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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

Integrity and ethical behavior are central to a positive professional identity. A boss will fire you immediately for lying, and academic dishonesty is lying. If a lot of CPP students cheat, then a grade or a degree from CPP is worthless.  I understand that pressure can be severe and that shortcuts are tempting. Please don’t make cheating one of those shortcuts. Instead, talk to me, and let’s figure out how I can help you succeed for real.

Cheating and plagiarism include but are not limited to: Paying someone to do an assignment for you; purchasing a paper that someone else wrote; pretending you did work that you didn’t do; copying someone else’s work; having your friend who is a musician do your project; getting all or part of a report directly from the Internet without citing your sources; etc.

Acceptable and Unacceptable Uses of AI

The use of generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Grammarly, Gemini, etc.) is permitted in this course for the following activities:

• Checking grammar and style
• Brainstorming and refining your ideas;
• Finding information on your topic; and
• Drafting an outline to organize your thoughts.

 The use of generative AI tools is not permitted in this course for the following activities:

• Impersonating you in classroom contexts, such as by using the AI tool to compose discussion board posts or journal entries in response to prompts assigned to you.
• Writing a draft of a writing assignment.
• Writing entire sentences, paragraphs or papers to complete class assignments.

 You are responsible for the information you submit based on an AI query (for instance, that it does not violate intellectual property laws, or contain misinformation or unethical content). Your use of AI tools must be properly documented and cited in order to stay within university policies on academic integrity. Use of these tools without disclosure is academically dishonest because it's pretending you did work you didn't do. Any assignment that is found to have used generative AI tools in unauthorized ways will be penalized as a violation of academic integrity

In addition, do not contribute materials from this class to Chegg or CourseHero -- I do not give consent for my work to be shared with such outlets.

I will use TurnItIn, Cal Poly Pomona’s plagiarism tool, on all papers routinely. I may use AI detection tools as well. If reports indicate low originality or a high probability of AI usage, I will ask you to meet with me and explain your work process and product. Do NOT simply cite the use of AI at the end of your paper – cite each usage in each specific section as you proceed in your paper.

IMPORTANT: If you use (and cite) AI in a paper, make sure to save your original text PRIOR to using AI. If you are explaining your work process and product to me, I will ask you to show me your original (pre-AI) work.

Academic dishonesty at any stage of a project will result in at least a failing grade for that percentage of the class grade, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct (read the Student Conduct Policy and Academic Integrity sections). Again, if you’re under pressure and in trouble, I urge you to make the good choice of talking to me to see what we can work out.

The following are sample syllabus policy statement excerpts from CAFE’s Fall 2024 Syllabus Packet.

Generative AI use not allowed

Work in this class is expected to be entirely the product of your own effort and learning. Therefore, the use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Grammarly, and all other such) are not permitted in this class, since such work is not entirely your own. The use of unauthorized AI tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct. You are expected and encouraged to talk to me [the instructor] if you have any questions.

Generative AI use not allowed unless specifically stated as allowed

Generative artificial intelligence (gAI) tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Grammarly, etc., are not allowed in this class unless the specific assignment clearly states that gAI use is allowed. Certain assignments in this course will permit or encourage the use of specific gAI tools in specific ways. gAI use must be appropriately acknowledged and cited. The use of unauthorized AI tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct. You are expected and encouraged to talk to me [the instructor] if you have any questions.

Generative AI use allowed unless specifically stated as not allowed

The use of Generative artificial intelligence (gAI) tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Grammarly, etc., is allowed in this class with detailed acknowledgement and description of its use, unless the specific assignment clearly states that gAI use is not allowed. ALL gAI use must be appropriately acknowledged and cited. The use of unacknowledged AI tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct.

Some assignments in this class will specifically disallow or forbid the use of gAI tools because the work for those assignments must be entirely the product of your own effort and learning. For these assignments, the use of unauthorized AI tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct.

You are expected and encouraged to talk to me [the instructor] if you have any questions about a particular assignment or if your citations of AI tool use are adequate.

Generative AI use fully allowed with citation

The use of Generative artificial intelligence (gAI) tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E, Grammarly, etc., is allowed in this class with detailed acknowledgement and description of its use. ALL usage of gAI tools must be disclosed. The use of undisclosed AI tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, with more severe penalties possible in consultation with Student Conduct.

Sample classroom level policies related to generative AI use for teaching and learning created by Lance Eaton, a writer, educator, faculty developer, instructional designer, and educational consultant in Providence, Rhode Island. This  resource was provided through the AI Tools for Teaching and Learning course offered through the Office of the Chancellor's Office.

Visit resource: Classroom Policies for AI Generative Tools

At the beginning of the semester, I asked the class to give me some examples of generative artificial intelligence, or AI that they can interact with and that will produce a specific response to their questions or prompts. Most classes could identify ChatGPT, Grammarly, and the AI in Snapchat (which is also ChatGPT) at least, and they nodded when I asked if they had seen AI responses to Google searches (Gemini). I added Microsoft Copilot, Scribe, DALL-E (for AI-generated images), Google's Bard, and GitHub Copilot (for generating code).

I then asked them to get into groups of three to discuss two questions. Before they began, I explained that often in groups, one person will confidently give an opinion, and the others in the group will just nod. To make sure everyone in the group contributes to the conversation, they should use the words "and," "but," "because," and "for example." They can agree or disagree with the first opinion in the group, but then they must add another idea, an exception, a reason, or an example.

The two questions were: 1) When is (generative) AI useful in education? 2) When is using (generative) AI cheating in education?

If the class was particularly quiet, I asked for a volunteer in each group to begin the discussion. The students discussed the two questions for about two minutes, and then I asked that they choose at least one person per group to share an idea with the class. I reminded them again that these volunteers should add something to the class conversation (with and, but, because, for example) instead of just saying, "Same."

I let students volunteer the order in which they spoke. As the students shared their opinions, I sometimes prompted the class to give reasons or examples, such as when one student said that AI is useful in helping us understand new or difficult topics. They explained that AI can be like a tutor, explaining or giving examples of concepts, checking their answers to problems, summarizing readings, producing samples to imitate, or helping them brainstorm ideas or outline their organization for writing tasks.

The general consensus of each of my classes was that using generative AI like a tool (like a calculator or spellcheck) is useful, but it is cheating when students use it to replace their own thinking, voice, or effort.

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