Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools—such as Grammarly, ChatGPT, and others—can support and enrich your learning when used responsibly. While these tools offer valuable opportunities, they also raise ethical concerns, so it’s important to use them with care.
The key principle is to use GenAI to enhance your learning, not to replace your effort. These tools should be used to enrich your learning experience, but not to complete assignments for you.
To guide you, the following lists of do’s and don’ts outline appropriate classroom use of GenAI. These lists are not exhaustive, and expectations may vary by course—so be sure to consult your instructor with any questions.
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Use tools, such as Grammarly to assist with correct grammar usage |
Copy/paste the outputs from these sources as original work. |
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Ask these tools to help clarify course concepts If you are struggling with understanding a course concept, AI tools can offer additional insight that can support your learning. |
Submit course materials to GenAI tools Submitting course materials, such as discussion prompts, discussion posts from classmates, assignment sheets, readings, may create content that infringes on others' intellectual property and copyright-protected works. |
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Utilize tools to help brainstorm various ideas AI tools can help you brainstorm research topics or provide additional viewpoints you may not have considered |
Use GenAI tools in place of course materials
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| Use tools to organize already established content | Assume that all of the information presented in the tool is accurate |
| Acknowledge the use of GenAI tools | Reference GenAI tools as scholarly sources |
This video explains why content in the Snow College Library databases and other open research articles should NOT be uploaded into AI tools.
For a transcript of this video, see this website: https://about.ebsco.com/resources/copyright-ai-and-access