Short Guide to Assessment in the Age of GenAI

This short guide provides an overview of GenAI and a longer discussion of how assessments can be (re)designed to integrate or limit the use of GenAI by students. It includes examples from teaching practice at University College Cork.

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This guide is most useful for anyone seeking a quick (and simple) introduction to GenAI (what it is, how it works), specifically the ways it affects assessment in third-level education. It provides some general best practice advise around assessment design as well as examples from UCC staff.

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Thelen, S. (2025). Short guide to assessment in the age of genai. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/short-guide-to-assessment-in-the-age-of-genai/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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