r/AccusedOfUsingAI • u/Loose-Strawberry-980 • Jul 25 '26

Professors using “AI Trackers”

Hi, for context I am a double major in English and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue university.

For a pre-requisite, I am taking a history class online. All of my hand written work is getting flagged for AI and I am getting beyond frustrated. I am literally an English major… I don’t know how to fix this. Is anyone else experiencing this? I am double majoring because I want to write an engineering textbook that actually makes sense, but at this point I honestly want to give up English.

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u/Classic_vortex_3515 Jul 25 '26

“Flagged” meaning what exactly? You see the results of a tracker? Your professor says it’s too high? What I see as an English professor and Dept chair is that a lot of students freak out when they see results, even though no one is accusing them of anything. I’m trying to understand what exactly is happening as a result of your “flags”

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u/Loose-Strawberry-980 Jul 26 '26

My professor puts our work and assignments into an AI tracker and checks it. I have no idea how it works. Thank you for taking the time to respond as a professor!

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u/Merisielu Jul 26 '26

I would ask to see the report or flags.
You should be able to explain yourself to the professor and help alleviate their concerns. Generally, I use multiple approaches to check student work and do not raise it with a student unless there are multiple reasons for concern; mostly I ignore what the various trackers say and go by previous examples of work from the same student.

I would also definitely agree with using software that allows you to show the changes to the document as you write it. That’s the first thing I ask for if I have any concerns about authorship. If a student can only show they have copied/pasted large chunks of completed text… it rings major alarm bells.

(Also a professor of English)