Practical applications of AI in teaching

Examples of permitted and prohibited uses of AI

Teachers determine the permitted use of AI based on the course content and expected learning outcomes.

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Using AI to support information retrieval and research    

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided AI tools, such as Copilot Chat and ScopusAI. Copilot Chat and other institution-provided AI tools: these tools may be used to share other people’s work and basic-level confidential information or personal data (such as name, email address).
• Prohibited: External AI tools: Do not share other people’s work, confidential information or personal data. Copilot Chat and other institution-provided AI tools: Do not share special category data or classified information, such as personal identity numbers, health data and large volumes of basic-level personal data.   

Using AI to clarify key theories and concepts

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided AI tools. Always make sure you understand and can verify your conclusions. Ask AI to provide summaries, overviews and explanations of theories and concepts. You must critically assess the credibility of information provided by AI. 
• Prohibited: Do not share others’ work (such as slides included in course materials) or personal data with AI tools without consent or a valid licence.

Using AI to analyse data  

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools to support the preliminary analysis of your data. You must carefully consider whether the data can be shared with AI tools before doing so. Ask AI for ideas on how to present your data, for example, in a table or a visual format.
• Prohibited: Do not share other people’s work or personal data with AI tools.  

Using AI to generate code  

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools, such as Copilot Chat. Carefully review and verify the code generated by AI.  
• Prohibited: Using AI-generated code without proper acknowledgement.  

Using AI to gain feedback on a draft  

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools to request feedback on how to improve your draft, for example. 
• Prohibited: Submitting text that has been rewritten or generated by AI without acknowledging the use of AI. 

Using AI to create images, figures or graphs  

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools to support visualisation and the generation of ideas. 
• Prohibited: Using AI-generated images, figures or graphs without appropriate referencing. Violating copyright through the use of AI-generated content.    

Using AI to generate creative content  

• Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools to support brainstorming and the refinement of your own ideas.
• Prohibited: Copying and pasting AI-generated content without proper acknowledgement of the use of AI.

Using AI to proofread and correct your text

•  Permitted: Use the institution-provided tools to check your text for grammatical errors and typos. Formulate prompts carefully to ensure AI understands your intent. Make sure you understand why AI made the corrections it did.  
• Prohibited: The permitted and prohibited uses of AI depend on the course learning outcomes and assessment practices. Students are not permitted to copy AI-generated text directly without applying their own critical thinking and review. The use of AI must always be properly acknowledged, regardless of the tool used.