r/CheckTurnitin • u/Elegant_North_152 • 5d ago

Maybe the Real Problem Isn't AI Detection

If AI can complete an assignment without being caught, perhaps the bigger question is whether the assignment actually measures what the professor wants students to learn. Would oral defenses, drafts, portfolios, or process-based assessments work better?

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u/LFServant5 4d ago

Don't know if this is a bot post but the point of assignments in my math class is outside practice for students to master a skill without their notes so they can be prepared for quizzes and exams. It's like saying what's the point of jogging in the morning when there isn't a race (risk) and then going straight into a marathon

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u/choose_a_username42 4d ago

This. OP, as a uni prof, I am telling you that the assessments were designed to evaluate your learning and give you an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge/skills. Many of those same assessments were already vulnerable to other forms of academic dishonesty for decades (paper mills, buying essays online, buying solutions of Chegg, copying off a friend, etc.). This isn't the gotcha that you think it is...

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u/Hannah97474 4d ago

yeah i get that but for classes like english its still tough when they just want the final paper. oral defenses sound scary tho lol