8. Citing and acknowledging your use of AI
Confirm with your course coordinator or check your course profile before using AI tools for your assessment. Some assessment pieces do not permit the use of AI tools, while others may allow AI with some limitations. Using use AI in your assessment without permission or appropriate acknowledgment may be considered Academic Misconduct.
Acknowledging your use of AI tools
You should acknowledge that you have used AI tools for any assessment. Your Course Coordinator or Course Profile may have detailed guidance for you, but one recommended way of acknowledging your use of AI tools is by using an assignment coversheet.
You should include the following information when acknowledging the use of generative AI tools:
- Gen AI tool (e.g. Copilot, Chat-GPT, Claude, Google AI)
- description of how you used the tool (e.g. edited/corrected/translated/planned/brainstormed)
- prompt(s) used
- part, section or page of the assessment piece
- date.
Visit Acknowledge your use of AI tools for detailed information and an acknowledgment template.
Acknowledging your use of machine translation tools
Machine Translation is an automated process in which a computer program converts text in one language into another. Machine Translation for assignments provides more detailed guidance for acknowledging the use of translation tools.
Citing or referencing AI tools
Sometimes you may need to provide a citation or reference, for instance, if you have used the AI tools output in your assessment piece.
- Check the referencing style used in your course for specific guidelines for how to cite generative AI content.
- If there are no specific guidelines, we recommend that you base it on the reference style for personal communication or correspondence.
The Library provides more information on citing generative AI content using specific referencing styles
