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DTLC Guidance on Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence

Please note:

The guidance document admits that we do not have all the answers; it provides links to research and articles about the topic. It will be a webpage that is routinely updated by the DTLC.

Useful Tools

There are useful GenAI tools that students can interact and that have sources that accurately offer sources for the information that they provide.

Accurate Sourcing

Claude.ai

Claude.ai is an AI assistant that can help students with various academic tasks, including summarizing sources, managing citations, and refining writing content, while promoting ethical use and transparency in AI-assisted academic work.

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Accurate Sourcing

Perplexity

Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search engine that can offer real-time information retrieval across various data sources, making it particularly useful for students conducting research and needing to verify information quickly and efficiently.

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AI and Writing

Unity Environmental University: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and Resources

Unity Environmental University has pulled together a number of tools and resources to help instructors understand how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) works and how it can be used as a tool for educators and students. This includes attribution tools, best practices for educators, and how GenAI can improvxe your work.

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Course Design

Unity Environmental University: Generative AI Use in Distance Education Policy

Unity Environmental University has crafted a college-wide policy on how Generative AI can be used by students, yet students still being authentic in their work. Some of this language can be used in your course syllabi and course policies.

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AI and Writing

Carolina AI Literacy (CAIL)

The Carolina AI Literacy (CAIL) initiative provides leadership, research expertise, and resources as the UNC-CH community integrates AI into its work. CAIL offers literacy programs focused on the intellectual and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence. They also engage in research investigating the uses of AI tools in writing and communication. They bring together faculty, instructors, library experts, and students to better understand the key challenges linked with artificial intelligence and then develop interventions and research programs aimed squarely at addressing these concerns.

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Course Design

Sinclair's AI Cookbook (ChatGPT Prompt Guide, Version 1.0, February 2025)

The AI Action Team at Sinclaire Community College (Dayton, OH) created a 'cookbook' to guide faculty and staff in using AI as a tool, both in their classrooms and in their work lives. They partnered with ChatGPT to create this guide, which has 'recipes' for how to use AI.

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