Acknowledging your use

Always ensure that your final submitted assessment is your own work, creation, and analysis.

Where you have used generative AI (genAI) in developing your assessment (for example, in the development of ideas, problem solving, data analysis, significant writing feedback) you should acknowledge your use of genAI.

It is essential that you provide details about where and how you have used it.

First, read assessment instructions in your unit site or check with your unit chair whether you are allowed to use genAI and how you are allowed to use it.
Understand the limitations and the risks.
Critically evaluate any output.
Document how you used the tool and acknowledge this in your final submission.

Your acknowledgement should include:

the name of the genAI tool
the month and year you accessed it
details of your prompts, the output, and where in your assessment you have used genAI.

This can go in an ‘Acknowledgements’ section and further details can be provided in an Appendix.

For example:

This paper was edited with the assistance of Name of generative AI tool (accessed Month Year). I have critically assessed and validated any generated feedback. The final version of the paper is my own creation.

I acknowledge the use of Name of generative AI tool (accessed Month Year) and Name of generative AI tool (accessed Month Year) in developing some of my ideas and writing for this assessment. All AI-generated output was critically reviewed. Examples of prompts, outputs and my responses are provided in Appendix 2. The final content, conclusions and assertions in this paper are my own.

This assessment was completed with the assistance of Name of generative AI tool (accessed Month Year). With the permission of my Unit Chair, I have used these tools to develop the fictional case studies that provide the background for Section 2 of the assessment. See Appendix 1 for further details. All other writing and analysis in this assessment is my own.

_{Examples adapted from: Bozkurt, A. (2024). GenAI et al.: Cocreation, authorship, ownership, academic ethics and integrity in a time of generative AI. Open Praxis, 16(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.55982/ openpraxis.16.1.654}

Can I cite genAI?

Sources of information for assessment need to be evaluated for credibility. Cite recommended journal articles, books, websites and other reliable and credible sources. Your unit chair, as well as the Library, will be able to advise further on appropriate sources in your discipline.

In most cases, citing AI-generated content as a primary source of information for an assessment will not be acceptable. If you are unsure, contact your unit chair.

If you have concluded that genAI is an appropriate source to cite, then it needs to be cited appropriately.

In all cases, you must acknowledge the use of genAI as outlined above.

When acknowledging or citing the use of genAI, do not humanise the tool. ChatGPT does not 'discuss', 'report' or 'allege' as a human author does. Instead, simply acknowledge your use of the tool, when you used it and details of how you used it.

For further advice:

Go to the Deakin Guide to Referencing.
Go to your required referencing style, e.g. 'APA7'.
Navigate to the tab Other Sources.
Select the topic Artificial Intelligence.