In Spring 2022, The COS Academic Senate approved the following suggested language for inclusion in course Syllabi, adding the wording pertaining to artificial intelligence (AI) in Spring 2023:

Academic Honesty

Your assignments are the basis for evaluating your performance in this course. A high grade indicates mastery of the material achieved through hard work; academic honesty means acting responsibly and conscientiously in your coursework. Academic dishonesty undermines the value of grades for the entire student body. The college expects you to demonstrate your own abilities and ideas, undertake research honestly, and credit others for their work. The following examples of plagiarism and cheating must be avoided.

Do not:

Copy another student’s work or allow another student to copy your answers on assignments or exams.
Submit projects or papers that have been done for a previous class or have someone write a paper for you.
Fabricate results or use instructor-prohibited support resources during exams or other assessments.
Copy ideas, data, or exact wording without citing your source.
Use content produced by artificial intelligence (AI) and presented as original work.

Academic dishonesty may result in a lowered or failing grade on an assignment, which may lead to a lowered or failing grade for the course. College of the Siskiyous Academic Success Center and Library staff can help you develop good study habits, avoid plagiarism, and gain confidence in your ability to practice academic honesty.

Additional Recommended Syllabus Guidance Specific to AI Use

The bottom line is that students and faculty may use AI tools at COS, but they are still fully responsible for adhering to all regulations and policies. The best advice for students when using AI tools is to err on the side of caution and adopt an “ask first” stance.

Below are three sample artificial intelligence (AI) policy statements that are designed to provide explicit guidance to your students regarding your course-specific AI policy. You may use/revise this section in your course syllabus to best fit your needs.

➡️ Consider this statement if you will NOT permit the use of AI:
“Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, iA Writer, Marmot, Botowski) is not permitted, and use of these tools will be treated as plagiarism.”

➡️ Consider this statement if you will permit SOME use of AI:
“You are allowed to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, iA Writer, Marmot, Botowski) to generate ideas but you are not allowed to use AI tools to generate content (text, video, audio, images) that will end up in any work submitted to be graded for this course. If you have any doubts about using AI, please ensure you have my permission to continue its use in my course.”

➡️ Consider this statement if you will permit the FREE USE of AI:
“You are allowed to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, iA Writer, Marmot, Botowski, etc.) in this course. Any work that utilizes AI-based tools must be clearly identified as such, including the specific tool(s) used. For example, if you use ChatGPT, you must cite ChatGPT including the version number, year, month, and day of the query and the statement “Generated using Open AI. https://chat.openai.com/”

Acknowledgments

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) policy on Artificial Intelligence (AI) served as the primary model for this AI policy. In addition, the suggested language for the syllabus was borrowed from a personal communication with a fellow colleague at Point Loma Nazarene University (D. Sbarbaro, personal communication, August 8, 2023).

This Canvas page was adapted from the Academic Senate Academic Integrity/AI Statements adopted by Academic Senate on March 8, 2024.