Course AI Policy

Every course needs an AI policy.

The Course AI Policy page provides students with guidelines for how they can and cannot use AI in your course.

Whether you permit, guide, or restrict student use of generative AI technologies, you should communicate to students what is—and is not—allowed and why. Each instructor at the University of Arizona is responsible for setting course policies around student use of AI.

This page includes an introduction, space to paste your AI policy, and suggestions to support students if they have questions about the policy. 

Need help creating your course AI policy? Use the Instructor AI Policy Guide to help you develop an intentional and specific policy.

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        <h1 class="uacm-text-center">Course AI Policy
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        <p>Assignments and activities in this course are designed to help you learn and develop the knowledge and skills
            needed to meet new and challenging situations. Learning isn't only about passing exams or completing
            assignments—it's about becoming a thinker who can face the unknown with meaningful knowledge, confidence,
            and care. To ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) tools enhance rather than interfere with your
            learning, the following AI guidelines are provided for this course.</p>
        <h2>AI Usage for this Course</h2>
        <p>#ToDo: INSTRUCTOR: Add your AI policy here to clarify what AI tools are allowed or prohibited in this course.
            See the <a href="https://ucatt.arizona.edu/course-design/instructor-ai-policy-guide"
                target="_blank">Instructor AI Policy Guide</a> for templates and guidance.</p>

        <h2>If you are unclear about this course’s AI policy:
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        <p><strong>Check</strong> with your instructor and/or the course syllabus to find out if, when, how, and
            why you are permitted–or not–to use AI tools in this course
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        <p><strong>Assume</strong> that tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, and Claude are not permitted.

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        <p><strong>Reflect</strong> on how and why you want to use AI. What is the purpose of the assignment? What
            are you supposed to practice or gain from doing the assignment? Will use of AI get in the way of
            practice and learning? What are the ways AI might help you build knowledge and skills?

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        <p><strong>Acknowledge</strong> any use of AI. The point is to be honest and transparent, giving clear
            attribution to the ways AI contributed to the work. You can acknowledge use in a note, comment,
            citation, cover letter, caption, or description of your work. Specify the name of the AI tool and how
            the AI tool was used.
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        <p style="margin-left:5%;">Example acknowledgement: <em>I acknowledge the use of [insert name
                of AI system(s)] to
                [describe specific use of generative artificial intelligence]. Prompts used included [share link or
                copy-and-paste prompt].</em> See <a href="https://libguides.library.arizona.edu/students-chatgpt/citing"
                target="_blank">UA Libraries Guide: How to Cite AI</a>.</p>


        <h2>AI Guides for Students</h2>
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            <li><a href="https://libguides.library.arizona.edu/students-chatgpt" target="_blank">University of
                    Arizona Libraries Student Guide to ChatGPT</a>
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            <li><a href="https://studentguidetoai.org/get-the-2025-student-guide-to-artificial-intelligence/"
                    target="_blank">American Colleges & Universities 2025 Student Guide to Artificial
                    Intelligence</a>(in Spanish or
                English)
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