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ConstraintCognitive automation2023-09-28
The University of Sydney bars AI from determining marks for assessments that count, and holds human markers fully responsible
University lectureroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2023-09-28
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Marking and feedback
Marking scripts and coursework and giving students feedback.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Australia, one university. The post relays guidelines its executive education committee agreed to apply university-wide: for assessments that count towards the final grade, marks and grades must not be derived or determined using AI at any stage, and AI must not determine the first instance of feedback comments; human markers are 100% responsible for the accuracy, validity and quality of all marks, grades and feedback. AI-generated marks are allowed for formative work under human review. A teaching-blog post relaying the decision; it says the guidelines will evolve.
What this means
At this university, a person sets every mark that counts towards a grade.
What it does not yet show
One university's guideline, relayed on its teaching blog; it may have changed since and says nothing about actual use.
What you can check
Open the Teaching@Sydney post and find "Marks and grades must not be derived or determined using AI".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
University of Sydney, Teaching@Sydney — 'Should we use generative artificial intelligence tools for marking and feedback?' (28 September 2023; guidelines agreed by the University Executive Education Committee) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
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