FlashGrade — CIS 105

ASU username

Same username you use for Canvas and MyASU

PIN — last 4 digits of your student ID

Find your student ID on your Sun Card or MyASU

Having trouble? Contact your instructor.

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Research report

.docx · 3–4 pages

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Data spreadsheet

.xlsx · 2 worksheets

You must use AI to complete this project.

Pick any AI tool — ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Perplexity. Free versions are fine.

File 1 — Research report (.docx)

A 3 to 4 page Word document about a career field you want to enter. Pick something you are genuinely curious about. Microsoft Word only — not Google Docs, not Pages.

Start here — paste this prompt into your AI tool:

"I am a college student researching [YOUR CAREER FIELD] as a potential career. Please give me a detailed overview covering: what professionals in this field do day to day, current job market conditions including demand and geographic concentration, salary ranges at entry level, mid-career, and senior level, how AI is currently changing this profession with specific examples, and what skills are becoming more or less valuable as a result. Be specific and current."

Now paste your results to your five sections in Word:

Section 1: Career Overview — What do professionals do day to day? What industries hire them? What does the career path look like?

Section 2: Job Market Conditions — Is this field growing or shrinking? Where are the jobs? How competitive is it to break in?

Section 3: Salary Data — Entry level, mid-career, and senior salaries. Must match your spreadsheet. AI salary figures are frequently outdated — verify them.

Section 4: AI's Impact on This Field — Which tasks are being automated? What skills are becoming more valuable? Be specific. "AI will change everything" is not an answer.

Section 5: Personal Takeaway — What surprised you? How does this change your career plans? This section cannot be written by AI. If it could apply to any student in any career, rewrite it.

File 2 — Data spreadsheet (.xlsx)

An Excel file with two worksheets. Excel only — not Google Sheets.

Start here — paste this prompt into your AI tool:

"I am a college student creating an Excel spreadsheet about careers in [YOUR CAREER FIELD]. I need two worksheets. Worksheet 1 called Salary Data: A table with at least 5 specific job titles in this field. For each job title include the role name, industry or employer type, entry level salary, mid-career salary, and senior level salary. All salaries should reflect current 2025-2026 U.S. market data. Below the table tell me exactly what Excel formulas to type to calculate: the total of all entry salaries using SUM, the average entry salary using AVERAGE, the highest senior salary using MAX, and the lowest entry salary using MIN. Tell me which cells to put each formula in. Worksheet 2 called Career Comparison: A table comparing 3 to 5 job titles in this field with the top 3 skills required for each role, the average salary, and the 5-year job growth outlook. Give me the data in a format I can copy directly into Excel."

Sheet 1 — Salary Data: A table with at least 5 job titles in your field. For each role include entry, mid, and senior salary. Below the table add these four formulas: =SUM, =AVERAGE, =MAX, =MIN on the salary data.

Sheet 2 — Career Comparison: A table comparing 3 to 5 job titles with top skills required, average salary, and 5-year growth outlook.

Grading rubric

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Research report

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Data spreadsheet

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Files received

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Released within 48hrs of full submission

Due date

Nov 21, 11:59pm

Total points

100 points

Files required

3 files

AI tools

Any tool allowed

File 1 — Research report (.docx)

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3–4 pages — use heading styles for all five section headers, not manual bold

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Section 1: Career overview — what professionals do, industries, career path

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Section 2: Job market conditions — demand, growth, regional trends

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Section 3: Salary data — entry, mid, senior ranges — must match your spreadsheet

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Section 4: AI's impact on this field — be specific, generic answers lose points

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Section 5: Your personal takeaway — what surprised you, how it changes your plans

File 2 — Data spreadsheet (.xlsx)

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Sheet 1 — Salary data: 5+ job titles with entry, mid, senior salaries. Must include =SUM, =AVERAGE, =MAX, =MIN functions and at least one chart.

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Sheet 2 — Career comparison: 3–5 job titles with top 3 skills, average salary, and 5-year growth outlook

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Formatting: Currency format on all salaries, bold header rows with background color, freeze the header row

File 3 — AI prompt log (.docx or .pdf)

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Required header: AI tool used, version/plan, primary use, would you use it again and why

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For each prompt: exact prompt text, summary of AI response, what you kept, changed, or rejected and why

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Required reflection: At least one specific example where AI was wrong, incomplete, or misleading — and how you caught it. No reflection = no full credit.

Grading rubric

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Research report — quality, accuracy, all 5 sections, professional formatting 45 pts

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Data spreadsheet — accuracy, all 4 functions, chart, header formatting 30 pts

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AI prompt log — depth, iteration, critical reflection 25 pts

Frequently asked questions

Which AI tool should I use? Any tool — ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity. Free versions are fine. Document it in your prompt log.

Can I resubmit a file? Yes — you can replace any file before the deadline. Just upload again and it replaces the previous version.

Where do I find my PIN? Your PIN is the last 4 digits of your 10-digit ASU student ID, found on your Sun Card or in MyASU.

Where do I find my username? Your ASU username is the short ID you use to log into Canvas — something like zander19 or msmith45.

Do I need to rename my files? No — FlashGrade names them automatically based on your roster information.

When will I get my grade? Within 48 hours of submitting all three files. Check your submission status here anytime.

What if the AI was accurate the whole time? Look harder. Every AI tool makes at least one error or omission on a real research task. That's the point.

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