Gen-AI

Referencing Gen-AI content

If your Unit Coordinator has given you permission, you may be allowed to use content from a Gen-AI tool in your assessment. If you do, you must clearly say how you used the tool.

Read through the instruction and practice correctly declaring your use with the challenge, Terms of Engagement

In short, when you use Gen-AI in your work, you must:

  • Declare use by writing a short statement. This should explain which tool and prompt you used, and how you used or changed the output.
  • Reference AI output using the correct referencing style for your unit.

Declaring use

If you use Gen-AI in your assessment, you must say how you used it and what it helped you do.

You need to write a short statement that clearly explains how you used the tool. This statement should go after your reference list.

Your statement must include:

  • The name of the Gen-AI tool or tools you used
  • What each tool was used for
  • The prompts you used
  • How you used the output in your work

You can copy the template below and change it to suit your needs.

Declaration of Gen-AI use

I acknowledge the use of [AI tool or technology name, hyperlinked] in the preparation and/or writing of my assessment. I have used [insert AI tool] to assist with (delete items from the following list that do not apply):

  • Research: I generated an overview of my topic to assist with the research process.
  • Idea generation: I generated suggestions on possible topics or angles to explore within my assessment.
  • Clarifying: I generated explanations/examples to help me understand confusing or complex topics.
  • Structure and organisation: I generated an assessment plan.
  • Writing: I generated text which I adapted in my assessment. I have indicated through in-text citations where text has been quoted or paraphrased.
  • Other: Please provide a description of how you have used the tool.

I entered the following prompt/s:

or

[Insert link to specific Gen-AI chat]

Referencing use

You must reference Gen-AI outputs in two ways:

  • Use in-text citations
  • Add a declaration after your reference list

If you do not say that you used Gen-AI, it may be seen as dishonest or unfair. This could be treated as academic misconduct.

For more details, see the Gen-AI sections in our referencing guides:

Challenge: Terms of Engagement