Teaching & Learning
- Use of AI in graded coursework is determined by the instructor
- Undisclosed or unauthorized AI use can be treated as academic dishonesty
- Augsburg provides assignment-level categories ranging from no AI use to full AI use with disclosure, and instructors are told to state the permitted level in their syllabus and assignments
The AI-Informed Assignment Framework
Faculty may choose one of the below categories to define their AI use policy for individual assignments, entire courses, or all courses they teach. These categories are intended to be copied and pasted into your syllabus and/or assignment. If you use one of the categories below, include one of the symbols on your assignment. Students should avoid using generative AI in courses that use this framework unless specifically permitted.
⛔ No AI: This assignment should be completed without the use of generative AI. It should reflect your own independent work and understanding. Generative AI is not permitted for any part of this assignment.
🟢 AI-Assisted Assignment: You may use AI tools to support your work on this assignment. All AI-generated content must be critically evaluated by you and integrated thoughtfully. You are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of your final submission. Cite your use of AI if you include generated content or substantial assistance from AI.
🔵 AI-Collaborative Assignment: You may use AI as a collaborative partner in this assignment. This could include brainstorming, drafting, revising, or generating ideas/content. You must acknowledge all AI use and explain your contributions. Final submission should demonstrate your understanding and be reviewed by you for accuracy and appropriateness.
🚀 Full AI Use Assignment: You are encouraged to use AI extensively in this assignment. This might include generating text, coding, analysis, design, or other content. You should still document how AI was used, reflect on your learning, and ensure your final submission aligns with course goals.
A form of academic dishonesty, plagiarism is the act of claiming someone else’s work, ideas, and/or expressions as one’s own. It may involve quoting or paraphrasing a source without giving credit to the source, submitting work either in part or in whole completed by another, or using text generated by artificial intelligence tools as if they were one’s own ideas or work. A student found guilty of plagiarism is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension from the University.
- Augsburg University has no separately defined university-wide AI policy specific to examinations or formal assessments
- Unauthorized AI use in any graded context, including assessments, may be treated as academic dishonesty under the plagiarism policy
- The instructor-controlled AI-Informed Assignment Framework applies to individual assignments and entire courses, which may encompass assessments at instructor discretion
Faculty may choose one of the below categories to define their AI use policy for individual assignments, entire courses, or all courses they teach.
A form of academic dishonesty, plagiarism is the act of claiming someone else's work, ideas, and/or expressions as one's own. It may involve quoting or paraphrasing a source without giving credit to the source, submitting work either in part or in whole completed by another, or using text generated by artificial intelligence tools as if they were one's own ideas or work.
Note: No exam-specific AI policy is separately defined in available sources; the assignment framework and plagiarism rules represent the closest applicable guidance.
- Separate university-wide rules specifically authorizing AI for private study assistance are not defined
- For course-related use, students are told to avoid generative AI unless specifically permitted under the instructor’s framework
- Augsburg makes institutionally provided AI tools available to students and promotes workshops and support for learning how to use them
Augsburg University offers ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion to current students, faculty, and staff. These institutionally provided AI tools can be integrated into Augsburg’s educational settings and work environments while offering enterprise-level data security and privacy.
Augsburg has developed an AI-informed Assignment Pilot Framework to support the ethical and transparent use of generative AI in coursework. Students should avoid using generative AI in courses that use this framework unless specifically permitted.
The Strommen Center for Meaningful Work in collaboration with the Christensen Center for Vocation and the Center for Teaching and Learning are excited to announce the AI Meets Vocation workshop for students, faculty, and staff on April 16! Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking event focused on the integration of Artificial Intelligence with your vocational journey!
- Coding use is addressed through instructor-controlled assignment categories rather than a single university-wide rule
- In the most permissive category, instructors may encourage extensive AI use for coding, but students must still document how AI was used and ensure the final submission aligns with course goals
Faculty may choose one of the below categories to define their AI use policy for individual assignments, entire courses, or all courses they teach.
🚀 Full AI Use Assignment: You are encouraged to use AI extensively in this assignment. This might include generating text, coding, analysis, design, or other content. You should still document how AI was used, reflect on your learning, and ensure your final submission aligns with course goals.
Research
- This classification should be treated as potentially incomplete pending review of those additional sources
- However, additional documents linked from Augsburg's AI pages were not fully reviewed and may contain relevant guidance
- No explicit university-wide AI policy for research writing or manuscript preparation was found in the primary extracted sources
Additional source URLs identified during crawling were not retrieved or reviewed; these may contain research writing AI policy. Graduate catalogs were also not reviewed for relevant policy language.
- Additional unreviewed documents may contain further guidance
- No dedicated university-wide AI policy governing research data collection, analysis, or management by faculty or student researchers is explicitly defined in the reviewed sources
- Augsburg provides institutionally approved AI tools with enterprise-level data security and privacy for use in educational and work environments, which may extend to research data contexts
Augsburg University offers ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion to current students, faculty, and staff. These institutionally provided AI tools can be integrated into Augsburg's educational settings and work environments while offering enterprise-level data security and privacy.
No dedicated research data AI policy was found in reviewed sources. Additional documents available at the institution's AI pages were not fully reviewed and may contain relevant guidance.
