What is AI? Learning Path to Guide Assignment Design to Limit AI

Use Google Drive to See Student Draft Revisions in a Snap (5 minutes)

Not only could Google's "version history" function help you look for possible AI use, it's a great way to streamline your process when assigning scaffolded assignments and multiple drafts, which are best practices in discouraging the use of AI.

Ask Yourself: What practices do you have that allow you to coach students during the assignment process? Could Google Drive assist with any of them?

Writing Assignments Revisited (9 minutes)

The middle portion of this article provides some useful insights for designing assignments in which using AI is more difficult for students and in which they are motivated in a way that they could be less inclined to use AI.

Ask Yourself: What things happen in your classroom or online space that you could use as part of an assignment prompt so that AI isn't able to provide pertinent information?

Authentic Assessments and What's Around the Corner (8 minutes)

These authors help us look at the choices we're making now with our assignments, partially in light of what's coming next with the technology. They offer some intriguing suggestions about the power of process and authentic assessments

Ask Yourself: What experience do you have with assessing students' processes? How could authentic assessment and real-world application fit within the courses you teach?

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