Some students will always try to get around an assessment process, which has historically led to surveillance-based approaches. Validate takes a different approach: it gives students the chance to self-validate their authorship at the point of submission.
Students show Cognitive Command through viva-style questions, alongside Authorship Continuity and Human Factors. You see the student's command of their own work, not just the final submission.
Can students use AI to answer the questions?
Validate limits AI use in the questions in three ways:
Timed questions. Each question is timed, so answers draw on the student's own knowledge of their work. Copy and paste is turned off, unless the student has an approved adjustment.
Questions from the student's own submission. Questions are generated from the specific claims and reasoning in each student's paper, and regenerated on every attempt.
3. Educator settings. You choose the AI Use Level and Validity Threshold for each assessment.
Read more about our academic integrity here.