Academic Integrity
AI Tool Usage Guidelines
| AI Banned | AI Allowed |
|---|---|
| Coding an activity for you — having AI write, in whole or in part, the answer to an activity in your place. | Deepening a concept — asking AI to help you understand a concept in more depth. |
| Answering activity questions — asking AI to answer the questions posed within an activity. | Understanding a mechanism — asking AI to explain how a mechanism or algorithm works. |
| Copy/pasting into a reflection — pasting any AI-generated message into a reflection answer is treated as cheating on continuous assessment. | Searching for references — asking AI to help you find references, examples, or code snippets to learn from. |
| Hiding AI assistance — using AI without acknowledging, disclosing, or citing it as a source. | Understanding documentation — asking AI to help you make sense of technical documentation. |
| Submitting AI output as your own — copying AI-generated content and presenting it as original work. | Challenging your reasoning — asking AI to question your assumptions and identify edge cases, then evaluating them yourself. |
Warning
This framework ensures projects demonstrate technical competence and professional readiness while maintaining academic integrity standards suitable for professional portfolios. Failure to comply with the AI Banned rules will result in a report for academic fraud.