Classroom Strategies to Prevent the Misuse of AI

🛠️ Designing Assignments with AI in Mind

Educators should consider what level of AI use, if any, is appropriate for the assignment, and take measures to discourage misuse of the tool.

🚫 AI-Resistant Assignment

When AI use is not desired, assignments should be designed in such a way that they are resistant to being completed by AI, including paper-and-pencil assignments, monitoring in-class technology use, emphasizing personal connection, and more.

See below for a list of strategies for designing AI-resistant assignments.

⚠️ AI-Integrated Assignment

In AI-integrated learning, students may use AI for certain part(s) of an assignment to support learning, such as getting feedback, using an AI generated quiz, etc. Educators should think about how AI can support & enhance student learning and which part(s) of the assignment is most suitable for AI, and provide clear guidelines for AI use and documentation.

✅ AI-Driven Assignment

Educators can also design lessons where AI is fully integrated into the learning experience, such as using an AI chatbot as an extra team member on a group project. Consider how AI can transform a learning experience in ways that would not be possible without the use of AI, while providing students with opportunities to reflect on their learning, build critical thinking skills, and express themselves.

Classroom AI Guidance Template

Educators should provide clear guidelines for how when when AI may be used for assignments.

Create your own copy of this template to customize for your own classroom.

BPS AI Use Template

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Warning about AI Detectors

BPS AI Policy prohibits the use of AI detector as a sole or primary basis for determining of academic dishonesty.

AI detector tools are highly unreliable, falsely flagging human writing as AI and failing to accurately flag AI writing. Writers can easily "humanize" the writing by making small edits to circumvent AI detection. Furthermore, AI detector tools have been found to show bias, falsely flagging non-native writing as AI more frequently than native English writers. (Read more)

When academic dishonesty is suspected, educators must use professional judgment, review student work over time, and engage in direct student conversation.

📝 Citation & Disclosure Practices for Generative AI Use

There are currently no universally accepted format for disclosing its use of GenAI in professional settings. However, staff and educators are encouraged to model thoughtful and responsible use by being transparent about AI use when appropriate.

For recommended formats for citing AI-generated content in APA and MLA formats, please visit here.

For recommended formats for disclosure of AI use when AI is used in the process but not for direct content use, please visit here.

✍️ AI-Resistant Assignment Strategies

Incorporate these strategies into your assignments to make them more resistant to be completed by AI.

Design assignments with personal connections

Require students to connect the material to their own experiences, perspectives, and reflections, or ground tasks in students’ immediate surroundings such as a personal interview or local community issues that require first hand observations.

Foster collaboration and peer interaction

Structure assignments that require students to work together, share ideas, and provide feedback to one another.

Focus on the process, not just the product

Structure assignments that reward the steps involved in learning, rather than just the final output. This may include requiring students to submit drafts, outlines, research notes, and reflections on their learning process. Re-examine your grading policy to not put all the emphasis on the final product.

Paper-and-pencil assignments

Going back to pencil and paper is perhaps the most effective way to prevent AI use; however, be mindful that students may lose access to accessibility tools and other useful aspects of technology.

Consider mixing in paper-and-pencil tasks with on-computer tasks. Short writings tasks such as exit tickets are also effective.

Monitor in-class computer use

Tools such as GoGuardian can monitor students' BPS Chromebooks during class and can help students stay on task by preventing them from opening unwanted tabs. Note: GoGuadian only works on BPS Chromebooks on the BPS network.

Re-evaluate classwork vs homework

Homework is more susceptible to AI misuse because many students have unlimited access to personal devices. Think about reevaluating what is done in class versus what is done at home to minimize the risk of misuse.

Incorporate real-world applications and problem-solving

Present students with complex, open-ended problems that require creativity, critical thinking, and nuanced decision-making, which are difficult for AI to replicate.

Integrate multimodal learning and expression

Allow students to demonstrate their learning through a variety of mediums, such as videos, podcasts, presentations, or interactive projects. Multimodal assignments can tap into different learning styles and allow students to express their understanding in diverse and engaging ways.

Proactively integrate AI into the assignment

Integrate AI into the design of the assignment, such as providing students with a custom AI chatbot to use under teacher supervision to research source documents and documenting the findings.

📚 Additional Resources

See below for recommended resources to help you think about AI in the classroom, including recent research findings about AI in education.

🏫 AI research and classroom practices

How AI Vaporizes Long-Term Learning: A 2024 study showing how AI use initially improved student scores but did not lead to long-term retention.
AI and cheating: 20 things educators should consider from Ditch That Textbook
ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools from Common Sense Education
AI can do your homework. Now what? (Video) Converations with high school and college students and educators about impact of AI on learning.
Proactively Limiting the Use of AI in the Classroom: One educator's approach to limiting AI use in the classroom.
I Built an AI Grading Tool. Then a Student Thanked Me for Words I Didn’t Write: An educator's experience of using an AI tool to give feedback.

📊 How youth are using AI and their attitudes towards AI

AI Use by Tweens and Teens 2026: A Common Sense report about how teens and tweens are using AI and their attitudes towards AI.
How Teens Use and View AI: Pew Research Center poll on AI use by teens
Why Students Aren’t All In on AI—and What They Want From Colleges: College students' use and opinions about generative AI.

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