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Syllabus Statements: Guiding Student Generative AI Usage in Your Class

Checklist For Each Course

For each class, be sure to:

  1. Explicitly state your expectations for student Generative AI use in the syllabus.
  2. Include written expectations for Generative AI use on assignments and talk directly with students about your Generative AI policy, sharing examples of what is and is not appropriate use.
  3. If applicable, provide information on how students are expected to cite Generative AI use for assignments. See the UWM Library resource on using and citing Generative AI.

Sample Syllabus Statements

Syllabus Statement Allowing the Full Use of Generative AI by Students

In this class, you may use Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for assignments with appropriate citations. Please be aware that despite the many uses of Generative AI, it is important to recognize its limitations and use this technology both responsibly and ethically. AI-generated messages and media may be biased, inaccurate, incomplete, or generally unreliable. It is your responsibility to critically evaluate all responses generated with the use of Generative AI. Furthermore, you must cite Generative AI when it is used. Taking credit for any work that is not your own original work constitutes academic misconduct and is subject to disciplinary action under UWS Chapter 14.

All Generative AI use must be cited and include the prompt used to generate the material. See the resource on using and citing Generative AI provided by UWM Libraries.

Syllabus Statement Allowing Specific AI Use by Students

In this course, it is permitted to use Generative AI chat services such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude as a tool to aid in your understanding of content, to develop ideas, and edit drafts of your work. [This description may be replaced by naming specific activities or assignments that allow Generative AI use, including audio, video, and image creation.]

Please be aware that despite the many uses of Generative AI, it is important to recognize its limitations and use this technology both responsibly and ethically. AI-generated messages and media may be biased, inaccurate, incomplete, or generally unreliable. It is your responsibility to critically evaluate all responses generated with the use of Generative AI. Furthermore, you must cite Generative AI when it is used. Taking credit for any work that is not your own original work constitutes academic misconduct and is subject to disciplinary action under UWS Chapter 14.

All Generative AI use must be cited and include the prompt used to generate the material. See the resource on using and citing Generative AI provided by UWM Libraries.

Sample Syllabus Policy Prohibiting AI Use

The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not allowed in this class. Generative AI used to assist in assignment completion in part (e.g., generating ideas, brainstorming, summarizing information) or in whole (e.g., submitting direct text from a Generative AI source) will be considered Academic Misconduct as defined by UWS Chapter 14. According to section UWS 14.03(2):

“Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to: cheating on an examination; collaborating with others in work to be presented, contrary to the stated rules of the course; submitting a paper or assignment as one’s own work when a part or all of the paper or assignment is the work of another; submitting a paper or assignment that contains ideas or research of others without appropriately identifying the sources of those ideas; stealing examinations or course materials; submitting, if contrary to the rules of a course, work previously presented in another course; tampering with the laboratory experiment or computer program of another student; knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above, including assistance in an arrangement whereby any work, classroom performance, examination or other activity is submitted or performed by a person other than the student under whose name the work is submitted or performed.”

If you are uncertain whether you are using an online learning support platform or Generative AI appropriately for this class, please discuss this directly with me before submitting coursework. All assignments that use any external source must be credited using a proper citation. Please see the resource on using and citing Generative AI provided by UWM Libraries or talk with me directly for assistance.