Generative AI is still very new for most people, and most people (students and faculty) are still novices when it comes to using GenAI efficiently, effectively, and ethically. There is also a lot of suspicion and mistrust that is occurring because people don't know if, when, and how GenAI is being used, whether that's in education, business, news, social media, or otherwise.
Using it transparently can help rebuild trust as well as raise AI Literacy for everyone. Also, it will help prepare students for a world or profession in which they will need to disclose as well as be able to thoroughly and clearly share their process for producing any particular p
If you are using GenAI to help you in your instructional work, consider being transparent about that. Demonstrate to students when, how and why you are using it. Make your chat history available to them. Disclose what you are learning by using GenAI and how that's shaping the way you teach and/or assess learning.
You can easily do this by:
including a discloser in your syllabus or on the course website/LMS homepage
e.g., "ChatGPT was used to refine the course learning outcomes and update assessments in this course"
including an acknowledgement at the beginning or end of your lecture slides
e.g., "Claude was used to simplify my lecture and make it more concise"
citing exact use of AI in your lecture slides (e.g., when used to generate images)
e.g., "DallE-3 was used to generate this image"
Some examples of ways in which you might use GenAI, and acknowledge your GenAI use, as an Instructor include:
I used [NAME OF TOOL] to brainstorm ideas for [this activity or the following activities]. My chat history for this can be found here [provide a link]
I used [NAME OF TOOL] to generate multiple possible versions of the exam questions. My chat history for this can be found here [provide a link]
[NAME OF TOOL] was used to evaluate if [this assessment/the following assessments] could be completed completely by GenAI and then I collaborated with [NAME OF TOOL] to update the assessment to limit those validity issues. My chat history for this can be found here [provide a link]
You might also consider noting the energy costs of your use. For example, Dr. Bertram Gallant puts this disclaimer on her slides when they are populated with AI-generated images: "Image Generated with ChatGPT 4o using DallE-3 integration which may be equivalent to the energy needed to fully charge a smart phone."
If GenAI use is allowed in your course, require that the students be transparent about their use to enhance integrity and AI literacy.
Integrity
disclose use in each assessment
for papers/essays, share version histories
share chat histories (NOTE: not only GenAI tools enable chat histories to be saved or shared easily. Advise students on how to share per tool)
AI Literacy
students submit, with their completed assessment, a reflection on their use of GenAI:
what tool(s) did they use and why?
how did it help them achieve the learning outcomes? How did it hinder?
what was the tool particularly helpful for? What wasn't it helpful for?
did it save them time or cost them time?
would they use it again and if so, would they change anything about how they use it?
To facilitate this discloser, you can use a form that students must fill out and submit with their assessment. Feel free to use this template to get you started.