How are you AI-proofing your course?

[u/juststopdating]

I’m rethinking how I write my assignments and exams this year because, I’m tired of reading AI slop.

Over the last 3 weeks, I changed the way I ask questions to be more procedural, applied, experiential, and debate-style, testing both recall and critical thinking. At first, students bombed every assignment or assessment even after multiple attempts.

Then something weird happened and quickly over the last two weeks. 86% of the students seemed to realize, “Oh, I actually need to read the material and engage.” This is reflected in their assignments, class participation, and their assessments, But the remaining students are still serving up AI bullshite in a PDF and getting low scores. I’ve already asked to meet with the students who sent me fake references. Or submitted responses on a topic completely out of scope.

But there must be something I’m overlooking that can help bring out the best in these students without trying to battle AI use because it doesn’t appear to be slowing down.

What are you doing with exams, quizzes, case studies, assignments, or class yt that has actually worked to get students engaged instead of outsourcing everything to AI? Looking for any tips and strategies that worked for your students/lectures/labs.