off the Digital Research Alliance cloud to the teaching cluster and AWS. The Alliance cloud is for research, and these tools are now in regular teaching use.

CSC110 World

UVic's introductory Python course as a world: unit rooms, AI tutors, exercises and an escape room.

adventure.cascadai.orgOpen

How To Build (Almost) Anything

The HTBAA/HTGAA course world: node rooms, lecture spaces, recorded meetings and course docents.

htbaa.cascadai.orgSign-in · HTGAA

Distributed Classroom

A general-purpose course world for running a class across sites, built on the same stack.

distributedclassroom.caSign-in · Distributed Classroom

HTGAA Student Sites

Public course pages and student project sites for How To Grow (Almost) Anything, Spring 2026, built from student repositories.

2026a.htgaa.orgOpen

HTBAA Course Library

Modules, lectures and transcripts. The library is open to browse, and lecture video needs a course sign-in.

files.htgaa.org/htbaaMedia: Sign-in · HTGAA

HTGAA Pages

Git hosting where students edit the repositories that build their sites.

edit.htgaa.orgSign-in · HTGAA

HTGAA Forum

Course discussion and chat for students, TAs and node leads.

forum.htgaa.orgSign-in · HTGAA

Understand AI, One Coffee at a Time

A free introductory course on AI, in short lessons.

cascadai.org/courseOpen

Production · AWS

Public services running in production.

OpenCouncil

Follow public council meetings with AI discussion grounded in the meeting video and transcript. Choose a municipality, then an issue area.

openisland.caOpen

UVic Co-op & Career Hall

A work-integrated-learning world with employer booths, career material, docents and interview rooms.

cascadai.org/wilOpen