Case Studies

Faculty – Assessment Development

Strategy: Leveraging GenAI to create a variety of assessment types, ultimately saving time and optimizing consistency 

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Natalia Babenko, a TA for Psychology of Aging, employed GenAI to develop a variety of assessments. Using the learning objectives and previously established examples, she leveraged CoPilot and Gemini to assist in creating a detailed rubric, prompting the platforms to apply a 20%-point distribution for each category. Following this, she used GenAI to revise all the assignment rubrics in the course, ultimately optimizing rubric consistency.

She also harnessed GenAI to rapidly create a new quiz for an activity where students review websites from the CDC. She used the automated quiz import tool, GetMarked, to quickly upload questions directly into Canvas without having to copy and paste. Collectively, these tools were instrumental in saving her time while concurrently optimizing the consistency of the rubrics in the course. 

AI Tools Used: Microsoft CoPilot and Gemini

Instructor Insights & Recommendations

  • Having compared Microsoft Copilot and Gemini for creating the same quiz using the same prompt, I inferred that Gemini better addressed the content of the website.  
  • I really liked using GenAI to create a quiz and then integrating it into Canvas. This saves a lot of time.