Redesigning Assignments for AI

You don't have to overhaul your whole course. A few adjustments make a big difference:

• Add a process component. Ask for an outline, a draft with track changes, or a short reflection on how the work evolved. This is hard to fake and often more informative than the final product.
• Make it personal or local. Assignments tied to a specific class discussion, a guest speaker, or a student's own fieldwork/practicum are harder for generic AI output to satisfy well.
• Build in oral or live components. A short in-class defense of a paper, a live problem-solving segment, or a discussion-based check-in.
• Ask students to critique AI output. Have them generate a response to the prompt themselves, then evaluate what Gemini produces for the same prompt, this builds the exact critical literacy TC students need as future educators.
• Use it as a stated collaborator. If you are comfortable with AI-assisted work, ask students to submit their Gemini conversation transcript alongside their essay.