VALUE Rubrics, AI, and Assignment (Re)Design

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) presents both challenge and opportunity for faculty committed to designing assignments that cultivate higher-order thinking. Rather than retreating from AI, this session will explore how to harness it strategically alongside AAC&U's VALUE rubrics and VALUE ADD (Assignment Design and Diagnostic) Tools to create more intentional, robust learning experiences. How can generative AI serve as a thought partner in assignment design while VALUE rubrics and ADD Tools provide the framework for quality and alignment? We'll demonstrate practical approaches for using AI to iterate on prompts, anticipate student responses, and identify gaps between assignment expectations and rubric criteria. Well-designed assignments remain our most powerful tool for engaging students in authentic intellectual work. By integrating AI purposefully into the design process while maintaining clear focus on VALUE's essential learning outcomes, faculty can craft assignments that are both AI-aware and assessment-ready—assignments that challenge students to demonstrate the critical thinking, creativity, and integrative capacities our world demands.