Running Usewright with a group
About 15 minutes to set up, and about 5 minutes of class time to introduce. Students then spend a few minutes per task.
Set it up
- Choose the space. Course for a class, team for a project team, research supervision for PhD students, or a paper space for co-authors. Not sure which?
- Add three to five key tasks, not every assignment. Start from a template, or paste the assignment text and let Usewright fill in the title, due dates, and AI rule for you to check. The pasted text stays in your browser.
- Use stages for longer work. Break a project into up to four stages, such as design, build, and demo, each with its own due date and AI level. Students plan and reflect at each stage.
- Name the protected competency: the one thing in the task that must stay the student's own, even if AI helps elsewhere.
- Set the AI level, and say whose rule it is (your course, the program, a journal, a funder).
- Share it where students already are. Post the join link in Canvas, and paste each task's note and link into that assignment. Copy the syllabus statement from the space page, and link your institution's AI policy so students see it on every task. Model policies.
- Check it as a student. Use “View as student” on the space page, or “Try it yourself” on a task to plan and reflect in a private practice copy.
Introduce it in class
A short script you can read or adapt:
“For this assignment, before you start, take 30 seconds in Usewright to decide whether you will use, limit, or decline AI, and why. When you finish, take a minute to say what you actually did. It is not an AI detector, I never see your individual entries, and nothing you write there is used for grading or integrity cases. The point is to practice judgment you will need at work. The join code is on the board.”
Read the patterns
- Patterns appear once at least 10 students respond in a course, or 4 members in a team. You never see individual entries.
- For each task you see planned and actual use, how many checked and disclosed AI, how many changed or rejected what AI gave them, how long they worked first, and whether understanding held up when explained without AI and revisited.
- Suggestions under each task point to one small change, such as a verification note or a short try-first block in class.
Follow up fairly
Each task has an oral check kit: the same questions for every student, a shared rubric, and fairness tips. Use it for learning conversations. You committed, when you created the space, not to use entries as evidence in academic integrity cases.
Feedback on Usewright itself
After their first reflection in a space, each person sees four quick questions about Usewright and one open question. Answering is optional, takes under a minute, and is not shown to you. It helps us improve the tool.
The two-page brief to share with colleagues · For instructors who prefer no AI · Trust and security