All updates from the GIRAF project.
Spring 2026: giraf-core and giraf-ai
Two shared services were added to GIRAF this spring.
Introducing giraf-core, a shared backend for the platform
GIRAF is three apps: Weekplanner, Foodplanner and Visual Tangible Artefacts (VTA). Each has its own backend, database and deployment. They share the same concepts: users, organisations, citizens, p...
Fall 2025 semester complete
The Fall 2025 semester is over. The teams worked with Egebakken Specialskole through the semester.
Foodplanner: search and usability fixes
Foodplanner now has a search field for pupils and classes, and ingredients have their own images.
VTA: remote sessions and multiple boards
Visual Tangible Artefacts (VTA) now lets a parent or teacher see a child’s communication board from another device, with a video call alongside. The child accepts or declines the request.
Fall 2025 semester begins
The Fall 2025 semester has started. This fall the student teams work on Foodplanner and Visual Tangible Artefacts (VTA).
Fall 2024 semester complete
The Fall 2024 semester is over. This fall the three current apps started in new repositories:
VTA gets AI image generation
Visual Tangible Artefacts (VTA) can now generate images for artefacts from a text prompt, so caregivers can make pictograms that fit one child rather than pick from a generic library.
Fall 2024 semester begins
Fall 2024 students from Interaction Design, Software Development and Information Technology start on GIRAF.