Daemen’s AI Tiger Team has developed a ready-to-use resource to help faculty communicate clear expectations about AI use in their courses — aligned with Daemen’s Position Statement on the Use of Generative AI Tools. Below you’ll find all seven sample statements. Read the rationale, then copy the statement text directly into your syllabus and adapt as needed.
The seven statements cover three approaches:
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Prohibition
Statements 1 & 2
Strict ban or values-based prohibition.
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Limited Use
Statements 3 – 6
AI permitted for specific tasks only.
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Full Integration
Statement 7
Responsible AI use encouraged with transparency.
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Before you choose a statement, consider:
1. What counts as AI use in your course? Writing, brainstorming, translation, generating images, notes, or code?
2. What kinds of uses are permitted and what is prohibited? Are these blanket prohibitions, or are they context dependent?
3. Will you allow note-taking, recording, and transcription? Students are often tempted to use AI tools to summarize lectures, generate notes, or create study guides. Is this allowed, and under what conditions?
4. How will you verify AI use and hold students accountable? What kind of process evidence will you require for assignments?
5. How will violations be handled? What approach are you taking to consequences and enforcement in relation to Daemen’s academic honesty policies?
6. Have you emphasized to students that they should ask you before they use AI if your expectations are unclear?
Section 1 — Prohibition
I want to prohibit students from using AI.
The following statements are designed for faculty who wish to prohibit the use of AI tools in their courses.
Statement 1
Zero-Tolerance Prohibition (Strict Enforcement Model)
Rationale: This is a strict ban on any and all AI use, treating it as academic dishonesty with strict consequences. It is designed for faculty who feel that AI-generated content in a given course would fundamentally undermine the integrity of student work.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
Any use of AI software (including but not limited to text-generation tools such as ChatGPT or Claude, image-generation tools, or other AI systems) for work on assignments, discussions, or exams in this course constitutes academic dishonesty—no exceptions. That means using AI to brainstorm, outline, write, take notes, or edit work in any way. Work will be reviewed if there are concerns about unauthorized AI use. Violations will be handled in accordance with Daemen’s Academic Honesty Policy and may result in academic or disciplinary action–up to and including removal from a program or the institution. If you are struggling with an assignment, contact me for help rather than resorting to AI tools. I want to help you, but I also expect you to do the intellectual work yourself.
Statement 2
Prohibition with Philosophical Justification (Trust-Based Model)
Rationale: This policy prohibits AI use while taking a reflective and student-centered approach. It emphasizes the value of genuine learning and appeals to the value of intellectual and personal growth in students rather than simply enforcing rules.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
I want you to do well in this course, not just in terms of the grade you receive but also in the development of meaningful skills that will serve you in the future. Using AI to complete assignments undermines that goal because it eliminates the potential for sincere reflection, the development of your capacities, and your ownership of the thoughts you express in this course. Writing, analysis, and critical thinking are muscles—they get stronger through use. If you are letting AI complete your work for you, you are skipping trips to the cognitive “gym” and will leave this class weaker for it.
I also want to be honest about how I grade student writing. I am well aware of the stylistic marks of machine-generated text, and when writing tone shifts unexpectedly, reads artificially polished, or exhibits AI hallmarks like rigid consistency and formulaic transitions, I’ll review the work and follow up with you to better understand your writing process. Though I trust my students, I also expect them to honor this trust and turn in original work. If you are struggling with an assignment, speak to me—I would much rather assist you in working through a problem than see you employ AI as a shortcut that ultimately harms your growth.
Section 2 — Limited Use
I will allow the use of AI for certain tasks only.
The following statements allow AI use for specific, defined purposes only. Feel free to make use of these icons on your syllabus to denote those assignments for which AI use is acceptable or unacceptable.
Statement 3
Limited Use with Disclosure (Copyright-Inspired Model)
Rationale: This policy allows AI use but requires students to fully disclose how they’ve used it. Using guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office as framing, it puts an emphasis on transparency and disclosure. It also stresses the importance of “human-authored expressive inputs” while allowing AI to serve as a creative assistant.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
In this class, students are allowed to make use of large language models such as ChatGPT or Claude in their work. But in such cases, students are also required to fully disclose this use. In addition to this requirement, your work must demonstrate human authorship.
In the United States, for work that was produced with the assistance of AI to be eligible for copyright protections, the owner has to establish that they made creative contributions that are evident in the final work. That means that while AI can help with the generation of ideas or suggestions, to count as the author of the work, you must critically engage with the content, make important creative decisions, and guarantee that the final product reflects your own original thought.
If you simply turn in AI-generated content without making changes that reflect these kinds of decisions, this will be a violation of the academic honesty policy for this course. Likewise for any AI-assisted work that isn’t disclosed. If you’re not sure about how to use AI in a particular assignment, please feel free to reach out to me; I’m happy to help. (See notes on the US Copyright Office’s guidance here).
Statement 4
AI for Brainstorming and Outlining (Pre-Writing Model)
Rationale: This policy allows students to use AI to brainstorm ideas and outline work but forbids using AI to produce any written content that the student submits.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
In this course, you may use AI tools such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas or outline your work, but you can’t use them to write any content that shows up in the work that you submit. I require that any work you submit was written by you and not by an AI. If you use AI at any stage of pre-writing, you should include a note that briefly describes what model you used and how you used it.
Statement 5
AI Use Only Allowed for Specific Assignments (Context-Based Model)
Rationale: This is a case-by-case policy; it only allows AI use for particular assignments that the instructor explicitly designates as appropriate. The final decision regarding when and how AI tools can be used in the course will be left to the instructor.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
AI continues to play an evolving role in education. In this course, we will use it as a tool for structured reflection. You can use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini only on assignments where it is explicitly permitted. For any other assignments, the use of AI is not permitted.
If I allow AI to be used on a particular assignment, I will provide guidance on how you can use it responsibly. Any irresponsible use or any AI use on assignments where it’s not explicitly permitted will be classified as academic dishonesty and penalized as such.
If you’re not sure about how and when you can use AI for a particular task, please reach out to me.
Statement 6
AI for Editing and Revision Only (Post-Writing Model)
Rationale: This policy explicitly addresses one of the most common uses of AI tools: edits and revision of work that students have already done. It permits refinement and proofreading but forbids brainstorming or producing original work.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
In this course, I will allow you to use AI tools to preview or revise drafts that you have written yourself. I don’t have any issues if you’re using these tools to give you feedback about grammar or sentence structure, but you’re responsible for producing all the new ideas and the written content that you submit. If you do use AI as an editing tool, be sure to include a note describing how you used it.
Section 3 — Full Integration
I’m fully on board with responsible AI use in my course.
The following statement is for faculty who want to encourage responsible AI use as part of their course design.
Statement 7
Full AI Integration (with Ethical and Transparent Use)
Rationale: This policy is generally permissive about AI use, but it also encourages academic integrity with transparency.
📄 Syllabus Statement — copy and paste into your syllabus:
AI is an important tool that will become increasingly relevant in both professional and academic settings, and learning how to use it ethically and effectively is a valuable life skill. In this course, you will be encouraged to use these tools to help with research, brainstorming, and editing your work. But you have to be transparent about how AI was used, and your final submissions must reflect your own intellectual effort. If you turn in work which involved AI at some point in the production, include a note that indicates what tool you used and how you used it. Submitting AI-generated content as if it was your own work is a violation of the course policy and will be considered academic dishonesty. I don’t want you to feel like you have to avoid AI altogether, but I do want you to use it responsibly and critically in this course. If you have any questions about how to do that, please feel free to send me an email or drop by during my office hours.
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