Navigating AI writing with confidence

A comprehensive library of resources for academic leaders and educators looking to preserve academic integrity in instruction and assessment, amidst the rise of AI tool usage.

Resources for Administrators

Resources for Educators

Academic leaders are tasked with striking the delicate balance of leveraging AI's potential while fostering students’ original thinking and safeguarding institutional integrity.

Discover an invaluable collection of resources designed to empower educators and academic decision-makers as they navigate the integration of AI in teaching and learning environments. Our resources are geared towards facilitating the effective and ethical use of AI writing tools, preparing students and educators for a future increasingly shaped by technology.

As AI evolves, so will our resources, so bookmark this page and plan to revisit it regularly for helpful information and strategies.

Resources for academic leaders

Explore these resources for academic decision makers charting the course of AI integration at their institutions

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AI-generated text: What educators are saying

A resource outlining the conversations that educators are having globally regarding AI.

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AI writing: An annotated hotlist for educators | May 2023

An annotated hotlist of blogs and articles noting the challenges and potential of text-generated AI in the classroom.

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AI writing: An annotated hotlist for educators | Sept 2024

An annotated hotlist of research, blogs, and articles noting the challenges and potential of text-generated AI in educational settings.

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Guide for approaching AI-generated text in your classroom

An educator guide providing suggestions for how to adapt instruction when faced with student use of AI.

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AI vocabulary glossary

A glossary of terms commonly used in education and media to help educators easily differentiate between them.

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Getting started with AI writing at Turnitin - for Administrators

This guide for administrators introduces resources to support instructors' use of AI writing detection capabilities.

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Getting started with AI writing at Turnitin - for instructors

This guide for instructors introduces resources to support classroom use of AI writing detection capabilities.

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One piece at a time: Solving the AI writing puzzle

An infographic designed to provide resources to learn and explore generative AI for the educational setting.

Resources for educators

Dive into this set of comprehensive resources tailored to educators incorporating AI into their classrooms

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Updating your academic integrity policy in the age of AI

A resource to guide educators in reviewing/revising existing academic integrity policies to address threats from AI.

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AI misuse checklist

This checklist is a resource to aid educators in reviewing assignment prompts for potential vulnerabilities to generative AI tools.

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AI misuse rubric

This rubric helps educators proactively prepare writing assignments for possible misuse of generative AI writing tools.

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Misuse checklist or rubric?

A guide to help educators determine which resource is more applicable to their instructional situation: the AI misuse checklist or the AI misuse rubric.

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AI conversations: Handling false positives for educators

A guide sharing strategies educators can consider to help when confronted with a false positive.

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Approaching a student regarding potential AI misuse

This educator-facing guide provides support in facilitating open conversations about potential AI misuse.

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Discussion starters for tough conversations about AI

This educator-facing guide provides discussion starters to support open conversations about potential AI misuse.

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Comparing Turnitin’s Similarity Score and AI writing indicator

An infographic highlighting how and why Similarity and AI writing scores are similar and different from one other.

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How to interpret Turnitin’s AI writing score and dialogue with students

An infographic defining variables impacting Turnitin's AI writing score.

Resources for instruction

Utilize this suite of instructional resources designed to uphold academic and integrity standards

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AI use/misuse activity guide

An educator's guide to accompany the AI use/misuse activity.

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AI use/misuse activity

A presentation deck meant to facilitate discussion on what constitutes AI use/misuse.

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Resources for students

Leverage these resources to bolster student understanding of ethical AI usage and safeguard authentic learning

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AI conversations: Handling false positives for students

A guide sharing strategies students can consider to help when confronted with a false positive.

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Ethical AI use checklist for students

This student-facing checklist allows students to self-monitor their use of AI to complete assignments.

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Original thinking throughout the writing process handout

This handout demonstrates how a student’s focus on process showcases original thinking.

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Original thinking throughout the writing process poster

This poster shows how a student’s focus on process showcases original thinking.

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