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AFA_29

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Does anyone know if Grammarly can be used at USAFA when writing papers or assignments digitally? Thanks!
 
AFA_29 said:
Does anyone know if Grammarly can be used at USAFA when writing papers or assignments digitally? Thanks!
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I don't know if USAFA has an official policy on Grammarly or things like it. My response assumes there is no blanket prohibition.

There are two kinds of sanctions with academic papers. One is poor work which results in a poor grade. The other is an Honor Code violation. If you use Grammarly and "cite" how you used it in the honor statement included with your paper ("This work is entirely my own, with the exception of using Grammarly to XXXX"), then you have not violated the Honor Code. However, your professor may decide to give you an academic penalty that reflects the contribution they believe Grammarly made to your paper. For example, my scoring rubric for papers always reserved some points for grammar, composition, and spelling. If your paper had so many errors that it was frustrating to read, or I ran out of ink and had to grab another pen, then I might subtract all of the points.
 
You can also adjust the settings in Word’s Grammar check to do a lot of what Grammerly does. Also, ChatGPT and other AI Assistants (Gemini, Claude) are also helpful to check, edit, and improve your writing. Also a good tool for things like a workout regimen, places to see while traveling, good blues albums to discover, recipes, etc.
 
soccer67 said:
Probably and maybe would hinge on the person's intent to present the paper as his own work. But the line is getting kinda thin at this point.
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I don't think so if it for a suggested rewrite that keeps the idea but makes it more clear.

Let’s say student Bob asks student Mary to read over his sentence: The reason why the company was not able to meet its goals was because there were unforeseen circumstances that occurred during the third quarter.

Mary comes back with a more concise and sharper suggested rewrite that doesn’t change the idea: The company missed its goals due to unforeseen third-quarter circumstances.

I don’t see that as plagiarism. It’s a form of collaboration and offering small clarity suggestions.

If Mary rewrote entire sections, added original ideas, or changed the argument, that would steer toward unethical collaboration or misrepresentation of authorship.

I tell my students to make sure they understand and approve suggested edits, rather than blindly accepting them – be it from a friend, Grammar Check, Grammarly (free or paid version) or an AI Assistant.
 
unkown1961 said:
I don't think so if it for a suggested rewrite that keeps the idea but makes it more clear.

Let’s say student Bob asks student Mary to read over his sentence: The reason why the company was not able to meet its goals was because there were unforeseen circumstances that occurred during the third quarter.

Mary comes back with a more concise and sharper suggested rewrite that doesn’t change the idea: The company missed its goals due to unforeseen third-quarter circumstances.

I don’t see that as plagiarism. It’s a form of collaboration and offering small clarity suggestions.

If Mary rewrote entire sections, added original ideas, or changed the argument, that would steer toward unethical collaboration or misrepresentation of authorship.

I tell my students to make sure they understand and approve suggested edits, rather than blindly accepting them – be it from a friend, Grammar Check, Grammarly (free or paid version) or an AI Assistant.
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The problem is that I have spoken to teachers, and they say that Grammarly gets flagged for AI (on the sections that it "rewrites")
Use at your own risk
 
Boeingaircraft767 said:
The problem is that I have spoken to teachers, and they say that Grammarly gets flagged for AI (on the sections that it "rewrites")
Use at your own risk
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Interesting. Have they told you how it gets flagged? The flag should also show a percentage of how much the tool thinks it is AI. Our college used to use one from Turnitin but stopped after studies showed a lack of accuracy, margins of error, and other issues. And, if the students revise the sentences themselves to a more concise version, then their work will be flagged as AI.
Not to go on a sidetrack like one of our esteemed posters from 1994, but...
We've started looking for other AI Assistant red flags. For instance, formatting. ChatGPT has a distinct formatting style that some students copy and paste, and which doesn't follow our class style guide. Or, ChatGPT produces responses that are vague, general, and hyperbolic (e.g., your amazing organization is super fantastic...). Or, they offer sources, but the sources aren't real. I'm trying to combat the latter two by requiring some specific mentions in papers and requiring sources to be hyperlinked - when the link goes to a non-existent page, then I have them haha.
Right now, I have a bunch of yellow lines under some phrases. Too bad I don't pay for Grammarly Pro, or I could fix these. :)
 
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