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CU Policy

from Office of Academic Affairs, Academic Instruction Guidance, Edition #18, August 16, 2023

Articulate your standards for the use of AI in your course

CU Boulder does not have a policy on how AI may be used in student work. As a matter of academic freedom, faculty may allow AI to be used in a range of different ways, including not allowing it at all. In order for your students to understand what uses of AI are allowable in your course, it is advisable that you:

  • Be aware that many students now use AI for routine tasks in the same way that most people use a web search engine like Google.
  • Include in your syllabus a statement about the permissible use of AI in your class. The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) has posted examples and guidance (Word Doc).
  • For each assignment, re-articulate your policy so that students are informed and prepared.
  • Stress that students are ultimately responsible for the work they turn in and that any violations of your policy may be referred to the Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution as a potential Honor Code violation

 

Other University Policies

  • If you will be requiring use of ChatGPT or other AI tools in your class, consider making this explicit in the syllabus 
  • considerations related to privacy: Privacy Tips for Your Syllabus
  • You might require students to explicitly share whether or not they used ChatGPT or another AI technology in specific assignment/activity (Example from University College London):

You must acknowledge its use – name the tool and how it was used using the following style.

    • No content generated by AI technologies has been presented as my own work
    • I acknowledge the use of <insert AI system(s) and link> to generate materials for background research and self-study in the drafting of this assessment.
    • I acknowledge the use of <insert AI system(s) and link> to generate materials that were included within my final assessment in modified form.
  • You might require students to explicitly share prompts, outputs, and modifications (Example from University College London):

You must describe how the information or material was generated (including the prompts you used), what the output was and how the output was changed by you. You should use the following style of wording, depending on the nature of use:

    • The following prompts were input into <AI system>: <List prompt(s)>
    • The output obtained was: <Paste the output generated by the AI system>
    • The output was changed by me in the following ways: <explain the actions taken>
  • Lance Eaton's  "Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools" 

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