This assignment fosters metacognitive skills by encouraging students to use AI and peer review to refine their coursework before submission. It aims to enhance the quality of student work through iterative revisions, peer feedback, and AI insights.
Learning Objectives
- Improve writing and critical thinking skills
- Enhance the ability to revise and refine assignments
- Develop familiarity with AI tools and their applications in academic work
Grade Level
Undergraduate, High School
Subject
Any
Skills
- Writing and editing
- Critical thinking
- AI literacy
- Self-assessment
Tools and Resources
- CarmenCanvas
- Microsoft Copilot
How Does This Assignment Address Generative AI?
The availability of AI can disrupt student learning by allowing students to copy and paste the instructor’s prompt into an AI tool and submit the generated results as their own. Similarly, peer reviews can be conducted by asking the AI to act as a classmate, enabling students to submit reviews of writing samples they might not have even read. Even instructors can input student work into an AI tool to receive feedback and responses to share with the student. This makes it possible for assignments to be completed without any stakeholder—student, peer, or instructor—fully participating in the writing process.
This assignment is designed for undergraduate students in courses with writing components. It aims to improve the quality of student learning through iterative revisions using AI tools. The time required to complete this task can range from 1-4 weeks, including multiple drafts and AI feedback sessions. The assignment guides students through drafting the initial writing response, AI-assisted review, and peer feedback to enhance their writing skills. Students submit an initial draft in response to an instructor’s prompt, use AI tools to improve clarity, coherence, grammar, and content accuracy, and then revise their work based on AI and peer feedback. The final submission includes a reflection on the revision process, highlighting the impact of AI and peer feedback on their writing. Instructors can update the task instructions with more details as well as create a specific AI prompt for the initial draft reviews to ensure consistent evaluation criteria across all student submissions. Variations of the prompt can be used to experiment with the AI tool for expanding the current assignment or future assignments. Additionally, creating a peer review rubric will assist students and ensure consistency in the peer review process. This approach fosters iterative revision, critical thinking, and collaborative learning. This assignment integrates AI in a structured manner, ensuring students use AI tools to enhance their learning rather than bypassing the learning process. By requiring iterative revisions and AI feedback, it promotes genuine skill development and academic integrity.
Assignment Template
Purpose of This Task
This assignment aims to enhance your learning experience and writing skills using AI tools. You’ll practice revising your work, improve your writing with targeted feedback, and get familiar with AI tools like Microsoft Copilot. The assignment encourages critical thinking, collaboration through peer reviews, and reflection on your writing process. Overall, it prepares you for future academic and professional challenges.
Task Instructions
- Draft Creation:
- Task: Write and submit the first draft of your assignment based on the provided writing prompt.
- Details: Do not use AI assistance in the creation of your first draft. Ensure that your draft includes a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. The draft should be comprehensive and cover all required aspects of the topic. Submit your original first draft
- AI Review:
- Task: Use AI to review your draft.
- Details: Submit your draft to Copilot using the provided AI review prompt to review the following areas:
- Clarity: Ensure that your writing is clear and easy to understand.
- Coherence: Check that your ideas flow logically from one to the next.
- Grammar and Spelling: Correct any grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
- Content Accuracy: Verify that your information is accurate and relevant to the topic.
- Output: Be sure to save the direct feedback provided by Copilot for submission.
- Revisions – Part 1:
- Task: Revise and submit your revised draft based on the feedback provided by Copilot.
- Details: Make improvements to clarity, coherence, grammar, and content accuracy. Submit your (AI-reviewed) revised draft along with the direct output response provided by Copilot on a separate document.
- Peer Review:
- Task: Share your revised draft for peer review.
- Details: Share your draft for peer review and review your classmate’s draft. Use the instructor provided rubric to evaluate clarity, coherence, grammar, and content accuracy.
- Revisions – Part 2:
- Task: Revise and submit your revised draft based on the feedback provided by peer review.
- Details: Make improvements to clarity, coherence, grammar, and content accuracy. Submit your (peer-reviewed) revised draft.
- Reflection Component:
- Task: Write a separate reflection document (1-2 pages) detailing your experience with the AI and peer review process.
- Details: Include the following details:
- How did the AI feedback help you improve your draft?
- What specific changes did you make based on the AI feedback?
- How did the peer feedback contribute to your revisions?
- What challenges did you face during the revision process, and how did you overcome them?
- Discuss the benefits and limitations of using AI for reviewing and improving your assignments. Reflect on how this process has impacted your writing skills and overall learning experience.
- Final Submission:
Criteria for Success
See the rubric below for details.
Academic Integrity
Students are allowed to use AI for reviewing and improving their assignments. However, they must ensure that the final submission is their own work. Proper citation of AI-generated content is required where applicable. Other resources, such as peer feedback, are also allowed and encouraged.
Rubric
| Completion | All steps completed | Most steps completed | Few steps completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarity and coherence | Clear and coherent writing throughout | Some areas lack clarity | Writing is unclear and incoherent |
| Use of AI Feedback | Effectively used AI feedback to improve assignment | Partially used AI feedback | Did not use AI feedback |
| Revisions | Significant improvements made | Some improvements made | Little to no improvements made |
| Reflection | Thoughtful reflection on AI and peer feedback | Partial reflection | No reflection |