Redesign assignments so students have to do the thinking...not AI.
AI detectors can't settle the cheating question. Assignment Makeover is a four-step framework that helps K-12 teachers and college faculty build assignments that are harder to outsource to AI and more worth doing.
Students can now paste almost any assignment into a chatbot and get a polished answer in seconds. Many schools have turned to AI detectors, but detectors make mistakes, and a false accusation can do real harm to a student.
There is another way to look at it. When an assignment can be finished without thinking, that is a design problem as much as a cheating problem. Fix the assignment and you change what students are asked to do.
It is a four-step process for redesigning an assignment you already use. You don't start over. You make it stronger.
Redesign essays, projects, and homework so students show their thinking, whether you teach English, science, or anything between.
For K-12 Teachers
Update papers, discussion posts, and take-home work for courses where AI is already in students' hands.
For College Faculty
Give a whole building, district, or department a shared, practical approach instead of a patchwork of policies.
A step-by-step guide to the four-step framework, with a K-12 edition and a Higher Ed edition. Individual $37 · Department (up to 25 staff) $197 · School-Wide $497.
Everything a school or district needs to lead its own professional development session on assignment redesign. Single building or campus $297 · District or system-wide $797.
Keynotes and workshops for your staff or conference.
“What I like most is that it’s practical. No giant framework. No 87-step process. Just a simple way to look at an assignment and make it better.” - Sandy Groom-Meeks
“We have instructors already making changes to their assignments and are excited to put [the Assignment Makeover] process into practice.” - Jay Rozema
I'm Mark Henderson. I'm an instructional designer, former high school English teacher, and now speak and train on AI in education across K-12 and higher ed. I built Assignment Makeover because banning, detecting, and policing AI wasn't working for the teachers I talked to. Helping them design better assignments did.
Download Part One of the Assignment Makeover Manual and see how vulnerable your own assignment is to AI. No sign-up needed.