AI in Teaching and Learning

Check Your Syllabus First

Still Unsure? Ask Your Instructor

Why Policies Vary

Check the Tool’s Description or Website:

• Most tools that use AI will mention it in their description, website, or help section.
• Look for keywords like “AI-powered,” “machine learning,” “generative AI,” “chatbot,” or “artificial intelligence.”
• Many popular tools list their AI features directly—examples include Grammarly, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Canva Magic Design.

Look for Common AI Features:

• Tools that generate text, images, or videos from prompts.
• Tools that analyze, summarize, or translate content automatically.
• Chatbots or assistants that answer questions or provide recommendations.

Check for Transparency or Disclosures

Ask Your Instructor or IT Support

When in Doubt, Treat It as AI

If you are concerned that a student may have used AI inappropriately in your course:

• Have a conversation with the student. Share your concerns, why AI is not permitted, and outline the possible consequences of inappropriate use. Ask the student clarifying questions about how they developed their assignment and try to gauge their knowledge of the assigned subject matter.
  
  Not sure where to begin the conversation? We have gathered some example communications, syllabus language, and conversation starters for you.
  
  
• If the student is found to have used AI inappropriately, it should be considered an academic integrity violation and treated as such. If you have any questions about the procedure, reach out to your program or department lead for clarification.
  
  Check the policy and procedures section of the Student Handbook for more information about academic integrity.

Make sure you check your course syllabus and policies for specific guidelines from your instructors, but here are some general guidelines for citing or disclosing AI use²:

1. Language Models. This includes AI models like Chat GPT, Jasper, Claude, Co-Pilot, Bard, Sudowrite or similar models used for generating text, improving coherence, and providing suggestions during the writing process.
2. Grammar Checkers: AI-powered grammar checkers such as Grammarly, Quillbot, or Hemingway Editor identify and correct grammatical errors, improve sentence structure, and enhance readability.
3. Citation Generators: Zotero, EasyBib, Mendeley, and similar tools which assist in managing references, generating citations in various styles (APA, AMA, MLA, etc) and creating bibliographies.
4. Research Assistants: AI-powered research assistants or search engines like Semantic Scholar, IBM Watson, Tableau, Microsoft Academic, etc, which help students to find relevant scholarly articles, books, and other academic sources related to their topics.
5. Content summarizers: AI tools that automatically summarize lengthy texts or articles, such as SummarizeBot, Resoomer, Scite, Scholarcy, that extract key information and condense complex ideas into concise summaries.
6. Translation tools: Google Translate, DeepL, or any tool that assists students to translate text from one language to another.
7. Style and tone analyzers: IBM Watson Tone Analyzer or Text Analyzer or similar tools provide feedback on the emotional tone, formality, and readability of the text.
8. Data analysis tools: Power BI, Tableau, and other tools that can analyze data, uncover patterns, provide insights, and create visuals to explain them.
9. Visuals, slide decks, and videos: Canva, Adobe Spark, Lumen5, and other tools with AI-powered features that can generate slides, visuals, charts, infographics, scripts, or videos and that can suggest edits, transitions, and effects to enhance the final product.

Although the following can be considered technological tools and do often use artificial intelligence to
power various features, you do not need to disclose their use:

1. Any of the standard “Office” type of products, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Google Docs, Slides, Sheets; Apple Pages, Numbers, Keynote. (Note: if you use Co-Pilot or any other integrated AI tool, that use should be disclosed.)
2. Turnitin or Turnitin Draft Coach
3. The CORE Library or Google Scholar

Your professors may have their own preferred way of citing AI use - so make sure to check your syllabus and class policies.

General citation examples ³ :

APA

Example 1 from APA Guideline

When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain divide real or a metaphor?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notation that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth” (OpenAI, 2023).

Reference

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
 

MLA

Guideline:  https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/ 

Examples
MLA format: “Text of prompt” prompt. ChatGPT, Day Month version, OpenAI, Day Month Year, chat.openai.com.

MLA Works Cited entry: “Explain antibiotics” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 16 Feb. 2023, chat.openai.com.

MLA in-text citation: ("Explain antibiotics")

Chicago

Recommendations on how to cite AI-generated content 

Example
Chicago style recommends citing ChatGPT in a Chicago footnote

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, March 31, 2023, OpenAI, https://chat.openai.com.

IEEE

According to the Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Generated Text (based on IEEE Author Center Submission Guidelines), 
The use of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) shall be disclosed in an acknowledgments section. The AI system used shall be identified, and specific sections of the document that use AI-generated content shall be identified and accompanied by a brief explanation regarding the level at which the AI system was used to generate the content. The use of AI systems for editing and grammar enhancement should be disclosed as noted above.

IEEE has not published an official guideline on citing AI-generated content yet. The IEEE Author Center recommends consulting the Chicago Manual of Style for guidance for any usage not included in the IEEE Editorial Style Manual. The Chicago Manual of Style has recommendations on how to cite AI-generated content.