Use specified

  • [from KSU Writing Program Director, Jennifer M. Cunningham, Associate Professor of English] In this class, unacceptable uses of artificial intelligence (AI) assistance will be treated the same as plagiarism and/or an academic dishonesty violation.
    • Examples of acceptable AI use or assistance include: 
      • Brainstorming a topic
      • Generating search terms or keywords for research
      • Formatting citations (keep in mind that while AI can format citations, it often includes incorrect quotations and citations within a text)
      • Finding errors and receiving general suggestions for improving without using AI tools to explicitly compose an essay or text
      • Searching for specific information as one would do with search engines, browsers, and databases
      • Generating AI artwork, audio, images, or videos with proper credits to the AI tool used
    • Examples of unacceptable AI use or assistance include:
      • Using AI to write entire essays or complete unfinished portions of an assignment, unless the use of AI is a part of the assignment
      • Using AI to rewrite significant portions of a text
      • Improperly crediting AI tools for any artistic piece used for illustrative purposes
  • In this class, I encourage students to use ChatGPT for the following types of tasks:
    • Outlining content
    • Providing background knowledge (with the understanding that ChatGPT is often wrong—Wikipedia is a better resource for this right now)
    • Checking grammar and syntax.
  • AI Use for Essays and Discussion Board Entries:
    • Appropriate use of AI when writing essays or discussion board entries 
      • You are free to use spell check, grammar check, and synonym identification tools (e.g., Grammarly, and MS Word)
      • You are free to use app recommendations when it comes to rephrasing sentences or reorganizing paragraphs you have drafted yourself 
      • You are free to use app recommendations when it comes to tweaking outlines you have drafted yourself
    • Inappropriate use of AI when writing essays or discussion board entries
      • You may not use entire sentences or paragraphs suggested by an app without providing quotation marks and a citation, just as you would to any other source. Citations should take this form: OpenAI, chatGPT. Response to prompt: “Explain what is meant by the term  ‘Triple Bottom Line’” (February 15, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/).
      • You may not have an app write a draft (either rough or final) of an assignment for you