Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policies, Guidelines & Resources

1. Principles
   • AI should not replace human decision making.
   • AI should promote educational equity and eliminate biases.
   • AI must protect students’ privacy and adhere to ethical standards.
   • AI use must be transparent and explainable.
2. Instructor Guidelines
   • Clearly outline AI use expectations and boundaries for students.
   • Disclose and verify all AI-generated content for accuracy.
   • Use AI innovatively for supplemental learning, discussion facilitation, creativity, active learning, personalized feedback, language practice, and enhancing virtual and augmented reality experiences.
3. Ethical Considerations
   • Disclose AI use in classroom activities.
   • Avoid automating assessments, generating bias, or infringing on intellectual property.
   • Ensure AI tools are accessible to all students and do not hinder learning engagement or academic integrity.
   • Instructors and students must protect confidential data in all academic activities, adhering to the University’s policies on AI and data security.
4. Caution and Guidance
   • Seek advice from the University’s Office of Information Technology before using AI software to ensure security and confidentiality.

Contact

For general inquiries on AI learning resources, please contact the Center for Faculty Success and Development at [email protected].

1. Confidentiality: Do not enter confidential information into AI tools to prevent privacy breaches.
2. Accountability: Researchers are responsible for verifying the accuracy and integrity of AI-generated content.
3. Disclosure: Disclose AI use in research according to professional and ethical standards.
4. Biases: Actively mitigate biases in AI-generated content.
5. Authorship: AI cannot be credited as the author since it cannot take responsibility for the work.
6. Peer Review: AI use is prohibited in peer-review processes.
7. Use of AI Software: Exercise caution and seek IT recommendations regarding the security and confidentiality of AI software in research.

Infringement of Academic Integrity
Instructors should clearly define boundaries for student use of AI tools. They should facilitate their students’ understanding and avoid plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, or using the tool to gain unfair advantage in assessments.

Students must not use AI to cheat in any way. They must strictly adhere to the academic integrity policy and the rules defined by the instructor when using AI in performing academic work. AI-enabled cheating on assignments and assessments will be subject to the same rules and consequences established in the process for violations of the Academic Honor Code.

Instructors can assume that students are infringing on academic integrity when using AI when the use of AI by students:

•    undermines learning objectives;
•    gives a dishonest impression of knowledge and abilities;
•    violates the rules established by the instructor regarding the use of AI in a class or assignment.

Plagiarism and Misattribution
Instructors should urge students to disclose the use of generative AI to avoid plagiarizing or failing to attribute AI-generated content, compromising originality, and properly citing AI-generated content. Instructors are encouraged to enforce the message that authorship implies responsibility. Therefore, AI models do not constitute authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work.

Unauthorized Collaboration
AI tools might be used for improper collaboration, blurring individual contributions and violating academic integrity.