A blanket policy against Grammarly doesn't make sense: it includes different kinds of AI. Students should learn to use grammar and punctuation suggestions. I tell them not to use the AI rewrite/generate options. Grammarly Authorship reports will distinguish. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in... - ThreadSky

annamillsoer.bsky.social • 91 days ago

A blanket policy against Grammarly doesn't make sense: it includes different kinds of AI. Students should learn to use grammar and punctuation suggestions. I tell them not to use the AI rewrite/generate options. Grammarly Authorship reports will distinguish. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/11/26/grammarly-ai-notre-dame-says-yes

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jonpo.bsky.social•90 days ago

It's all AI, but is it acceptable ? What about using AI to get feedback on style ? What about someone in India getting grammar help from an LLM ? Maybe we should embrace spelling punctuation and grammar "errors" as a sign of authenticity in today's world.

mrk-all-day.bsky.social•91 days ago

Our district banned it because students used the rewrite tool a lot. But that’s because they’ve never been taught anything about it. Students will always go with the easy route. Heck, I go with the easy route to if given the option.

james-faulkner.bsky.social•91 days ago

I've been looking for a tool that would provide tailored grammar lessons so that students can self-revise vs. plug-and-play corrections. Have you tried TII's Draft Coach by any chance, Anna? Another problem, each grammar feedback tool I've tried has flagged well-formed sentences 🫤

annamillsoer.bsky.social•91 days ago

I don't know that but will check it out!
Yes, I see that problem with Grammarly--at least that way students have more motivation to make their own judgments about the suggestions.
I have this Grammar and Style explainer bot if that's of any use: https://www.playlab.ai/project/cm179ppn20ljvt4mov3tq3ikt

james-faulkner.bsky.social•91 days ago

This is exactly the kind of support I'd want to offer students. Thanks for sharing!

annamillsoer.bsky.social•91 days ago

Oh, wonderful! Let me know if it needs tweaking...

beckykeene.com•91 days ago

Word Editor, which has many of the same features and is freely included in Word, also runs on AI as a connected experience. Many people don’t realize that!

annamillsoer.bsky.social•90 days ago

Thanks--I knew it was possible to set that up but didn't know it was the default. I'll have to play around...

beckykeene.com•90 days ago

It’s also in Edge and Outlook!

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-editor-checks-grammar-and-more-in-documents-mail-and-the-web-91ecbe1b-d021-4e9e-a82e-abc4cd7163d7

jkosmicki.bsky.social•91 days ago

Agreed on this but if previous instructors did not make that distinction, students are likely to go on auto pilot and use it as they know, not as you want

queenflee.com•91 days ago

There’s got to be a happy medium between rewriting & coaching. Maybe it’s a student version with more subtle suggestions, where paid private accounts use the rewrite version. It’s a bit annoying. If enough universities ban licensing, it might motivate$$$ the company.

beilinglaoshi.bsky.social•91 days ago

I'm told that universities which have an Education license can turn off the GenAI functions at institution level. Wouldn't stop students using them on their personal Grammarly accounts/devices though

annamillsoer.bsky.social•90 days ago

That's good to know. But you're right; they can use them on free personal accounts. Grammarly makes the genAI features available free to a limited extent.

queenflee.com•90 days ago

Free for now! Web software biz models are: give everything away for free then put key features behind a paywall. More users = more future $$$$. Hulu did it big time.

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