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Chathura Abeywickrama
Chathura Abeywickrama

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πŸŽ“ Smart Study Buddy – AI-Powered Study Assistant

Education Track: Build Apps with Google AI Studio

This post is my submission for DEV Education Track: Build Apps with Google AI Studio.

What I Built

I built Smart Study Buddy, a personalized study assistant app using Google AI Studio and Gemini. The app allows students to input their study notes or textbook content and receive:

  1. - Summarized bullet points
  2. - Multiple-choice and short-answer questions
  3. - Simple explanations of difficult concepts
  4. - Visual mind map suggestions
  5. - Optional translation of content

This helps learners understand and revise content quickly and effectively using the power of AI.

Prompt I Used in Google AI Studio:

You are an intelligent AI study assistant for a student learning complex subjects.

Given a block of text (like class notes, textbook paragraphs, or lecture transcripts), perform the following tasks:

  1. Summarize the main points in bullet form.
  2. Create 3 multiple-choice questions and 2 short-answer questions based on the content.
  3. Generate a simple explanation of difficult concepts.
  4. Provide a visual representation suggestion (like a diagram or mind map idea).
  5. Translate the content into [User's Language] if requested. Keep answers concise and student-friendly.

Other features I used:

Google Translate API for multilingual support
Gemini-generated output directly integrated via Google AI Studio

Demo

Try the applet: Smart Study Buddy on Google AI Studio https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts?state=%7B%22ids%22:%5B%221cpG8B-cZqRGZK3Vc6m1gCyPe43k83NzG%22%5D,%22action%22:%22open%22,%22userId%22:%22107436125392132246389%22,%22resourceKeys%22:%7B%7D%7D&usp=sharing

My Experience

  • Working through the Google AI Studio track was a great experience. I learned:
  • How to use Gemini prompts effectively to handle structured educational outputs
  • The importance of crafting clear, layered instructions to guide the AI’s behavior

How powerful Gemini can be for interactive learning use-cases

That simple prompts, when carefully engineered, can simulate advanced tutor-like behavior

Surprisingly, I found that Gemini could even suggest visuals and simplify dense content in a way that could help school and university students grasp topics faster. This project motivated me to explore more education-focused tools using AI.

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Michael Nielsen • Edited

Excellent use of AI. Great to see more and more of these customized Ai assistants.