CRIM1000 Semester 1, 2025
AI-Generated Annotated Bibliography Critique
Due Date: Monday March 31st, 4pm (Week 6)
Word Count: 1000 words max (+/- 10%)
Weighting: 30% (30 marks)
Your annotated bibliography has three goals: (1) to help develop critical thinking about the use of AI-generated texts; (2) to help you identify effective source material (scientific references) for your theory application case study; (3) and to get you to think about whose voices are represented in your references for your essay later in the semester. Good source material leads to effective writing!
Information will be provided in your tutorial on what each of these elements mean, how you can go about it, as well as how to evaluate AI-Generated texts.
Two AI-Generated Annotated Bibliographies have been provided on Blackboard in the Assessment folder. Choose ONE of these to critique for this assessment and download it to your computer to work on. Then complete steps 1-3 below. The word count applies cumulatively to steps 2 & 3 only. Please note that your tutorial in Week 3 will include a walk-through on how to do this assessment.
STEP 1: Reply to the comments in the AI Generated Annotated Bibliography Word document regarding the content provided by ChatGPT. Then, use the following matrix to evaluate the AI-generated output by highlighting/bolding how you think ChatGPT is performing. See exemplar from the Week 3 for how to do this.
STEP 2: Write a statement that critiques your selected AI Generated Annotated Bibliography and answers the following three questions:
- What are the strengths of the AI-generated Annotated bibliography?
- What are the weaknesses of the AI-generated bibliography?
- What is one risk or ethical question raised about using AI generated articles?
STEP 3:
You will need to have selected and watched your movie foryour case study essay for Step 3 of this assessment. If you have not done so, go to the Assessment tab on Blackboard to check out the approved movie list and how to access those films. Ensure you are clear on what the primary crime/s are in the film. This crime type should form. the basis of your literature search.
Lastly, on your own – without ChatGPT to help you, find a 3rd research article on a topic relevant to your movie that you feel would be useful. Include the following components in the annotation:
- Citation in APA 7th
- Summary of the article
- Reflection on how it would be helpful in learning about the crime that is the focus of your movie.
- A statement on research inclusivity to help you prepare for your essay later in the semester. A how-to guide to writing this statement can be found in the AI Bibliography Assessment Folder of Blackboard.
An exemplar is available on Blackboard for you to view the suggested style and format for your annotation.
Why am I assigning this task?
The annotated bibliography aims to provide you will critical skills around finding good quality, respectable, and legitimate resources to help build your arguments. Secondly, to draw attention to what kind of research, and which voices you might want to include from the scholarly literature to help inform. your argument for the final assessment due at the end of the Semester, and to help ensure those voices are diverse and appropriate.