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Online Study Skills Hub: Using AI for feedback on your assessment

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Using AI for feedback on your assessment

You can use Gen AI to help review your written work, provide feedback on the language you use, and check spelling, grammar and punctuation. It can also help you understand where you may be able to make other improvements to your work.

The dos and don'ts of using AI in your assessments:

Acceptable AI Use

You can use AI for:

You cannot use AI for:

Researching topics

Writing essays and assessments

Feedback on draft work

Copy and pasting material directly from GenAI

Summarising

Generating answers during exams

Proofreading (spelling, grammar, phrasing)

Falsifying Data and research

Structuring

Uses containing personal data

Preparation (presentation, visuals etc)

Checking English Language and translation

Creation of revision materials (practice quizzes, flashcards etc)

Citations and referencing help

Checking academic writing style

 

How to generate feedback from AI?

 You should be clear on what you’re looking for feedback on. For example, when uploading your assessment for review you might want to consider using some of the prompts below.

Try these prompts for when using Gen AI to get feedback the first time:

  1. Check the spelling, grammar and punctuation of the assessment I’ve uploaded.
  2. Give me five suggestions on how I can improve my writing. Tell me in simple English.
  3. How could I improve the structure of the assessment I’ve uploaded.
  4. How could I improve the critical thinking in the assessment I’ve uploaded.

You can also try these more advanced written assessment prompts:

Are claims and arguments properly supported by evidence in the following piece of writing?: [insert extract of your work]

Imagine you are a critical tutor in [insert subject] evaluate the argument and logic in the following text and provide feedback on both the individual paragraphs, and the overall piece of writing: [Insert extract of your work]

You are an English language tutor and specialise in helping students in improve written assignments at University. Read the text below and give suggestions on areas to improve: [Insert extract of your work]

You may also want to break down the prompts, and only ask the AI tool to do one thing at a time.

Use those prompts, and then you can begin to ask AI to expand on points you are unsure of, or need clarification on. Question the AI if the points it is making do not make sense or appear to contradict each other.

More prompts can be found under the Using Prompts and generating feedback

Things to watch out for:

  • Use of personal pronouns and first person: GenAI might suggest using "I" to express things more directly. This can make your writing clearer, but it could weaken your academic tone.
  • Use of hedging language:  Hedging language (like "the literature suggests" or "it seems that") helps avoid exaggerations within academic writing. Gen AI tools might suggest using stronger language, but this may not always fit the evidence you have.