Produced by the Academic Senate for California Community College, "Academic Integrity Policies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Resource Document," Spring 2024
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 1: OPEN - Allowed Statement
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, or GitHub CoPilot, that generate output may be used in this course as you determine appropriate, as long as you do so honestly through proper documentation, citation, and acknowledgement. To demonstrate your honest use of these tools and your learning process, you must:
- Keep histories of your chats and submit them when requested.
- Cite the content that came from GenAI tools using citations methods endorsed by the library.
NOTE: GenAI is known to fabricate sources, facts, and give false information. It also perpetuates bias. You should also be aware that there are copyright and privacy concerns with these tools. You should exercise caution when using large portions of content from AI sources for these reasons. Also, you are accountable for the content and accuracy of all work you submit in this class, including any supported generative AI.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 2: OPEN - Allowed Statement
While using various digital tools and resources is permitted and encouraged during creative and academic projects, students must properly cite and reference any material generated and/or significantly altered/enhanced by AI and must not present such material as their own original work. There is also an expectation that students acknowledge the ways in which any AI tools have been utilized as part of their creative process. Additionally, some assignments in this course must be completed without the use of AI generated content at any point during the project. If you’re not clear on whether to use or cite AI, please ask me!
Because images or text generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT are not retrievable or searchable, it currently falls into the “personal communication” category for APA citations and MLA’s general AI citation guidelines. Neither of these options seem to fully address concerns expressed by faculty regarding transparency when students have utilized AI applications in their creative process. Therefore, faculty may ask students to submit the full text or images derived from AI tools along with their original drafts and final assignments:
If an authorized AI app was used at any point in the process of completing an assignment, students are required to document their prompt as well as the AI response via printouts or screenshots of AI-generated text and images along with the date on which the results were produced.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 3: CONDITIONAL/RESTRICTIVE Statement
Note: Example 3: Inspired from Ohio State University, Inara Scott and adopted locally in a CCC
I expect you to generate your own work in this class. When you submit any kind of work (including projects, exams, quizzes, or discussions), you are asserting that you have generated and written the text unless you indicate otherwise by the use of quotation marks and proper attribution for the source. Submitting content that has been generated by someone other than you, or was created or assisted by a computer application or tool, including artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT is cheating and constitutes a violation of the Student Conduct Code. You may use simple word processing tools to update spelling and grammar in your assignments, but you may not use AI tools to draft your work, even if you edit, revise, or paraphrase it. There may be opportunities for you to use AI tools in this class. Where they exist, I will clearly specify when and in what capacity it is permissible for you to use these tools.
Example of guidance on individual assignments:
I want to address the new AI-tools that you may be hearing about, such as ChatGPT, and their possible role in this project. I want you to be aware that ChatGPT is based on a large language model--it is basically crowdsourcing information and providing likely answers based on the vast amount of text in its database. While it can provide some helpful information, and may spur your thinking in some areas, it is not a reliable source and cannot provide citations or references to reliable data or evidence. (If you ask it for a citation, be aware that it makes things up and the information it's giving you is likely garbage!)
So, can I use ChatGPT or other AI tools to help write this paper?
Things you can do: ask ChatGPT questions! I personally enjoy chatting with it about topics I'm interested in. For example, "What are some current issues related to sustainability in the airline industry?" When you read what it says, keep in mind that it's probably at least 60-70% correct, but perhaps not more than that. :-) Given that you're considering whatever it told you with a big grain of salt, you'll then need to do some research to find peer reviewed and reliable evidence that might corroborate (or disagree with!) what the AI tool told you. Use those articles to find other articles that consider the same question (review the citation list for other articles to read). Either before or after you ask ChatGPT a question, try a google search with the same sort of query and see what it turns up; also, try a search on the OSU library system. Review, compare, and investigate. Repeat this cycle, keeping in mind that what you're getting from AI is crowdsourced information, not the reliable product of research and assessment.
Things you cannot do: Do not use ChatGPT to draft your paper. Do not use ChatGPT to give you citations. I am saying this both for purposes of coming up with reliable evidence and also from an academic integrity (i.e, cheating) standpoint. If you didn't write it, don't put your name on it and claim that you wrote it. Don't modify a few words here and there and claim you wrote it either. Close the window before you start drafting and put the real evidence and articles you've found into your own words. Do your own analysis and critical thinking.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 4: CONDITIONAL/RESTRICTIVE Statement
Note: Example 4: Inspired from Plymouth State University, Pam Harland and adopted locally in CCC
Within this course, you are welcome to use generative artificial intelligence (Ai) models (ChatGPT, DALL-E, GitHub Copilot, and anything after) with acknowledgment. However, you should note that all large language models have a tendency to make up incorrect facts and fake citations, they may perpetuate biases, and image generation models can occasionally come up with offensive products. You will be responsible for any inaccurate, biased, offensive, or otherwise unethical content you submit regardless of whether it originally comes from you or an Ai model.
- If you use an Ai model, its contribution must be cited and discussed:
- What was your prompt?
- Did you revise the Ai model’s original output for your submission?
- Did you ask follow-up questions?
- What did you learn?
Having said all these disclaimers, the use of Ai models is encouraged, as it may make it possible for you to submit assignments and your work in the field with higher quality and in less time.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 5: CONDITIONAL/RESTRICTIVE Statement
Use only with prior permission
Students are allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Dall-E 2) on assignments in this course if instructor permission is obtained in advance. Unless given permission to use those tools, each student is expected to complete each assignment without substantive assistance from others, including automated tools.
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Use only with acknowledgement
Students are allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Dall-E 2) on assignments in this course if that use is properly documented and credited. For example, text generated using ChatGPT-3 should include a citation such as: “ChatGPT-3. (YYYY, Month DD of query). “Text of your query.” Generated using OpenAI. https://chat.openai.com/” Material generated using other tools should follow a similar citation convention.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 6: CLOSED - Banned Level
Grammar, composition, and/or vocabulary are part of the learning outcomes of this course. Therefore, all assessments (writing assignments, oral compositions, presentations, summaries, etc.) must be your original work. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, is prohibited. The use of AI tools is considered plagiarism in this course, and disciplinary actions fall under the plagiarism guidelines. The instructor may follow up with the student with an oral conversation to assess the learning.
SYLLABUS EXAMPLE 7: CLOSED - Banned Level
Students are not allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Dall-E 2) on assignments in this course. Each student is expected to complete each assignment without substantive assistance from others, including automated tools.
