Instructors interested in integrating GAI in their courses often ask about examples of assignments or assessments from their discipline. To help you get started, CATL has assembled examples of GAI-infused assessments from other universities and categorized them by major disciplines available at UW-Green Bay. Each of the following assessments could be utilized, with or without modifications, to meet course learning outcomes or to spur new ideas for your course. Click an assignment title to reveal the corresponding description and a link to instructions and further resources.
Art / Design
Photographic Manipulation and Analyzing Authenticity (Harvard)
Explore the problems and possibilities posed by synthetic images created with generative artificial intelligence, focusing specifically on the relationship between photography and reality.
Critical Analysis Across AI Tools & Stereotypes (Harvard)
An update of the “pre-digital” exercise in which students compare multiple accounts of a particular theory from different authors. With AI tools, students engage in similar critical analysis and debate while developing an understanding of what this software can (and cannot) do.
Business Administration
DuPoint Analysis of Coca-Cola (Harvard)
Conduct a financial DuPont analysis of Coca-Cola using real-world data, comparing and contrasting your results with an analysis conducted by Microsoft’s chatbot Copilot.
Communication
Generative AI and Stasis Theory (Harvard)
Use generative AI to update and enhance engagement with a classical rhetorical heuristic–the four questions of Stasis Theory–effective for developing an argument by locating the issue or dispute in a case.
AI-Powered Argumentation and Debate Strategies (New York University)
Students use AI to generate arguments for or against a topic and then engage in a structured debate. This activity helps students analyze AI-generated reasoning, refine arguments, and improve their debate skills.
AI Misinformation Campaign (Harvard)
Guide students to misuse AI for a misinformation campaign to expose AI’s shortcomings and threats while encouraging them to think critically about persuasion, appeals in composition, and credibility.
Close Readings the Terms of Service (Harvard)
Become more familiar with the data and privacy impacts of creating an account with OpenAI, and gain experience with legal and technical texts along the way.
Computer Science
Fundamental Coding with Python Programming (Harvard)
Introduce students to the fundamentals of Python programming through a text-based rock, paper, scissors game, using ChatGPT as a code evaluation tool to find the edge cases of their program.
Education
Ethical Implications of Writing Reference Letters with AI (Harvard)
Reflect on the impact and ethics of a teacher submitting an AI-generated reference letter without the student’s knowledge or consent and evaluate the potential impact on the teacher-student-relationship.
English
Correcting a Poorly Written Essay (Harvard)
Practice editing skills and learn about LLMs by generating a poorly written essay and then copy editing it with annotation and reasoning.
Global Studies
Translingual Practices After GAI Rehearsal (Harvard)
Identify real translingual practices in an interview with a heritage language speaker after rehearsing with a chatbot.
History
A Walk Through History Using GAI (Harvard)
Leverage text- and image-based AI tools to craft an immersive educational journey through significant historical events, cultivating meaningful engagement with and nuanced comprehension of specific time periods.
Human Resources
Examining Potential Impacts of GAI on Future Careers (Harvard)
Explore AI’s potential impact on future careers through critical reflection, skill discovery, and strategic planning.
Humanities
Effects of Generative AI: An Assignment (UW-Madison)
After reading excerpts from generative AI articles, students engage in utilizing a chosen platform (e.g. Copilot) to challenge critical thinking, outputs, and detectors.
Mathematics & Statistics
Evaluation of GAI Reasoning (Harvard)
Students evaluate an LLM’s “reasoning” to clarify their own understanding of how to solve a problem.
Nursing
Evaluating AI-Generated Patient Case Studies (New York University)
Students interact with generative AI to analyze and develop intervention and treatment plans for various patients. By inputting a structured case study, students will receive AI-generated clinical recommendations and critically evaluate them for clinical accuracy, practical application, and ethical considerations based on field guidelines.
Simulated Telephone Triage Calls (Harvard)
Rehearse telephone triage calls with an AI chatbot to practice clinical reasoning and decision-making skills and effectively address patient needs.
Philosophy
What’s Your Probability of Doom? (Harvard)
Speculate on AI’s future by creatively expressing your own p(doom), or the probability that AI will harm or help humanity.
Debating the Ethics of Generative AI (Harvard)
Facilitate a debate between students about the potential harms and benefits of using generative AI tools in the classroom.
Using AI to Provide ‘Evidence’ Supporting a Hoax (Harvard)
Explore the potential for AI image generation tools to corroborate false narratives or provide “evidence” that would be characterized as misinformation.
Psychology
Generative AI in Counselor Education (Louisiana State University: Csaszar & Curry)
In this article, a pedagogical case study is presented with findings where generative AI was implemented to facilitate graduate student learning through assignments created that aligned to course objectives and lessons.
Writing & Applied Arts
Science Fiction Worldbuilding (Harvard)
Build worlds inspired by science fiction and fantasy, using AI as a tool for creative exo-planetary exploration.
The Potential to Shape Journalism With GAI (Harvard)
Use Large Language Models to investigate competing narratives in contemporary debates and explore how AI tools might come to shape journalism.
Additional Considerations & Resources
Starting the Conversation of GAI With Your Students (DePaul University)
This 30-minute pre-packaged lesson plan can help you to start a conversation with your students about generative AI in higher education. Students will brainstorm ways to use AI in higher ed beyond using it to complete assignments. (Slide Deck included)
Alternative Assessment Strategies (University of North Dakota)
Use a variety of alternative assessment strategies including backwards design, online laboratories, projects and more to reinvent how you consider having students show their mastery of learning outcomes.
Generative AI in the Classroom (Illinois State)
Beyond defining and exploring the capabilities of GAI in the classroom, this resource explores other related topics such as how to spot AI-generated content in work, course work alternatives that can discourage the use of GAI, and other opportunities that develop the learning experience of students while utilizing GAI in assignments and assessments.
Digital Learning: The Product vs. Process Revolution (Online Learning Consortium)
Beyond the take-home essay, generative artificial intelligence is reshaping assessment in digital learning. This article resource gives practical strategies in how to reframe assessments that focus more on the process of learning rather than the product.
Online Assessments & Exams (Emory University)
This interactive resource encourages instructors to reimagine assessments by starting with the goals for learning while in an online environment. Some options include the creation of portfolios, starting a podcast, Canvas options for online quizzes, and other ideas to engage your students while displaying their mastery of concept and learning outcomes.
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