As a UC student and therefore a member of the UC academic community you are expected to live up to a high level of academic integrity. In practical terms, demonstrating academic integrity means that you:
Failure to use and cite information sources appropriately constitutes plagiarism, which a severe violation of academic integrity and may have severe consequences.
The purpose of this guide is to help you understand what constitutes plagiarism and learn how to avoid it.
Cite your sources to:
By citing your sources you avoid plagiarism.
The UC Student Code of Conduct lists "unauthorized use of artificial intelligence" as a form of academic misconduct under "Cheating" (p.10).
Professors may decide to permit the use of ChatGPT or similar tools for certain purposes; f or example, in order to demonstrate their limitations or show how certain AI tools can be used in the industry effectively.
Most likely, your syllabi state whether and how generative AI tools can be used in your courses. If this is not the case, please ask your instructor. If a tool such as GPT is allowed for specific purposes and you use it as permitted, you are not committing academic dishonesty. Please remember that you need to cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content (whether text, image, data, or other) that was created by it.
Students who use generative artificial intelligence improperly put themselves at risk because faculty may discover their behavior. Tools exist that aim to detect text created by ChatGPT and similar programs.More importantly, by undermining the purpose of assignments, students deny themselves the benefit of learning new material, which is the purpose of taking university courses in the first place.
The content of this box is modified from ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and Academic Integrity from the University of Missouri Office of Academic Integrity.
Self-enroll in library workshops and courses in Canvas to take the module "Plagiarism: Why Should It Matter To You."
Take the APA Academic Writer tutorial
How to Avoid Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism
Learn how to avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism, including how to identify plagiarism and self-plagiarism, understand their risks and consequences, cite sources properly, and develop sound writing practices.
Academic Writer
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