Academic Integrity
The university’s policy on AI use for coursework aligns with the university’s academic integrity and academic misconduct guidelines. Whether you plan to use AI or not, we recommend including a specific statement on AI and Academic Integrity in your syllabus and course materials to promote transparency for students.
The EHE Curriculum Committee has approved initial language that can be adjusted to meet your course needs. This language can always be found in the EHE Syllabus Template, and is required on all distance education course syllabi. In addition, as a best practice, we recommend you adopt and provide specific language around AI for each assignment you have in your course. This will help students to know if, when, and how AI can or cannot be used on any given assignment.
We also encourage you to explore the Drake’s resource GenAI Syllabus Statements: Supporting Transparent Conversations with Students. This resource provides additional examples of syllabi and assignment statements, and discusses the recommendation by Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) that instructors incorporate Academic Integrity Icons in their assignment details to provide additional clarity for students. These icons can always be found in the EHE Carmen Course Template, which is the recommended starting point in Carmen for all distance education courses.
Exemplar Syllabus Statement
The following syllabus statement was created by Annemarie Turpin, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management in the Department of Human Sciences. The statement serves as a practical example of an AI policy statement that promotes transparency and clarity, both around permitted and prohibited uses of AI in the classroom. In addition, the statement incorporates concrete examples that are relevant to the course assignments and the students’ learning experience.
All students have important obligations under the Code of Student Conduct to complete all academic and scholarly activities with fairness and honesty. Our professional students also have the responsibility to uphold the professional and ethical standards found in their respective academic honor codes. Specifically, students are not to use unauthorized assistance in the laboratory, on field work, in scholarship or on a course assignment unless such assistance has been authorized specifically by the course instructor. In addition, students are not to submit their work without acknowledging any word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of writing, ideas or other work that is not your own. These requirements apply to all students undergraduate, graduate, and professional.
In accordance with this policy, in our course we will use AI in the following ways. If you are not sure if a tool you wish to use is permitted for our course or you wish to use a tool for specific purpose you think does not violate the principles articulated here, please contact me to discuss it first.
Approved Tool for Collaboration:
You may use Co-Pilot, the university’s approved AI tool, for the following assignments and activities:
Permitted Uses:
Prohibited Uses:
Authentic Content Creation:
Citing AI Usage:
When you use Co-Pilot or any AI tool to assist with your assignments, you must properly cite its usage. Here’s how you can do it:
AI tools like Co-Pilot are valuable for enhancing your learning experience but should be used appropriately. They can assist in improving your writing, gathering information, and expanding your ideas. However, they should not replace authentic content creation, especially for discussion prompts or assignments. Always ensure your submissions reflect your original thoughts and understanding.
All students have important obligations under the Code of Student Conduct to complete all academic and scholarly activities with fairness and honesty. Our professional students also have the responsibility to uphold the professional and ethical standards found in their respective academic honor codes.
Specifically, students are not to use unauthorized assistance in the laboratory, on field work, in scholarship or on a course assignment unless such assistance has been authorized specifically by the course instructor. In addition, students are not to submit their work without acknowledging any word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of writing, ideas or other work that is not your own. These requirements apply to all students undergraduate, graduate, and professional.
To maintain a culture of integrity and respect, these generative AI tools should not be used in the completion of course assignments unless an instructor for a given course specifically authorizes their use. Some instructors may approve of using generative AI tools in the academic setting for specific goals. However, these tools should be used only with the explicit and clear permission of each individual instructor, and then only in the ways allowed by the instructor.
Sharing Institutional Data
At Ohio State, the responsible utilization of Artificial Intelligence is anchored in the university’s commitment to safeguarding institutional data, privacy, and security. The university has initiated support for a range of AI tools and tools with AI functionalities to assist faculty, staff, and students; however, there are several considerations to keep in mind when utilizing such tools, especially when it comes to the sharing of institutional data. For details about expectations related to institutional data and AI please visit OTDI’s Security and Privacy Statement on Artificial Intelligence. This page will be continually updated as new tools and vendors are introduced at the university.