ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Ensuring a balance of existing policy and new technology to support student growth and understanding

Assessing With AI

Classroom Guidance

How To Cite AI

Response Framework for Academic Integrity in an Artificial Intelligence World

1 | Proactively Support Students to Avoid AI Plagiarism

Transparency when using AI is crucial in supporting the learning process. Ensure students have an understanding of how and when to cite AI use in their work.

Clear Expectations & Guidelines

Incorporate the "AI-mosphere" and "Is it Cheating?" graphics to communicate and teach expectations and guidelines.
Refer to the Assessing with AI guidance to AI proof your assessments.

"To reduce the risk of cheating, we need to record and evaluate the process that a student goes through in creating an essay, rather than just grading the artifact at the end"

- William Swartout, Chief Science Officer, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Track the Workflow

Assign multi-stage tasks (e.g., drafts, final versions) and check in after each stage to monitor progress.
Students collect drafts, outlines, or research notes; and share them as directed by the teacher.
Share ownership of any digital documents; Teachers may check the version history.
Support student use of AI Detection Report(s) via Turnitin, Google Draftback extension, and/or GPTZero.
Use initial violations as moments of reflection and redirection. Contact home when appropriate.

Demonstrate How to Properly Cite

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Contact your Library Media Specialist for student lessons on AI research and citations.

2 | Detect AI Plagiarism

Employ plagiarism detection software judiciously. Combine tool use with manual review and knowledge of students’ styles.

AI Detection Tool Guidance

AI detection tools such as Turnitin and GPTZero should not be the single factor in determining if plagiarism using AI took place.
Detection tools use AI to detect AI writing and are not always reliable.
Turnitin's 'Similarity Report' is NOT the same as their AI Detection % Rating. Teachers must open the individual assignment to view the AI Detection Rating.
Turnitin's AI Detection does not work on text in other languages.
Adjust Turnitin settings to allow students to see the originality report and exclude quoted material to help for transparency and teachable moments.

AI Detection Apps

Learn more about AI detection tools here.

Turnitin's Disclaimer:

"Our AI writing assessment is designed to help educators identify text that might be prepared by a generative AI tool. Our AI writing assessment may not always be accurate (it may misidentify both human and AI-generated text) so it should not be used as the sole basis for adverse actions against a student. It takes further scrutiny and human judgment in conjunction with an organization's application of its specific academic policies to determine whether any academic misconduct has occurred."

3 | Address Academic Integrity & Plagiarism Offenses Involving the Use of AI

If a student demonstrates academic dishonesty on a primary, secondary, or supportive assessment refer to the Student Handbook:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY/HONOR CODE | page 38(MS) | page 50(HS)

Please work with the grade-level assistant principal for matters involving student discipline for academic dishonesty.

Supportive Assessments

Mandatory completion (original or different version)
Due dates for re-completion are at the discretion of the teacher
1 After-school detention

Secondary & Primary Assessments

Mandatory completion (original or different version)
Due dates for re-completion are at the discretion of the teacher
2 After-school detentions

Infractions that compromise the educational process will result in further disciplinary action, which may include withholding of credit, detention, suspension, restriction from school activities, disqualification from awards and scholarship eligibility, and exclusion from the Renaissance Program.

Middle School Student Handbook

High School Student Handbook