Academic Honesty and Generative AI
At UGA, the default rule for student use of AI on their coursework is that it is not permitted unless it is explicitly authorized by the course instructor.
In each individual course, the instructor of record can determine what constitutes acceptable use of GAI by students. Therefore, it is important to proactively engage students in an open discussion about your expectations regarding GAI. For example, is the use of GAI off-limits, sometimes OK, or always encouraged?
See our resource on Generative AI Policies for Teaching & Learning for sample course policies (and more!).
Turnitin AI Writing Detector
Turnitin’s AI Writing Detector analyzes student writing, flagging segments of text it believes were either copied directly from generative AI output, or created using an AI-paraphrasing or word modulator / spinner tool. Turnitin’s AI Writing Detector is the only AI Writing Detector approved for use at UGA. UGA instructors should not use AI detectors that are not supported by UGA, as these other tools have not been vetted by UGA’s information security team, for FERPA compliance, or for protection of student’s intellectual property.
Turnitin’s AI Writing Detector can be found within the Similarity Report of a Turnitin assignment on eLC. For the Turnitin AI Writing Detector to function, work submitted to the Turnitin assignment must meet the following requirements (as of April 2025):
- File size must be less than 100 MB
- File must have at least 300 words of prose text in a long-form writing format
- File must not exceed 30,000 words
- File must be written in English, Spanish, or Japanese
- Accepted file types: .docx, .pdf, .txt, .rtf
