Centre for Teaching Excellence

Generative AI

Making Decision about Generative AI Use

Supplemental tool: The AI Assessment Scale 

https://aiassessmentscale.com/ 

The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS is a framework that helps educators integrate AI into assessments while maintaining academic integrity and promoting ethical use. The AIAS consists of five levels, each defining the extent of AI utilization in assessments: 

AI assessment scale in diagram format

Sample assignment overview implementing the AIAS for CMNS 100 at Capilano University 

  AI Assessment Scale applied to a CMNS course

Please note that it is your choice to decide whether you wish to use GAI for your work in this class. We will spend time talking about use cases, how and when to use it and when not to use it under a critical generative AI literacy framework so that you can feel comfortable making this choice. 

Assignment 

Scale 

Description 

In class assessments 

Level 1 (No AI) 

No AI 

Report 

Level 2 and 3 (AI Planning and AI Collaboration 

You may use GAI to brainstorm topics for your report (as demonstrated in class). All work that has been done with GAI must be cited using APA style guidelines.   

Digital communication assignment (blog post or social media 

Level 5 (AI Exploration) 

You and your group members can explore how GAI can contribute to all parts of this assignment. You will be guided through this process during in class activities.  All work that has been done with GAI must be cited using APA style guidelines.   

 

The Educational Developers at the CTE can support faculty in working with the AIAS tool.  

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