- Additional unreviewed sources may contain relevant guidance
- No explicit university-wide AI policy addressing research ethics and integrity was found in the primary reviewed sources
- The institution's plagiarism policy indirectly addresses AI integrity in academic work, but dedicated research ethics guidance for AI use was not identified
A form of academic dishonesty, plagiarism is the act of claiming someone else's work, ideas, and/or expressions as one's own. It may involve quoting or paraphrasing a source without giving credit to the source, submitting work either in part or in whole completed by another, or using text generated by artificial intelligence tools as if they were one's own ideas or work.
Note: Additional institutional sources were not reviewed and may contain research ethics and integrity AI policy.
Academic Integrity
- When instructors permit AI use, Augsburg requires disclosure in several assignment categories
- Students may need to cite AI use, acknowledge all AI use, explain their own contributions, and document how AI was used, depending on the assignment category selected by the instructor
🟢 AI-Assisted Assignment: You may use AI tools to support your work on this assignment. All AI-generated content must be critically evaluated by you and integrated thoughtfully. You are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of your final submission. Cite your use of AI if you include generated content or substantial assistance from AI.
🔵 AI-Collaborative Assignment: You may use AI as a collaborative partner in this assignment. This could include brainstorming, drafting, revising, or generating ideas/content. You must acknowledge all AI use and explain your contributions. Final submission should demonstrate your understanding and be reviewed by you for accuracy and appropriateness.
🚀 Full AI Use Assignment: You are encouraged to use AI extensively in this assignment. This might include generating text, coding, analysis, design, or other content. You should still document how AI was used, reflect on your learning, and ensure your final submission aligns with course goals.
- Additional institutional sources may contain further enforcement guidance
- Augsburg University does not define a specific policy on AI detection tools in the reviewed sources
- Enforcement relies on the academic dishonesty framework: using AI-generated text as one's own constitutes plagiarism, and students found guilty face disciplinary action up to and including suspension from the University
A form of academic dishonesty, plagiarism is the act of claiming someone else's work, ideas, and/or expressions as one's own. It may involve quoting or paraphrasing a source without giving credit to the source, submitting work either in part or in whole completed by another, or using text generated by artificial intelligence tools as if they were one's own ideas or work. A student found guilty of plagiarism is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension from the University.
Institutional & Administrative
- The institution also offers faculty-focused support and workshops on AI use in teaching
- Augsburg provides approved AI tools to faculty and staff for educational settings and work environments
- Faculty are explicitly empowered to choose AI-use categories for assignments, courses, or all courses they teach
Augsburg University offers ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion to current students, faculty, and staff. These institutionally provided AI tools can be integrated into Augsburg’s educational settings and work environments while offering enterprise-level data security and privacy.
Faculty may choose one of the below categories to define their AI use policy for individual assignments, entire courses, or all courses they teach.
This page serves as a resource and landing page for the pilot, including syllabus language, assignment labels, and links to additional support for faculty.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is committed to supporting Augsburg faculty in thoughtfully integrating AI into teaching and learning. Below are some of the events and resources for faculty interested in learning more about Generative AI in educational settings.
- Additional institutional sources may contain further data protection requirements or restrictions on unapproved AI tools
- These tools are described as offering enterprise-level data security and privacy when used in educational and work settings
- Augsburg University identifies ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion as institutionally provided and approved AI tools available to current students, faculty, and staff
Augsburg University offers ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion to current students, faculty, and staff. These institutionally provided AI tools can be integrated into Augsburg's educational settings and work environments while offering enterprise-level data security and privacy.
Note: Additional institutional policy sources were identified as potentially relevant to data protection but were not reviewed in this extraction.
- Additional unreviewed institutional resources may contain further strategic or governance documentation
- The initiative reflects a structured but still-developing governance approach; no formal university-wide AI governance body or comprehensive strategy document was identified in the reviewed sources
- Augsburg University has an institutional AI initiative encompassing approved tools, an AI-Informed Assignment Pilot Framework for teaching, and faculty support through the Center for Teaching and Learning
Augsburg University offers ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion to current students, faculty, and staff.
Augsburg has developed an AI-informed Assignment Pilot Framework to support the ethical and transparent use of generative AI in coursework.
This page serves as a resource and landing page for the pilot, including syllabus language, assignment labels, and links to additional support for faculty.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is committed to supporting Augsburg faculty in thoughtfully integrating AI into teaching and learning.
Note: Additional institutional documents were not reviewed and may contain governance or strategy content.
DocuMark: Responsible AI Use for Academic Integrity
Knowing your institution's AI policy is step one. DocuMark helps enforce it fairly by empowering universities to manage AI-generated content, prevent cheating, and support student writing through responsible AI use.
Common Questions About Augsburg University's AI Policies
Augsburg University has defined AI policies in 12 of 12 categories, with an overall coverage score of 100%.
When instructors permit AI use, Augsburg requires disclosure in several assignment categories. Students may need to cite AI use, acknowledge all AI use, explain their own contributions, and document how AI was used, depending on the assignment category selected by the instructor.
Augsburg University does not define a specific policy on AI detection tools in the reviewed sources. Enforcement relies on the academic dishonesty framework: using AI-generated text as one's own constitutes plagiarism, and students found guilty face disciplinary action up to and including suspension from the University. Additional institutional sources may contain further enforcement guidance.
Augsburg University identifies ChatGPT Edu, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, and Zoom AI Companion as institutionally provided and approved AI tools available to current students, faculty, and staff. These tools are described as offering enterprise-level data security and privacy when used in educational and work settings. Additional institutional sources may contain further data protection requirements or restrictions on unapproved AI tools.