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Inappropriate Use

Inappropriate Use Explanation
Using AI when your instructor has explicitly prohibited it Your courses are designed to help you meet specific learning outcomes, including essential skills for your major or professional field. If your instructor tells you that AI tools should not be used for a particular assignment or for the entire course, using them would violate academic integrity policies.
Pretend that AI is you in a conversation. AI tools can be a useful way to generate text quickly, but you should be open and transparent about when you are using AI to write personal communications for you. There is an expectation that you are on the other side of the communication, not an impersonal, computer-generated text, but you are expected to personally participate in communications with instructors or classmates, whether by email or discussion boards. Passing off AI-generated messages as your own in a conversation is deceptive.
Submitting AI-generated content as your own work Assignments, code, artwork, or any other submitted material must be your original work. If AI creates part or all of the submission and you present it as your own, it constitutes academic misconduct.