Academic integrity
Detector flags in coursework, due process for students, how to document your own writing process, appeals, and the policy choices instructors face.
Threads in Academic integrity
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My humanities department wants to ban detectors and go oral exams only, is that realistic?
Our humanities department has had enough of detector scores and the arguments that follow them. At the last meeting a senior colleague proposed to ban...
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Student admits using AI for an outline only, is that misconduct under a typical policy?
A tenth grader came to me before I had to ask. He told me he had asked a chatbot for an outline for his essay on a novel we are reading, then wrote every...
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Is a screenshot of an AI detector result worth anything as evidence?
A procedural question from my side of the desk. More and more often, a referral to my office arrives with an attachment that is a screenshot. Sometimes it is a...
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Should our university run AI detection at all, or write a policy that works without it?
I sit on the committee revising our academic integrity code, and I would value the experience of others here before we table a recommendation. Our current...
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Can a teacher prove I used AI if I have my Google Docs version history?
My daughter is 16. Her history teacher told her an essay "came back 80% AI" and that she has to meet with the head of department next week. She swears she...
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What should a student do if an AI detector flags their work?
Stay calm, gather evidence of how you wrote the work, and ask for the specific basis of the concern in writing. A detector score alone is weak evidence...
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