The below language, from General University Policy through the University Policy for Courses, should be copied directly into course syllabi and faculty should revise the text in blue within the University Policy for Courses section to reflect the specifics of each unique course.
General University Policy: The University believes it is important to prepare students for a future in which artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, is embedded in nearly every profession. As such, the University encourages the thoughtful use of AI tools to support learning, foster curiosity, and develop the skills needed to thrive today and in the future. Equally important is helping students develop the human judgment to know when and why to use AI, along with the ethical awareness, critical thinking, and communication skills necessary to apply these tools responsibly and effectively. Therefore, across all courses at Fisher, students are permitted to use AI tools on their own to study, to further explore course topics, to brainstorm ideas, and to seek assistance from campus services who may use generative AI tools as part of their support.
The AI Toolkit is a resource to understand appropriate and inappropriate uses of generative AI tools, what tools are best to use, and how to use these tools effectively and safely. Please watch this short video to learn more about the permitted use of AI for all students.
Any student who uses generative AI takes final responsibility for any AI generated output in their assignments. Therefore, you must:
Disclose its use with enough detail for the professor to understand how it was used in the assignment.
Cite its use per APA, MLA, or whatever citation system you are using. It is not appropriate to use AI generated content as your own and this would be a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy.
Evaluate the credibility of the AI output using reliable sources, such as academic databases, journals, and government websites.
Evaluate AI output for potential bias, discrimination, and other ethical concerns. You may only include AI output in your assignments if it is appropriate to do so.
Support for citing and evaluating AI output can be found on the Lavery Library LibGuide: AI Tools & Resources.
University Policy for courses: Each instructor determines how generative AI tools can or cannot be used for assignments in each course.
The use of generative AI is required in this class in the following ways:
[Faculty must outline exactly how generative AI tools will be required for this specific course, including specific assignments, tools used, and if there will be any required accounts and cost to the student to use these tools. See the guidance document for examples.]
The use of generative AI is allowed in this class in the following ways:
[Faculty must outline exactly how generative AI tools will be allowed for this specific course, including specific assignments/tasks where generative AI use is allowable, but not required. Reiterate that students may choose not to use generative AI for these assignments/tasks. See the guidance document for examples.]
In this course, the use of generative AI tools is prohibited in this class in the following ways:
[Faculty must add their own examples of prohibited uses of generative AI for their specific class. See the guidance document for examples.]