Artificial Intelligence Resources

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Resource Guide

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) generates content based on prompts provided by users. The wide availability of GenAI systems and the ease and speed with which they can generate content raises important considerations for teaching and learning in higher ed. This resource provides instructors with suggestions and options for how to address AI use in their courses, plus links to additional resources.  
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Because the GenAI field is fast evolving, this resource will be continually updated. We welcome suggestions for additional resources and information.  

Data Privacy

We recommend that instructors who teach with AI consider Microsoft Copilot with data protection, a web-based generative AI tool that protects any data entered into Copilot from being used to train the AI — but only if the user has first logged in with their UO credentials. 

Students, faculty, and staff should visit microsoft365.com/copilot to access this service. For more information on using Microsoft Copilot for the web, please see the getting started page in the UO Service Portal. 

If you're using other, less protected, AI platforms, remind students that they should avoid providing any personal or other sensitive data as part of AI prompts. Moreover, we advise that instructors consider making use of unsupported tools voluntary or include an opt-out alternative for students who do not want to create an account with an AI system. (See additional guidance on teaching with external vendor digital tools.)

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Course Policies

We strongly encourage instructors to have an explicit policy about GenAI in their course syllabus, including any relevant distinctions between GenAI use (as process) and GenAI content (as product).

We also encourage instructors to reinforce their expectations in assignment instructions and in conversation with students.

The Teaching and Generative AI resource provides sample course policies that you can apply to your own course.

See Sample Policies

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Teaching Ideas

Instructors are experimenting with a variety of ways to include use of GenAI systems in their courses. The Teaching and Generative AI resource provides ideas, including examples from UO instructors, on how to:

  • Promote analysis and critical thinking
  • Assist research and brainstorming
  • Contribute to writing and revision
  • Facilitate icebreakers
  • Mitigate use of GenAI

Explore GenAI Teaching Ideas

 

“I can say that the students really registered what it was that the AIs were leaving out... I have had a dramatically lower rate of submissions that seem as though they might be GenAI-involved. And I do let them use GenAI for a few specific things, but they need to submit the inputs and outputs."

“The legal profession is embracing generative AI, which offers lawyers the opportunity to complete more work, faster, and at a lower cost.  Once students develop the foundational skills necessary to effectively use generative AI—to be able to engineer useful prompts and then critically evaluate and improve upon the output—we should invite students to experiment with the tools."

“As I was redesigning our introductory philosophy course, I wanted to respond to concerns about the role of AI for students writing essays. I decided to use oral exams to replace essays."

"I plan to engage students in 'big picture' discussions about generative AI—how will it impact their future careers, what are the pros and cons if one doesn’t learn to write independently, what stressors might contribute to the desire to use AI in inappropriate ways, etc."

Want more ideas for AI-informed assignments and activities? We have more available here.

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Academic Integrity

The University of Oregon is home to a vibrant and diverse intellectual community. Creating a strong culture of academic integrity at UO is a collective, university-wide project. We are most likely to create a culture of academic integrity when we develop a shared understanding of what it is, how to support it, and what university resources we can draw on together.

These resources help define and provide suggestions on how to support academic integrity at UO.

► Academic Integrity at UO
► Communicating for Academic Integrity
► Designing Assessments for Academic Integrity
► Building a Culture of Academic Integrity at UO

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Please note that updates to the Student Conduct Code now require all suspected academic misconduct cases that include a grade penalty be handled by the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards. In other words, instructors should not impose a grade penalty without a finding from that office. Use SCCS's Reporting Academic Misconduct Form to submit information and documentation about the alleged incident within five business days of discovery.

 

Students

UO has updated the "Ducks Have Integrity" module that all incoming students take to address AI and to bolster students' confidence in asking individual faculty members specific questions about AI.

Detection Tool

UO is not currently providing a central AI detection tool given their well-reported unreliability, though we continue to track and re-assess what tools might be meaningful to our students and faculty going forward. 

Contact SCCS

If you have a question or want to discuss something that's happening in your class, the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards prioritizes contacts from instructors with questions at conduct@uoregon.edu or 541-346-1140.

Collaboration

Teaching and AI CAIT

The Teaching and AI Community Accelerating the Impact of Teaching will meet this year to consider the implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education, and what strategies faculty and departments can adopt to address AI in their programs, curriculum, and courses. Areas of inquiry for the Teaching and AI CAIT group include: 

  • What are the implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education? 
  • How can UO support faculty in addressing AI as part of their teaching? 
  • How can UO support students in addressing AI as part of their learning?
  • What range of policies and procedures – at the course, departmental, and institutional levels – can support teaching and learning in the context of AI? 
  • What principles and strategies can guide faculty and departments in how they engage AI? 
  • What specific teaching approaches can faculty adopt to embrace, minimize, or prevent AI use in their courses? 

Learn more about the CAIT

Learn who to contact or report to with questions and concerns.

Modules, workshops, and online support to learn more about GenAI.

Get insight from outside sources to support your teaching with GenAI.