Teaching & Learning
- Student AI use in coursework and assignments is primarily at instructor discretion
- NJIT also provides model syllabus language showing that courses may fully prohibit AI or allow it only for specified assignments with citation requirements
- NJIT states that faculty rules may differ by course and assignment, and students risk violating conduct and academic integrity policies if they submit AI-generated work without explicit instructor authorization
However, students must adhere to the expectations outlined by their instructors, uphold the standards of academic honesty when using AI tools, and not utilize these tools to conduct or support academic dishonesty such as cheating and plagiarism.
Most professors will include specific rules regarding AI use in their course syllabus. These rules may vary across professors, courses, and even individual assignments. While many faculty may encourage or even require the use of AI, others may prohibit it, depending on the course learning objectives.
If a student has not received explicit authorization from their course instructor to use AI, submitting AI generated work may constitute a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity policies. Therefore, it is crucial to carefully review the syllabus and seek clarification from the professor when it is unclear.
This course expects students to work without artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in order to better develop their skills in this content area. As such, AI usage is not permitted throughout this course under any circumstance.
Student use of artificial intelligence (AI) is permitted in this course for certain assignments and activities. It is not permitted to be used in the following assignments, as doing so would undermine student learning and achievement of course learning outcomes: X, Y, Z. Additionally, if and when students use AI in this course, the AI must be cited as is shown within the NJIT Library AI citation page for AI.
- Using generative AI on exams or assessments is prohibited unless the instructor gives explicit permission
- NJIT also requires midterm and final exams to be proctored and allows certain AI-based proctoring tools, with tool selection left to instructor discretion within university guidelines
● Using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to produce responses, code, or solutions for any part of an assignment or exam without the explicit permission of the instructor.
● Submitting AI-generated content or output as one’s own work in a context where such assistance has not been approved or acknowledged.
4. Using Online Proctoring Tools: NJIT policy requires that all midterm and final exams must be proctored, regardless of delivery mode, in order to increase academic integrity.
a. Students registered for a fully online course section (e.g., online or Hyflex mode) must be given the option to take their exam in a completely online format, with appropriate proctoring.
b. For face-to-face, hybrid, and Converged Learning courses, the expectation is that exams will be administered and proctored in-person. These courses can utilize Locked Browsers and/or AI-based tools; however, they should not use Live Proctor solutions or Webex Proctoring.
c. It is up to the instructors’ discretion to select the online exam proctoring tool that is most appropriate for their course so long as the solution is aligned with the guidelines outlined above (section 4a & 4b).
- NJIT encourages students to use AI as a learning aid for studying and skill development, so long as they do so responsibly and with academic integrity
- University materials specifically mention brainstorming, improving writing clarity, creating study tools, and generating study aids as acceptable learning-support uses, while emphasizing originality, honesty, and critical thinking
While we encourage students to explore AI technologies to support their studies, it is crucial to maintain academic integrity and ensure AI tools are used transparently and appropriately.
These guidelines are designed to help you navigate AI usage while upholding academic standards expected in Higher Education. As outlined in the AI-U guide, you can utilize generative AI for tasks such as brainstorming ideas, improving writing clarity, and creating study tools—all of which can elevate your learning experience when used responsibly.
We encourage you to take advantage of these tools, but always with a commitment to originality, honesty, and fairness in your work.
NJIT values academic integrity and ethical behavior in all learning activities, including using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in coursework. AI can be a valuable learning aid, providing opportunities to enhance understanding and creativity. In many cases, AI can help students develop new skills and improve student learning outcomes.
Leverage AI for Learning Enhancement: Identify opportunities to use AI for brainstorming, structuring projects, or generating study aids, fostering innovation and growth rather than short cutting the learning process.
- AI code generation for coursework is not uniformly allowed; it depends on instructor permission and course rules
- NJIT explicitly treats using generative AI to write code for assignments or exams without explicit instructor permission as misconduct, while faculty guidance recommends stating in course policies whether coding assistants are permitted and under what conditions
● Using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to produce responses, code, or solutions for any part of an assignment or exam without the explicit permission of the instructor.
● Using artificial intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT or code generators) to produce written content, solve problems, generate designs, or write code for any portion of an assignment or exam, and submitting the output as your own work without the explicit permission of the instructor.
● State explicitly whether AI tools (ChatGPT, Grammarly, coding assistants, etc.) are permitted, and under what conditions.
This includes giving credit to the authors or sources of any ideas, quotes, or information incorporated into their assignments, whether generated in whole or in part by AI (e.g., Grammarly, Quillbot, Claude.ai, etc.) or other external sources (e.g., GitHub, Integrated Development Environment Software, etc.).
Research
- The available material is competency- and guidance-oriented rather than a binding research policy
- NJIT references AI use for data analysis and visualization in student guidance and includes research among the contexts where prompt engineering may be used, but it does not set a specific university policy governing AI use for research data collection, analysis, or interpretation
The guide also emphasizes the importance of citing AI-generated content and understanding how AI can assist in data analysis and visualization.
Demonstrate the use of prompt engineering across tasks such as content creation, problem-solving, and research within different disciplines.
- The guidance is limited to including ethics instruction in research-intensive courses and labs
- NJIT promotes ethical AI use in research-intensive contexts but does not provide a specific university policy in these sources on AI use in grant proposals, IRB applications, or formal research ethics declarations
● Include ethics modules in research-intensive courses and labs.
Academic Integrity
- NJIT requires attribution when AI is used and encourages disclosure statements in academic work
- Students must properly credit AI-generated ideas, quotes, or information used in assignments, and faculty guidance recommends requiring explicit AI disclosure statements; model syllabus language also requires citation when AI use is permitted
When using AI tools, students must ensure that their work remains original and is properly attributed. This includes giving credit to the authors or sources of any ideas, quotes, or information incorporated into their assignments, whether generated in whole or in part by AI (e.g., Grammarly, Quillbot, Claude.ai, etc.) or other external sources (e.g., GitHub, Integrated Development Environment Software, etc.).
