Is using ChatGPT for coursework considered cheating?
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Is using ChatGPT for coursework considered cheating?
It depends. At Bristol Community College, it’s up to each instructor to create policies for classroom use. So if your instructor doesn’t allow it, it would be cheating, especially if you use ChatGPT to write an academic paper.
However, many instructors do allow it for specific assignments or tasks. Always ask your instructor what their policies are. The best time to talk with your instructor is before you begin your assignment to avoid needing to start over if generative AI isn't allowed.
Even if your instructor does allow it for particular uses, it’s still against the principles of academic integrity to represent a paper entirely written by ChatGPT as your own.
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What is Academic Integrity?
Academic integrity refers to maintaining a standard of honest and ethical behavior in all types of academic work. This includes things like not cheating on exams or turning in a term paper that you didn't write yourself. It also includes plagiarism, or not giving proper credit to other people's ideas or work. All students are subject to Bristol's Code of Academic Integrity. To learn more, review Bristol's Code of Conduct Section 7 and consult the library's guide on how to avoid plagiarism.
Please refrain from presenting AI-generated material as your own original work. While certain assignments might allow you to leverage AI to enhance your creative capabilities, it should not replace genuine creative thinking, especially in an educational setting. Whenever you incorporate content generated by AI, remember to include proper citations. This way, instructors can easily trace the sources of the AI-generated content.
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