How Do I Communicate About AI With My Students?

Colorado State University articulates how to talk to students about ChatGPT in three steps: acknowledgement, inappropriate usage, and appropriate usage.

Monash University provides a list of actions that instructors can do now to help students understand when and how to use generative AI like ChatGPT.

This academic skills kit from Newcastle University breaks down for students how AI can support their learning and what its limitations are.

The UVA Faculty AI Guides are a group of UVA faculty who are helping their colleagues explore the role of generative AI in their teaching. The 2024-2025 Guides have taken a variety of thoughtful approaches to AI in their own courses, as seen here through a selection of syllabus statements.

Lance Eaton’s collaborative Google Doc showcases a range of course policies related to AI tools. Use this document to get a sense of other instructors’ expectations and inspire your own course policy. You can also contribute!

This interactive decision-tree will guide you, step-by-step, through writing a syllabus statement based on your personal AI expectations.