Teaching & Learning
- Under the restrictive option, AI is prohibited at all stages
- AI use in coursework is set at instructor discretion through one of three course-level policies: fully restrictive, fully encouraging, or mixed
- Under the encouraging and mixed options, AI may be used with limits, and students may not submit AI-generated work as their own except where conceptually relevant or necessary to the project's concept
For these reasons, faculty may choose a Fully Restrictive Policy, Fully Encouraging Policy, or Mixed Policy on Generative AI which is appropriate for individual courses. It is the student’s responsibility to conform to policy expectations for each course.
In this course, students are expected to submit work that will be their own. ChatGPT or any other Generative AI tools at all stages of the work process, including preliminary ones are specifically forbidden.
In this course, you may use Generative AI tools. However, you may not submit any work generated by an AI program as your own unless conceptually relevant.
In this course, you may use Generative AI tools in your process, just as you can collaborate with your peers for things such as brainstorming, getting feedback, revising, or editing of your own work. However, you may not rely on Generative AI output for significant portions of your final project form unless it is a necessary part of your project’s concept.
You may not submit any work generated by an AI program as your own.
- The AI policy does not give a specific exam-only rule
- The catalog's academic honesty policy separately prohibits obtaining answers to an examination, test, or quiz, but it does not explicitly mention AI in that exam provision
Obtaining answers to an examination, test,
or quiz either within or outside of the class in
- AI use for learning assistance is governed by the course-level policy chosen by faculty rather than a single university-wide permission rule
- In mixed-policy courses, AI may be used for brainstorming, feedback, revising, editing, and research support so long as the student evaluates and adjusts the output; in restrictive courses, AI use is forbidden at all stages
For these reasons, faculty may choose a Fully Restrictive Policy, Fully Encouraging Policy, or Mixed Policy on Generative AI which is appropriate for individual courses. It is the student’s responsibility to conform to policy expectations for each course.
In this course, students are expected to submit work that will be their own. ChatGPT or any other Generative AI tools at all stages of the work process, including preliminary ones are specifically forbidden.
In this course, you may use Generative AI tools in your process, just as you can collaborate with your peers for things such as brainstorming, getting feedback, revising, or editing of your own work.
If you are using Generative AI as a research tool, devising thoughtful prompts, and evaluating and adjusting the output to be more accurate and objective, then you are using the technology appropriately for this course.
Research
- The sources do not provide a separate university-wide research writing policy, but they do address AI use as a research tool within coursework
- In mixed-policy courses, AI may be used as a research tool if the student evaluates and adjusts the output for accuracy and objectivity; in encouraging and mixed policies, AI use in project creation must be cited and disclosed
If you are using Generative AI as a research tool, devising thoughtful prompts, and evaluating and adjusting the output to be more accurate and objective, then you are using the technology appropriately for this course.
If you use Generative AI at any stage in the creation of your project (including initial stages, idea generation, drafting, language translation, and final form), you must properly cite and disclose this use.
If you use Generative AI at any stage in the creation of your project (including initial stages, idea generation, and editing), you must properly cite and disclose this use.
Academic Integrity
- Students must disclose the tool, version, and nature of their use
- Disclosure and citation are required whenever AI is used in courses operating under the encouraging or mixed policies
If you use Generative AI at any stage in the creation of your project (including initial stages, idea generation, drafting, language translation, and final form), you must properly cite and disclose this use.
This should include details on the specific tool and version used and the nature of your usage.
If you use Generative AI at any stage in the creation of your project (including initial stages, idea generation, and editing), you must properly cite and disclose this use. This should include details on the specific tool and version used, as well as the nature of your usage (for example, in images and/or text/writing).
- No statement about AI detection tools was identified
- The policy states that AI-policy violations are treated as academic misconduct under the Academic Honesty policies
- The catalog also lists penalties that can include an F for the course, possible loss of scholarship monies or dismissal, ineligibility for additional end-of-year awards, and a right to appeal
Violations will be considered academic misconduct per the AAC’s Academic Honesty policies.
6. The Academic Dean notifies the student in
writing that the penalty could include the loss
of scholarship monies or dismissal from the
AAC.
7. Students violating the Academic Honesty
policy may not be eligible for additional end‐of-the year awards for that year.
8. The student has the right to appeal these
decisions and must submit a written appeal to
the Council of Adjudication.
a grade of “F” for the entire course.
Institutional & Administrative
- Faculty are authorized to choose the AI policy that applies in their individual courses
- The sources do not define AI rules for faculty or staff uses such as grading, feedback generation, lesson planning, recommendation letters, or administrative communications
This policy outlines three perspectives that faculty can adopt for their classrooms, it also states that the student is responsible for keeping track of which classes permit, restrict, and prohibit generative AI.
For these reasons, faculty may choose a Fully Restrictive Policy, Fully Encouraging Policy, or Mixed Policy on Generative AI which is appropriate for individual courses.
- The policy was approved by the Director of IT, but the sources do not identify a broader AI committee, strategy, or roadmap
- The university has a formal AI policy for student coursework and states that it will be reviewed periodically and updated as needed
Defines the acceptable use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) while completing course work for the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Policy Review: This policy will be reviewed periodically and updated as necessary to ensure continued relevance and effectiveness.
Approved By: Director of IT
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Common Questions About Art Academy of Cincinnati's AI Policies
Art Academy of Cincinnati has defined AI policies in 8 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 67%.
Disclosure and citation are required whenever AI is used in courses operating under the encouraging or mixed policies. Students must disclose the tool, version, and nature of their use.
The policy states that AI-policy violations are treated as academic misconduct under the Academic Honesty policies. The catalog also lists penalties that can include an F for the course, possible loss of scholarship monies or dismissal, ineligibility for additional end-of-year awards, and a right to appeal. No statement about AI detection tools was identified.
No explicit data protection or approved AI platform policy is currently defined in the available policy sources.