Writing self-assessment

How did you use AI?

Choose one piece of writing. Answer ten questions about what you wrote yourself and what AI helped you do.

Download the assessmentFree PDF · 6 pages · Letter size

Start with one piece

Choose one piece of writing.

Use an essay, poem, article, or work document. Keep that same piece in mind for all ten questions. Print the PDF or fill it in on a tablet.

  1. Answer honestly

    Choose one response for each of the ten questions. There’s no wrong answer.

    Step 1: Circle your answers on the Human–AI Spectrum assessment
  2. Find your score

    Add your ten numbers, divide by ten, and find your result in the table.

    Step 2: Tally and average your ten Human–AI Spectrum answers
  3. Review your result

    Look at where you made the decisions and where you relied on AI. Would you make the same choices next time?

    Step 3: Find your Human–AI Collaborative Spectrum level

If you want to use the VerifiedHuman mark

Read the requirements first.

The PDF calls scores of 2.5–3.4 “VH3.” That score helps you review your writing process. It does not qualify you to use the VerifiedHuman mark. To use the mark, your work must meet the current Standard for Writers, and you must agree to follow it.

AI can help you edit, but the ideas and the writing still need to be yours. If you start with an AI draft, you need to rewrite it in your own voice. Changing a set percentage of words is not enough.

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