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It is therefore not appropriate to misrepresent AI generated content as your own original work. Where it is used without being acknowledged, it will be considered academic misconduct.
Limitations
Whilst these tools can generate content that appears reasonable, they should not be relied upon to be wholly accurate, and students should know how to evaluate the information critically using other reliable sources.
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Developing skills to prompt AI tools is likely to be a useful skill but students should remain open, curious, and critical when making judgements about the accuracy of the content generated.
Using AI Reasonably
You should not feel under and pressure to make use of the tools and you will not be disadvantaged if you decide not to use them. However, Ulster University recognises that these tools may be used in reasonable ways and that they will evolve to become embedded in many of our workflows.
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Drafting ideas and planning the structure of written work.
Helping students with writer’s block
Generating discussion prompts
Developing creative ideas and inspiration.
Answering questions of web-based material.
Helping to improve writing skills.
Asking for an explanation of a topic.
Exploring the impact of the tools within a particular subject discipline.
Developing skills to effectively prompt AI tools.
Developing critical thinking skills through critiquing AI outputs.
Creating self-assessment quiz questions to test understanding on a subject.
Acknowledging the use of Generative AI
Ulster’s Academic Misconduct Policy has been updated in academic year 23/24 to explicitly mention the use of Generative AI and contains information about acknowledging the use of Generative AI.
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