Policies and Considerations

Draft Your AI-Use Policy

Use the optional Policy Coach below to develop a course policy. Start with your learning goals, allowed AI uses, and student access needs. Review the draft yourself against current college requirements before sharing it.

PlayLab states that app creators can review usage. Do not enter confidential information or identifiable student work. You can use the sample statements on this page without using the chatbot.

Open the Policy Coach in a separate page if the embedded version is difficult to use.

Three Sample Approaches

Adapt these examples to the assignment and your college’s policies before using them.

Independent Work

For this assignment, complete the thinking and writing yourself. Do not use generative AI to produce or rewrite your response. Follow the assignment directions for permitted resources. If you are unsure how this applies to an assistive tool or approved accommodation, ask me before you begin.

Limited AI Support

You may use AI to brainstorm questions or get feedback on a draft. Develop the argument, check the sources, and write the final response yourself. Include a brief note naming the tool and explaining how you used it. Ask me before using AI in a way not listed here.

AI as Part of the Learning Activity

This assignment asks you to evaluate an AI response. Follow the activity directions, verify its claims, and explain what you changed and why. Submit the required process notes with your work. If you cannot access the tool, contact me for an equivalent way to complete the activity.

What Your Final Policy Should Cover

• Allowed and restricted uses, including concrete examples.

• Any differences between assignments.

• How to disclose or cite assistance.

• What students must verify and demonstrate themselves.

• Accessible options, required costs or accounts, and approved tools.

• Where students can ask questions and how concerns will be reviewed.

Privacy, Access, and Fair Process

Check institutional requirements before requiring an external service or uploading student work. Explain how you use AI in teaching and feedback. Keep instructor responsibility for assessment and substantive teaching interactions. Use current college procedures for attendance, drops, academic integrity, and student appeals rather than treating these sample AI statements as institutional rules.

AI detector scores should not be the sole basis for adverse action against a student. See Turnitin’s interpretation guidance.

Further Guidance

ASCCC: Academic Integrity Policies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2024) offers a starting point for local discussion. Refer to the 2026 joint guidance on building local frameworks for a more recent systemwide framework.