Acknowledging and Citing the Use of Generative AI by Students

  1. Students should be required to explicitly share whether or not they used generative AI, including ChatGPT, or another AI technology in a specific assignment or assessment activity.

 The following is an example adapted from University College London:

Where you have used generative AI to support an assessment you must acknowledge its use. A failure to appropriately reference externally sourced, non-original work can result in academic misconduct as per the University’s Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. You should name the tool and how it was used by including the appropriate statement at the start/end of your submission:

  • No content generated by AI tools has been presented as my own work.
  • I acknowledge the use of [insert AI system(s) and link] to generate materials for background research and self-study in the drafting of this assessment.
  • I acknowledge the use of [insert AI system(s) and link] to generate materials that were included within my final assessment in modified form. The following were initially generated by AI: <Bullet point list and explain the modifications you have made>.
  1. Where the use of generative AI tools is permitted within an assessment or assignment, you might require students to explicitly share the prompts they have used within a generative AI tool, the resulting outputs, and any modifications they have made before final submission.

The following is an example also adapted from University College London:

You must describe how the information or material was generated (including the prompts you used with the generative AI tool), what the resulting output was and how the output was then changed by you. A failure to appropriately reference externally sourced, non-original work can result in academic misconduct as per the University’s Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. You should use the following style of wording, depending on the nature of use:

  • The following prompts were input into [AI system]: <Bullet point list the prompt(s)>.
  • The output obtained was: <Copy and paste the output generated by the AI tool>.
  • The output was changed by me in the following ways: <Bullet point list and explain the actions you have taken>.