PyInterp

I developed PyInterp; an embeddable Python interpreter widget for inclusion in Canvas pages for Melbourne Online's Programming for Cybersecurity, a subject teaching many Python programming concepts and requiring a technological interactive learning approach. I employed the Replit development platform and collaborated with an AI Replit Agent to develop a working proptpype app.

Inspired by a pedagogical approach I took in Swinburne Online's COS30043 Interface Design and Development, the prototype served as a useful illustration of how the pedagogy of active learning can work for learning programming concepts.

It served also as a template to inform Melbourne Online's EdTech development team to produce a robust working version for inclusion in the final version of the subject.

Leigh – The skill and expertise you are bringing to our Cyber subjects is an asset, our APM is over the moon and spreading the word.

MO Head of Learning Design
April 9 2025

The Pyinterp app on the Replit site

The user pastes their required Python snippet, Running the code to check it functions. Then generate a customisable embed code for inclusion in Canvas LMS.

The embedded PyInterp in Canvas

The student may learn the programming concept by experimenting with code alterations and Running the snippet in different ways to observe the changes in output.