Allowed or Not?
Your professor says “No AI on this assignment.” You use it anyway to rewrite your paragraph.
What is not allowed?
AI gives you a well-worded answer, but you are not sure it is correct.
What is verify it before sharing or submitting it?
If AI only fixes my wording, it can never be plagiarism.
What is myth?
Name one UC Davis-approved AI tool.
What is Gemini, NotebookLM, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Zoom AI Companion, Rocky AI Chat, or ChatGPT Edu in some contexts?
Best campus resource for talking through assignment confusion directly with the person grading it.
What are office hours with your professor or TA?
You use AI to help brainstorm questions for office hours, but you write the actual assignment yourself and your instructor allows limited AI use.
What is allowed?
You are unsure whether AI is okay for an assignment. Best next step?
What is check the syllabus, the assignment directions, and ask the instructor?
If my professor never mentioned AI out loud, I can assume it is allowed.
What is myth?
For university work, UC Davis says to use this kind of AI platform.
What is a UC Davis-approved version of the tool, or a UC Davis-developed tool?
Best resource for brainstorming, revision, and improving drafts.
What is the Writing Center?
You copy AI-written text into your paper and submit it as your own writing.
What is not allowed? (Plagiarism)
You want help improving a draft but do not want to risk breaking class rules.
What is go to office hours, the Writing Center, or tutoring first?
Using AI responsibly means I still have to check whether the output is accurate.
What is fact?
This is one major reason UC Davis prefers approved AI tools for university work.
This is one major reason UC Davis prefers approved AI tools for university work.
Best resource for research help, citations, and finding sources.
What is the Library?
During an exam, a student opens an AI chatbot on their phone for help.
You are working with student records or confidential research data and want to paste them into an AI tool.
What is do not enter sensitive UC Davis data into AI tools?
Only cheating on exams counts as academic misconduct.
What is myth?
AI-generated content can be inaccurate, misleading, or contain this kind of material.
What is copyrighted material?
Best options when you need academic support before turning to AI.
What are tutoring, AATC, study groups, lecture notes, textbooks, discussion sections, and Canvas resources?
You and a friend share answers on evaluated coursework even though the instructor did not allow collaboration.
What is unauthorized collaboration? (Not allowed)
A classmate says, “Everyone uses AI, so it can’t be misconduct.”
What is depends on what the professor says for the class?
If I have more than one possible answer source, the safest move is usually to ask my instructor and use campus resources first.
What if fact?
Besides coursework rules, your AI use also has to follow this university policy area.
What is acceptable and allowable use policy?
You are stuck on an assignment and do not want to risk an AI violation. What is the smartest first move?
What is use a campus resource like office hours, the Writing Center, the Library, or tutoring?