• At the present time, plagiarism detectors find it difficult to pick up AI-generated text or paraphrasing

• Students can ask AI to write answers to questions, and the AI produces relatively natural text in response

• Students can ask AI to write an essay, and the AI produces an essay 

• Students can ask AI to generate ideas or quotes, and the AI produces relatively accurate answers

• AI editing tools are increasingly built into word processing programs, or freely available as plug-ins

• Students may not understand the ethical implications of presenting AI content as their own

• Students using AI spelling and language checkers, and/or getting AI to write for them links to the old problem of students whose parents, tutors or carers write their work

• AI tools in themselves are subject to query about the 'ownership' of a source or style, particularly when using images. 

Quillbot is a free paraphrasing generator. It has premium features that can be purchased, but you do not need them for this example. 

Go to: https://quillbot.com/  

Paraphrase a piece of text. This may come from a scholarly article in your discipline, a piece of your own writing, anything you can cut and paste. 

Use the slider bar in the top right to increase the number of changed words. Note that some features will be locked to the paid/premium model. 

Hover with the mouse over coloured words in the paraphrase. You can see definitions and change the word if you wish to. 

Cut and paste the paraphrased and original version into your workbook. 

NB: we have had some feedback that quillbot is blocked by some schools. If this is the case, try accessing it through another network you have access to (e.g. home, phone, ACT Libraries). If copy/pasting is problematic from the other source, note that it was unavailable in your workbook.