The professor uses chat gpt for grading

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, does it really, really matter? Most of the people on my college English Department use a set of canned responses per letter grade for essays. Then there is maybe one personal comment for feedback.

If we have 200 students per semester, each assigned four essays, do you really expect us to not use some shortcut?

Do you teach at a large state school?

What an AWFUL way to teach writing!

I am a faculty member and write extensive personalized comments for all student--including those writing 20 page papers.

You owe them that, or you should switch your test format (short answer, multiple choice, presentations, etc).

You sound burnt out and should retire.

I don't really need to justify my stock rubric and feedback forms, but yes, I am at a large state school. In my writing classes, students are given several shots at drafts ( with extensive, personal, and specific review from me) before they turn in a final draft.

By the final draft, they either know what they did wrong/right or they don't, and the rubric indicates clearly these areas. And for final essays, like end of the semester essays, yeah...I am not going to spend hours on specific commenting when grades are due in the tightest of timelines.

I choose to give them the most time to finish the essay, which means they are due at the final exam period. That's a gift.

If this is an upper level class, it is presumed they know how to write and the stock responses tell them why their grade is what it is, in a clear and detailed rubric. Then personal comments, one or two, are added about the actual content of the essay..usually one or two praises and one room for improvement.

Sorry if this means I should retire to you.

[Anonymous]

Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

Cool story

[Anonymous]

Does this mean professors are going to be replaced by chat gpt?

[Anonymous]

I would have assumed the professor was being sarcastic. If he was actually going to use AI, why would he tell them. I think, as another poster mentioned, it was a dig at suspecting students used AI.

[Anonymous]

Did ChadGPT write this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

And the head of that particular academic department is already aware of the experiment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

And the head of that particular academic department is already aware of the experiment.

OP here.

Update. No, this isn’t an experiment. This appears to be a case of an overwhelmed professor who might be on the spectrum and says (in his latest email to students) that he has ADHD.

He apparently said the same thing in one of his other classes and a parent posted about it in a parent group on FB. Similar to this thread, only from a different parent and involving a different class of his.

I advised my child to alert the adviser and director of undergraduate education for the program but am not going to involve myself.

Professor emailed students again last night and said he got permission to submit grades late — by 8 am today — and told them to all email him their preferences on using chatgpt for feedback (!?!?$), so that part of it had changed. He also said they all needed to get up between 6 and 7 am to check that their grades were accurate before he formally submitted them. So basically he invited like 60 new emails before he can submit grades in *checks watch* 53 minutes.

My child tells me this same professor always came to class unprepared, saying he hadn’t completed his slides for the lecture and instead they would read from the textbook, each student reading one sentence at a time.

Anyway, department heads are involved now. University brass might be too given the FB thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grades at DS’s university are due today or tomorrow.

DS just sent a screen shot of a professor who basically says he is going to use chatgpt to generate feedback and grades on essays he assigned but doesn’t have time to grade himself.

What do you advise DS to do, if anything?

This is great news since DS can get ChatGPT to read analyze his essay and suggest ways to improve it up front.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

And the head of that particular academic department is already aware of the experiment.

OP here.

Update. No, this isn’t an experiment. This appears to be a case of an overwhelmed professor who might be on the spectrum and says (in his latest email to students) that he has ADHD.

He apparently said the same thing in one of his other classes and a parent posted about it in a parent group on FB. Similar to this thread, only from a different parent and involving a different class of his.

I advised my child to alert the adviser and director of undergraduate education for the program but am not going to involve myself.

Professor emailed students again last night and said he got permission to submit grades late — by 8 am today — and told them to all email him their preferences on using chatgpt for feedback (!?!?$), so that part of it had changed. He also said they all needed to get up between 6 and 7 am to check that their grades were accurate before he formally submitted them. So basically he invited like 60 new emails before he can submit grades in *checks watch* 53 minutes.

My child tells me this same professor always came to class unprepared, saying he hadn’t completed his slides for the lecture and instead they would read from the textbook, each student reading one sentence at a time.

Anyway, department heads are involved now. University brass might be too given the FB thread.

This professor deserves a promotion for showing his creativity. ChatGPT is an excellent tool that students and faculty should use to improve their work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

And the head of that particular academic department is already aware of the experiment.

OP here.

Update. No, this isn’t an experiment. This appears to be a case of an overwhelmed professor who might be on the spectrum and says (in his latest email to students) that he has ADHD.

He apparently said the same thing in one of his other classes and a parent posted about it in a parent group on FB. Similar to this thread, only from a different parent and involving a different class of his.

I advised my child to alert the adviser and director of undergraduate education for the program but am not going to involve myself.

Professor emailed students again last night and said he got permission to submit grades late — by 8 am today — and told them to all email him their preferences on using chatgpt for feedback (!?!?$), so that part of it had changed. He also said they all needed to get up between 6 and 7 am to check that their grades were accurate before he formally submitted them. So basically he invited like 60 new emails before he can submit grades in *checks watch* 53 minutes.

My child tells me this same professor always came to class unprepared, saying he hadn’t completed his slides for the lecture and instead they would read from the textbook, each student reading one sentence at a time.

Anyway, department heads are involved now. University brass might be too given the FB thread.

This prof definitely needs a review, but the level of parental involvement/engagement/interest here in a college aged child's coursework is off the rails. The students should be handling this.

That there is a parent group here blows my effing mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exhibit 1 for why those in the know choose small liberal arts colleges.

LOL !

The prof is probably seeking reactions.

No sane or reasonable professor would make such an announcement; this prof made the statement in order to gauge the responses.

And the head of that particular academic department is already aware of the experiment.

OP here.

Update. No, this isn’t an experiment. This appears to be a case of an overwhelmed professor who might be on the spectrum and says (in his latest email to students) that he has ADHD.

He apparently said the same thing in one of his other classes and a parent posted about it in a parent group on FB. Similar to this thread, only from a different parent and involving a different class of his.

I advised my child to alert the adviser and director of undergraduate education for the program but am not going to involve myself.

Professor emailed students again last night and said he got permission to submit grades late — by 8 am today — and told them to all email him their preferences on using chatgpt for feedback (!?!?$), so that part of it had changed. He also said they all needed to get up between 6 and 7 am to check that their grades were accurate before he formally submitted them. So basically he invited like 60 new emails before he can submit grades in *checks watch* 53 minutes.

My child tells me this same professor always came to class unprepared, saying he hadn’t completed his slides for the lecture and instead they would read from the textbook, each student reading one sentence at a time.

Anyway, department heads are involved now. University brass might be too given the FB thread.

This prof definitely needs a review, but the level of parental involvement/engagement/interest here in a college aged child's coursework is off the rails. The students should be handling this.

That there is a parent group here blows my effing mind.

OP here. My kid asked for advice. I gave it. 🤷‍♀️

The parent groups of students on FB *are* loony. I was in one for about a week and quit because of the helicoptering.

[Anonymous]

I don't get why the professor came out and said he was going to use Chatgpt. There was really no point to announce that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He likely is doing this to put the fear of God in them not to plagiarize, as that would be detected through the program.

If a problem comes up and the student feels his work has not been fairly evaluated, he can take it up with the professor and, if needed, the department chair once the grades come in.

No, the essays were turned in a while ago. Has nothing to do with being a deterrent for plagiarism. He wants to take a short cut.

But what reason would he have for stating it? I'm a teacher and I take plenty of short cuts as well, but I don't announce them in an email to families.