Thomas Sendgraff
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Introduction
This guide shares some getting-started AI tips for instructors to harness in the classroom. How you decide to use AI in the classroom is your prerogative, but we do encourage you to explore the technology in order to understand its affordances and limitations.
Resources
- NYU academic integrity policy
- NYU citing guidance
- Examples of AI syllabi policies
- To request a consultation, please email steinhardtDIL@nyu.edu.
Tips & Suggestions
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Syllabus
- You’re welcome to create an AI policy in your classroom. (reference the resources above). We recommend being proactive in communicating your expectations and potential penalties.
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Writing Assignments
- Options to track if a student used AI:
- Ask students to work only in one individual Google Doc. Viewing their track changes history to show their writing and editing process.
- Ask students to write a short paper in class to then compare and contrast with the official paper submission.
- Consider draft cycles that build upon the participants' writing process.
- Suspect AI usage not aligned with your policy.
- If you do notice a difference, don’t automatically suspect a student used AI. Instead, hold a meeting to ask either/or:
- “Did you use AI?”
- “Can you provide credible evidence to support specific XYZ claims I found in your paper?”
- If you do notice a difference, don’t automatically suspect a student used AI. Instead, hold a meeting to ask either/or:
- Make it personalized:
- Encourage students to choose a topic that connects to their lives and future goals.
- If you encourage AI usage:
- Detail how you will allow students to use AI:
- Examples are brainstorming topics, grammar checking, etc.
- Consider including AI into assessment:
- Include it in your rubric.
- Ask students to explain their AI process in the paper's appendix.
- Detail how you will allow students to use AI:
- Options to track if a student used AI:
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AI & Tutoring
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Consider AI as a lite-tutor role for students when the Instructor, TA, and resource centers may not always be available at different times and weekends
- For example, a student may have a question during off-times regarding coursework. However, it's important to be clear with students that AI isn’t always correct. AI serves as just one point of information, and it's their responsibility to check credibility and reasoning
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Consider AI as a lite-tutor role for students when the Instructor, TA, and resource centers may not always be available at different times and weekends