Guiding Questions when writing Statements

AI Use Statements Course Outline

Guiding Questions for Crafting AIU Statements

To effectively develop AIU statements, educators should consider four key questions:

1. What tasks could AI help with in your course? This prompts educators to identify areas where AI can “offload ideas,” “ideate,” “remov[e] the blank page syndrome,” or help with outlining, processing, and analyzing. This can be a challenging starting point for teachers unfamiliar with AI’s capabilities.
2. What shouldn’t AI be used for? This defines the “prohibited uses” and helps craft specific limitations.
3. How will students document use? This addresses accountability, exploring questions such as: “Is it just showing their prompts? Is it discussing what they’re doing? Is it explaining what they did? Is it referencing or citing the use of AI in some way?”
4. What are the consequences for misuse? This establishes the repercussions, whether it’s an “academic offense,” a zero, a redo, or a conversation to assess true learning. The goal is to determine if students have “cognitively offloaded that understanding to a tool and you really haven’t learned it.”