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Identifying Engagement
in the Writing Process

Authent is a Chrome browser extension that presents vital information about the writing process of any appropriately shared Google Doc. It visually renders information already stored and available in a Doc's revision histories as an interactive activity grid alongside a series of relevant statistics curated to quickly and effectively reveal the human element behind the finished product in any writing task.

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Our technology provides an alternative to AI "detection" products by emphasizing and encouraging what really matters: signatures of genuine engagement in composition over time. Allowing flexibility away from a zero GPT model, Authent offers a new outlook on assessment and evaluation of student writing in the age of AI by providing key data and metrics for teachers about student process and empowering them to understand and apply results according to their own AI use policies.

 

The extension is DATA PRIVACY SECURE: it processes information about the writing process without collecting it, and never captures or considers what is actually written on the Doc.

written on the Doc. 

A smarter approach to
AI and Writing 

Flexible

Data visualization that is intuitive and valuable within a variety of writing scenarios and approaches to teaching writing

Compatible 

Works with Google Docs: technology you your students and your institution already trust

Secure

Data is stored locally, never available to anyone other than the user, and contains no information about
author or subject matter

Fair

Provides metrics to help develop more objective engagement assessment

Built by teachers and students, for teachers and students.

Authent began with a group of faculty and students from UC Berkeley coming together to discuss the stakes of AI in the classroom from all perspectives, and develop a straightforward, equitable, and privacy secure solution that could benefit the learning process. We encourage students to download the extension and work to improve their engagement from paper to paper!  

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