Redesign an assignment so it still measures learning in the age of AI
Rethinks an assignment so it shows genuine student understanding, using process evidence, personal context, and in-class components.
The prompt
Help me redesign an assignment so it still measures what students actually learned now that AI tools are widely available.
Current assignment: [PASTE PROMPT AND RUBRIC]
Course and level: [LEVEL]
What it is meant to assess: [SKILLS OR OUTCOMES]
My AI policy for this assignment: [e.g. "not allowed", "allowed for brainstorming with disclosure", "required and documented"]
Constraints: [class size, grading time, online vs. in person]
Do the following:
1. Test it honestly: explain how a student could complete the current version with AI with little learning, and which outcomes are most at risk.
2. Propose 3 redesign options, mixing approaches such as: staged process with drafts and reflections, connection to class-specific material or local data, personal experience, in-class or oral components, critiquing or improving an AI output, or a short follow-up conversation.
3. For the option you recommend: rewrite the student prompt, list the deliverables at each stage, and update the rubric so it rewards the thinking I care about.
4. Estimate the added grading time and suggest how to keep it manageable.
5. Write a short student-facing explanation of why the assignment is designed this way.
Don't suggest relying on AI-detection tools as evidence; they are unreliable. Keep accessibility in mind (oral components need alternatives for students with accommodations).
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What to fill in
- PASTE PROMPT AND RUBRIC
- LEVEL
- SKILLS OR OUTCOMES
- class size, grading time, online vs. in person
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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