Additionally, students must adhere to copyright laws and intellectual property rights when utilizing AI tools. Students should not use AI to duplicate or alter copyrighted materials without permission and accurately credit all content sources, including AI-generated material, to prevent plagiarism and other academic dishonesty.
Usage with Citation: Citing your AI tool sources is critical when using AI tools to identify information, especially when paraphrasing content directly from AI.
● Encourage faculty to require AI disclosure statements (e.g., “I used Grammarly to check grammar” or “I used ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas for the introduction”).
Additionally, if and when students use AI in this course, the AI must be cited as is shown within the NJIT Library AI citation page for AI.
- NJIT allows instructors to use AI/plagiarism detection tools as supporting evidence, but not as the sole basis for deciding whether work was AI-generated
- Undisclosed or unauthorized AI use can be treated as academic misconduct under the Code of Student Conduct, and suspected violations may be reported through formal academic integrity processes
Instructors can use the plagiarism detection tools as an additional resource to help determine whether content was created by AI. However, these tools should not be the sole basis for making this decision. The AI writing detector may produce false positives and is not reliable for identifying AI-generated text in non-prose formats.
If a student has not received explicit authorization from their course instructor to use AI, submitting AI generated work may constitute a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity policies.
● Submitting AI-generated content or output as one’s own work in a context where such assistance has not been approved or acknowledged.
● Academic Misconduct Report Form: Report suspected violations.
● Office of the Dean of Students: Guidance, reporting, and adjudication.
Institutional & Administrative
- NJIT provides faculty-facing guidance and resources encouraging instructors to integrate and manage AI in teaching
- Faculty may use AI-supported instructional tools for grading, feedback, prompt generation, and course design, and the university encourages faculty to review AI working group materials and explicitly state AI rules in their courses
These pages are meant to serve as guidance for faculty regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and its usage specifically for teaching and learning purposes at NJIT.
Leveraging AI, educators can streamline grading processes, offer automatic and immediate feedback to students, and develop assessments that preemptively address student questions or lack of clarity.
Instructors have already been able to automatically grade student assignments and provide immediate feedback, allowing students to receive timely guidance on their work.
But AI can do more than automated grading. NJIT provides access to AI-based instructional tools like Gradescope and Harmonize. In these tools, AI is leveraged to interpret handwritten assignments and classify student responses (Gradescope), and help instructors generate prompts based on course learning outcomes, and suggest styles for responding to student work (Harmonize).
Faculty are encouraged to review the NJIT Artificial Intelligence Working Group (AIWG) materials, which provide strategies and guidance for effectively incorporating and managing AI within teaching and learning.
● State explicitly whether AI tools (ChatGPT, Grammarly, coding assistants, etc.) are permitted, and under what conditions.
- NJIT identifies certain institutionally provided AI tools for teaching and learning use, but these sources do not define a university-wide AI data classification or detailed data-entry restrictions
- The available materials indicate that NJIT provides access to Google Gemini, Notebook LM, Gradescope, and Harmonize, and reference TurnItIn AI Writing Detector as part of digital learning offerings
NJIT provides access to Google Gemini and Notebook LM. Instructors are advised to structure their explorations leveraging these tools for Tier 1 awards.
But AI can do more than automated grading. NJIT provides access to AI-based instructional tools like Gradescope and Harmonize.
* Enhance NJIT’s digital learning offerings by incorporating generative AI tools (Harmonize Learning, ZOOM AI Companion, and TurnItIn AI Writing Detector).
- NJIT has an institutional AI strategy centered on responsible and ethical adoption in curriculum, instruction, research, and digital learning
- Its materials describe an AI working group, published instructor guidance, strategic deployment of emerging technologies, and provost-level AI initiatives supporting inclusion of AI in both research and the curriculum
These AI guidelines for Teaching and Learning are designed to support those who are excited, those who are skeptical, and everyone in between.
As an institution, NJIT fully embraces the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance learning, creativity, and problem-solving across all disciplines. Drawing from the AI-U student guidelines for AI, created by the American Association for Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and Elon University, we are committed to fostering the responsible and ethical use of AI in our academic community.
1. Develop a framework for deploying emerging technologies.
2. Identify and deploy emerging technologies in ways that can benefit teaching and learning, research, infrastructure, and operational efficiency.
* Publish guidelines for instructors on using AI.
* Establish, in collaboration with NJIT’s Provost, an AI working group charged with:
* Advancing NJIT’s understanding, adoption, and responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the areas of curriculum and instruction.
* Enhancing NJIT’s instructional framework with AI to propel transformative initiatives in curriculum, instruction, and student learning experiences to better meet the needs of the changing learner and the evolving technological landscape.
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NJIT requires attribution when AI is used and encourages disclosure statements in academic work. Students must properly credit AI-generated ideas, quotes, or information used in assignments, and faculty guidance recommends requiring explicit AI disclosure statements; model syllabus language also requires citation when AI use is permitted.
NJIT allows instructors to use AI/plagiarism detection tools as supporting evidence, but not as the sole basis for deciding whether work was AI-generated. Undisclosed or unauthorized AI use can be treated as academic misconduct under the Code of Student Conduct, and suspected violations may be reported through formal academic integrity processes.
NJIT identifies certain institutionally provided AI tools for teaching and learning use, but these sources do not define a university-wide AI data classification or detailed data-entry restrictions. The available materials indicate that NJIT provides access to Google Gemini, Notebook LM, Gradescope, and Harmonize, and reference TurnItIn AI Writing Detector as part of digital learning offerings.