A new semester is about to start and generative AI (artificial intelligence) tools such as ChatGPT have become commonplace at ANU and beyond. This quick-start guide can show you how to use AI tools with your students in an ethical, forward-thinking way. We have gathered practical resources shared by our peers. They form a useful list of how to respond to the top AI considerations facing teaching staff and students right now.
How do I speak with my students about AI?
- Monash University has practical advice on establishing expectations with students and explaining what is acceptable use of genAI.
- UTS provides some suggestions on how to engage your students in a discussion about AI and has also compiled a list of questions that you can ask your students to start them thinking critically about their use of AI.
- UTS has developed five student-centred principles that you could use as the basis for conversations with students about appropriate use of AI.
How do I support students to use AI in their learning?
- Monash University provides some suggestions in the section Supporting students to use AI as a study aid.
- The University of South Australia provides some basic rules of AI prompting that you can discuss and try with your students.
There are already AI tools that can be used to innovate, support students and help design lessons with ease. Some of these tools are supported at ANU and ready to be used immediately.
How can I use AI in my lessons this semester?
- Monash University has suggested ways to incorporate AI into your teaching, such as generating example scenarios and developing critical analysis skills through AI-generated content.
- The University of South Australia provides some inspirations on using AI for academic work, including course planning and content development.
- #creativeHE has a crowdsourced collection of potential uses and applications of AI to create new learning, development, teaching and assessment opportunities.
- Ethan Mollick and Lilach Mollick have shared how to use AI to devise explanations for students and create low-stakes quizzes.
Supported AI tools at ANU
- Copilot Enterprise (formerly known as Bing Chat Enterprise) is available for ANU staff and students by signing in with an ANU staff account. We are currently limited to 30 questions per day, and 2000 characters per question.
The main benefit of using CoPilot with an ANU account is that personal and company data is protected. - Adobe Firefly is a generative AI image tool that allows ANU staff to create AI images from text, perform generative fill (such as removing objects or adding new ones), text effects and many others. Firefly’s model is trained on the dataset of Adobe Stock, meaning the content is openly licensed and/or in the public domain where copyright has expired.
The ANU Adobe license provides 1025 generative credits/month per account.
How can I learn AI basics such as prompt engineering?
- To help teaching staff who may not be familiar with AI, the University of Sydney has shared some practical examples of prompts to improve learning and teaching.
- The Prompt Engineering Guide provides a range of techniques from basic applications such as structuring data, summarising text and generating knowledge, to image prompting.
- Open AI has suggested some use cases for different tasks involving prompts.
- The University of Queensland has developed an Artificial Intelligence module to improve AI literacy.
The misuse of AI is a challenge to traditional assessments, but it is only one component of academic integrity and dishonesty. Generative AI is a permissible learning tool at ANU and we offer advice to students on best practice when using generative AI including referencing and academic skills.
Here are some other useful resources to help maintain academic integrity:
How can I detect and prevent AI misuse?
- The University of South Australia suggests a multi-layered approach to AI and Assessment Design that you can use to mitigate potential AI misuse.
- Flinders University provides a good practice guide on designing assessments for artificial intelligence and academic integrity to help you harness the power of AI and at the same time fearlessly support your students.
- The University of Melbourne has a short guide on how to reduce the possibility of academic misconduct specifically on the use of ChatGPT; and suggestions for Rethinking Assessment in Response to AI instead of resorting to invigilated end-of-semester exams.
- UTS provides and AI-resilience diagnostic tool as an assessment-design checklist of what might make it vulnerable to AI-assisted cheating.
What about privacy, security and referencing?
- Sensitive data is protected when using the ANU CoPilot Chat. CoPilot does not retain a record of conversations; Microsoft does not have Eyes-On access to your data, and there is no model training.
- The ANU LibGuides contains information on how you can use generative AI for teaching and learning and includes referencing and privacy.
- Macquarie University provides advice on Referencing Strategies on Generative AI and recommends the CRAAP test.
- UTS has a study guide on Referencing and Acknowledging AI that includes formatting, citing GenAI images, and referencing AI in AGLC4.
What if I suspect a student has misused AI?
- The ANU procedure for suspected misuse of generative AI is the same as for any misconduct, which includes giving a student the opportunity to respond. Details can be found on the staff-only pages on Academic Integrity.
- Macquarie University provides advice on what to do when you suspect an AI-generated academic integrity breach.
At ANU, generative AI tools are permitted, and ethical use is encouraged.
Artificial Intelligence – ANU Institutional Principles
- We will maintain our commitment to excellence and integrity in teaching, learning, assessment and research as the applications of AI in university settings evolve.
- We will maintain our critical engagement with AI as a stream of research and we will encourage exploration and innovation in these technologies.
- We will communicate clear guidance on the responsible and ethical use of AI technologies for our staff and for our students, and we will be explicit where rules or expectations differ according to discipline or role.
- We will ensure that our students and our staff have the support they need to become AI literate and we will produce graduates with the knowledge and skills to operate effectively and ethically in an AI informed world.
- We will ensure appropriate access to AI technology for education and research with applications consistent with the university’s commitments to cybersecurity, privacy, safety, equity and inclusiveness.
- We will draw upon the expertise within the ANU to support future AI strategy and policy development and we will work collaboratively with others across the sector as we seek to understand the wider implications of AI for society and culture.
Approved by Academic Board 6/2023 – 28 November 2023
What is the ANU policy on AI use?
- The ANU Academic Integrity Rule 2021 does not currently address ChatGPT and generative AI. ANU offers a guide to best practice when using genAI, which includes a Generative AI LibGuide to citing AI as an information source.
- A message from the previous ANU Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Digital) explains why ANU are not banning ChatGPT and speaks about academic integrity in relation to AI.
Approved by Academic Board 6/2023 – 28 November 2023
What does TEQSA say about AI use?
- TEQSA provide a document to guide the appropriate use of generative AI in higher education aligned with the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021.
- TEQSA offer a series of AI webinars and external links, both practical and regulatory.
Where can I find more guidance on the use of AI at ANU?
- Check the generative AI library guide
- Contact your College ADE for your College-specific guidance on the use of AI, and your College Education Design support team for more help with practical course advice.