Tag: artificial intellegence

Fooling the detector: Using Grammarly’s AI Detector

~ CWCA/ACCR

Vol. 6, No. 3 Fall 2024

Brian Hotson, Editor, CWCA/RCCR

As I’ve written before here, writing support tools can be both helpful and harmful, just and unjust (See, Friends don’t let friends Studiosity (without reading the fine print) and Academic writing has completely changed: Turnitin forges ahead). Grammarly, a $13 billion USD company (2021), launched an AI detection tool in 2024, which comes bundled in with a Grammarly Premium subscription. Many universities and colleges offer Grammarly Premium without charge and promote the tool to students, faculty, and administrators. AI tools embedded into these writing support tools have changed the formulation of how these tools function. But, do they work as advertised? Continue reading “Fooling the detector: Using Grammarly’s AI Detector” →

ChatGPT snapshot: University of Waterloo

~ CWCA/ACCR

Vol 4, No. 7 (Spring 2023)

Clare Bermingham,
Director, Writing and Communication Centre,
University of Waterloo

In April 2023, I asked writing centre practitioners to answer 5 questions on ChatGPT and their centres’ responses. Over the next month, I’ll post the response. If you have a perspective to offer, please use this form, and I’ll post it here. Brian Hotson, Editor, CWCR/RCCR

What actions, policies, resources, or information has your institution put in place for ChatGPT?

At the University of Waterloo, the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic has shared several information memos and a FAQ resource, which includes guidance on the university’s pedagogy-first approach and maintaining academic integrity related to ChatGPT. Our university uses Turnitin and has just activated the ChatGPT detection option. The impact of this for instructors and students is unclear at this point in time. Continue reading “ChatGPT snapshot: University of Waterloo” →

ChatGPT snapshot: University of Saskatchewan

~ CWCA/ACCR

Vol. 4, No. 5 (Spring 2023)

Liv Marken,
Learning Specialist (Writing Centre Coordinator)
Writing Centre
University of Saskatchewan

In April 2023, I asked writing centre practitioners to answer 5 questions on ChatGPT and their centres’ responses. Over the next month, I’ll post the response. If you have a perspective to offer, please use this form, and I’ll post it here. Brian Hotson, Editor, CWCR/RCCR

What actions, policies, resources, or information has your institution put in place for ChatGPT?

It has been an exciting but challenging term because there has been uncertainty about who would take leadership on the issue. There wasn’t any official guidance issued, but on our academic integrity website, an instructor FAQ was published in early March, and soon after that a student FAQ. Library staff (including me and my colleague Jill McMillan, our graduate writing specialist) co-authored these with a colleague from the teaching support centre. Continue reading “ChatGPT snapshot: University of Saskatchewan” →