AI Tinker Session: Exploring AI for Student Feedback

The LDTI GenAI Tinker Sessions provide an opportunity for academic staff to try out different tools, experiment with their functionality, and think about how they could be used in day-to-day work. 
Tinker sessions are intended for academic staff and will include activities focused on teaching activities. 

Join LDTI for a discussion of, and hands on experimentation with, using GenAI for student feedback.

Research conducted by the AI in Higher Education: Students and AI Project (Monash, UTS, Deakin, and Uni QLD) a significant percentage of students are already seeking feedback from GenAI and that they view AI feedback as being as helpful as, but less trustworthy than, human feedback (Henderson et al, 2025).

In this session we will explore three ways in which student may engage with GenAI to receive feedback:

• Student Sourced Feedback
• Educator Sourced via Prompt Engineering
• Off the shelf options via proprietary platforms.

We will discuss the benefits, risks and challenges with each approach before applying exemplar prompts to draft feedback on student submissions using Microsoft Copilot.

In the lead up to the session, LDTI will email all registrants with details of any supporting material that will be required. Given the hands-on nature of these sessions, recordings are not available. However, resources (e.g. example prompts etc.) are shared following each session

Related Resources

• Policy on the use of Generative AI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• LDTI Constructing Effective Feedback
• LDTI Review your Feedback Practices
• LDTI Designing for Effective Feedback
• Riding the tiger of AI feedback - from the AI in Higher Education: Student Perspectives project.
• Studiosity Writing Feedback+