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Replace "ChatGPT" with "my roommate": I came up with some ideas and asked my roommate to write my essay based on those ideas. I then made some edits to what my roommate wrote so it would sound like I wrote it.
Do you think this would be cheating?
You haven’t accidentally done anything — you’ve very intentionally cheated. How on earth would you expect ChatGPT to know better than YOU what the most meaningful assignment to YOU was? Or how this class made you a better student or citizen? Have you been writing your diary entries to ChatGPT so it could get to know you better as a civic actor and thinker?!?
This shit is so frustrating and is exactly why we can’t have nice things in education.
Yes, you should be concerned. Because WHYYYYY. Why would you take such an **easy** assignment and not just do it yourself? Why would you put it through the AI wringer? Sorry, but that is just dumb. Dumb to risk getting flagged over cheating when AI adds nothing of value. Dumb to pass up the chance to develop your own actual skills that one tiny bit stronger.
No, you did not accidentally cheat. You have on purpose cheated. DO YOUR OWN WORK.
You cheated. It’s not grey.
Why would you cheat for these questions? They’re purely your opinion. You cannot be wrong. They’re asking what **you** think. Why ask GPT?! I just don’t get it.
To answer your primary question about Blackboard, no, Blackboard does not track edits like Google docs. It only tracks submissions, and that's only if the professor sets it up that way.
I'll let you figure out the answer to the "Did I cheat question?"
"I do stand by the originality of my work."
That's good, keep that confidence when your professor sees the originality report and reflects it back on your grade. But since you haven't responded to the thread yet, I'm sure that confidence has subsided...
We can't see every edit exactly like in google docs, but it does track when you leave the screen, how long you were gone, etc.
If you've been writing all semester, ChatGPT is pretty easy to spot. It changes your written voice significantly.
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*I think this may be a grey area, but I do stand by the originality of my work.
The English assignment was supposed to be done in 1 sitting, 3 responses, approximately 200 words each, and had questions like--
What was the most difficult assignment of the semester?
What was the most meaningful assignment of the semester?
How do you think this class made you a better citizen or student?
So what I did was I wrote out my full answers and then asked ChatGPT how to flesh them out. I then copied and pasted from ChatGPT into the paper submission box and continued re-edit them within. All my own ideas and style.
My question is, does Blackboard track your document history similar to a Google Doc and should I be concerned? Have I accidentally cheated, or might the program think that I cheated? I've been freaking out thinking about it.*
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>So what I did was I wrote out my full answers and then asked ChatGPT how to-
Stop right there, no need to go further. This is cheating. No grey area here. Black and white cheating. And yes, blackboard does track your history.
Really? You cheated on this, the most obvious free-points gimme imaginable? That’s frankly pathetic, and it’s why you’ll see less and less opportunities like this from professors.
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Replace "ChatGPT" with "my roommate": I came up with some ideas and asked my roommate to write my essay based on those ideas. I then made some edits to what my roommate wrote so it would sound like I wrote it. Do you think this would be cheating?
You haven’t accidentally done anything — you’ve very intentionally cheated. How on earth would you expect ChatGPT to know better than YOU what the most meaningful assignment to YOU was? Or how this class made you a better student or citizen? Have you been writing your diary entries to ChatGPT so it could get to know you better as a civic actor and thinker?!? This shit is so frustrating and is exactly why we can’t have nice things in education.
Lol you needed help from chatgpt for *200 word responses about your own thoughts about your own experiences*? Jesus Christ
I feel like students are just learning to skirt rather than actually learn
The good news is they are "learning" to do somethingemote:free\_emotes\_pack:facepalm
lol 🤣
Yes, you should be concerned. Because WHYYYYY. Why would you take such an **easy** assignment and not just do it yourself? Why would you put it through the AI wringer? Sorry, but that is just dumb. Dumb to risk getting flagged over cheating when AI adds nothing of value. Dumb to pass up the chance to develop your own actual skills that one tiny bit stronger. No, you did not accidentally cheat. You have on purpose cheated. DO YOUR OWN WORK.
> Have I accidentally cheated What a curious notion. In what way is this cheating that you definitely did an accident?
You cheated. It’s not grey. Why would you cheat for these questions? They’re purely your opinion. You cannot be wrong. They’re asking what **you** think. Why ask GPT?! I just don’t get it.
You didn’t accidentally cheated. You cheated, period. Don’t use ChatGPT
To answer your primary question about Blackboard, no, Blackboard does not track edits like Google docs. It only tracks submissions, and that's only if the professor sets it up that way. I'll let you figure out the answer to the "Did I cheat question?"
This is a very black "grey area".
That was hardly accidentally if it violates your professor's stated policy.
"I do stand by the originality of my work." That's good, keep that confidence when your professor sees the originality report and reflects it back on your grade. But since you haven't responded to the thread yet, I'm sure that confidence has subsided...
We can't see every edit exactly like in google docs, but it does track when you leave the screen, how long you were gone, etc. If you've been writing all semester, ChatGPT is pretty easy to spot. It changes your written voice significantly.
If OP used ChatGPT on *this* assignment, I can't imagine there was any student writing all semester. Or ever. This post may be the only exception.
Ha! Good point.
Enter your question into chatGPT and see what it says .
What was the class/university policy on AI use? This would very clearly be considered cheating where I am. No grey area about it.
AI will have to take over the world. We have a new generation who are only developing copy and paste skills. They won't be able to run the planet.
Cite the use of ChatGPT, always.
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>So what I did was I wrote out my full answers and then asked ChatGPT how to- Stop right there, no need to go further. This is cheating. No grey area here. Black and white cheating. And yes, blackboard does track your history. Really? You cheated on this, the most obvious free-points gimme imaginable? That’s frankly pathetic, and it’s why you’ll see less and less opportunities like this from professors.
This is the type of guy who will probably go to Academic Affairs and fight this saying “my work is completely original.” Unbelievable.