Gen A.I. Canvas Guidelines

Assignment Level GenAI Expectations

Once you determine the GenAI policy for your course, we suggest adding a statement in each Canvas assignment reminding students of the GenAI policy for each assignment. The eLDIG team has created GenAI Canvas Assignment icons that you can incorporate into your assignments to communicate your expectations visually and clearly as appropriate for your course needs. The above link includes a sample of the icons and the associated code you can copy into Canvas courses.

When appropriate, consider creating assignments that incorporate generative AI in a specific manner, such as generating ideas for a research topic or revising initial drafts. It is important to keep up with advancements in generative AI to refine instructional practices accordingly. Consider the ethical implications of AI, such as bias in AI-generated content and the impact on creativity and originality while highlighting the real-world applications and limitations of generative AI to prepare students for its use in their professional lives.

Generative AI Canvas Assignment Samples

GenAI Permitted Icon for Canvas Assignments

Generative AI Permitted for This Assignment

You may use GenAI tools such as Microsoft Copilot for this assignment to do the following:

Outline: You may use GenAI to create an outline for this assignment.
Draft: You may use GenAI to generate a first draft of this assignment.
Refine: You may use GenAI to rewrite, edit, or polish portions of your work or to debug code.
Data Analysis: You may use GenAI to generate conclusions based on the analysis of a data set.

Citing GenAI for this Assignment: You must provide attribution for any AI-generated material that you quote, paraphrase, or incorporate into your own work for this assignment. Please refer to these GenAI Citation Guidelines and Penn State’s Generative AI Library Guide for further guidance.

According to Faculty-Senate Policy G-9, “Academic Integrity, misrepresenting another’s words, results, processes, or ideas in whole or in part without giving appropriate attribution, citation, or credit is an academic integrity violation.” This includes submitting GenAI output as one’s own (e.g., plagiarism).

You may copy this code into a Canvas assignment by opening the HTML editor on the bottom right of your Canvas assignment box and pasting the following:

Add your assignment details here

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<div style=”margin: 1rem; padding: 0.3rem 1rem 0; border: 3px solid #008C01; border-radius: 1.25rem; background: #DFF1DF; font-size: 1rem;”>
<img style=”width: 60px;” src=”https://courses.smeal.psu.edu/media/GenAI-green.png” alt=”” />Generative AI Permitted for This Assignment
You may use GenAI tools such as Microsoft Copilot for this assignment to do the following:
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<li>Outline: You may use GenAI to create an outline for this assignment.</li>
<li>Draft: You may use GenAI to generate a first draft of this assignment.</li>
<li>Refine: You may use GenAI to rewrite, edit, or polish portions of your work or to debug code.</li>
<li>Data Analysis: You may use GenAI to generate conclusions based on the analysis of a data set.</li>
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Citing GenAI for this Assignment: You must provide attribution for any AI-generated material that you quote, paraphrase, or incorporate into your own work for this assignment. Please refer to these <a class=”inline_disabled” href=”https://courses.smeal.psu.edu/Course-Resources/artificial_intelligence_resources/2024/04/citing-ai-generated-content-mla.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>GenAI Citation Guidelines</a> and <a class=”inline_disabled” href=”https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/c.php?g=1338692&p=9866353″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Penn State’s Generative AI Library Guide</a> for further guidance.
According to Faculty-Senate Policy G-9, ”Academic Integrity, misrepresenting another’s words, results, processes, or ideas in whole or in part without giving appropriate attribution, citation, or credit is an academic integrity violation.” This includes submitting GenAI output as one’s own (e.g., plagiarism).
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GenAI Permitted with Careful Consideration Icon for Assignments

Generative AI Permitted for This Assignment

You may use GenAI tools such as Microsoft Copilot with careful consideration for this assignment to do the following:

Outline: You may use GenAI to create an outline for this assignment.
Draft: You may use GenAI to generate a first draft of this assignment.
Refine: You may use GenAI to rewrite, edit, or polish portions of your work or to debug code.
Analyze Data: You may use GenAI to generate conclusions based on the analysis of a data set.

Citing GenAI for this Assignment: You must provide attribution for any AI-generated material that you quote, paraphrase, or incorporate into your own work for this assignment. Please refer to these GenAI Citation Guidelines and Penn State’s Generative AI Library Guide for further guidance.

According to Faculty-Senate Policy G-9, “Academic Integrity, misrepresenting another’s words, results, processes, or ideas in whole or in part without giving appropriate attribution, citation, or credit is an academic integrity violation.” This includes submitting GenAI output as one’s own (e.g., plagiarism).

You may copy this code into a Canvas assignment by opening the HTML editor on the bottom right of your Canvas assignment box and pasting the following:

Add your assignment instructions here above the line (line is <hr> in the code)

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<img style=”width: 60px;” src=”https://courses.smeal.psu.edu/media/GenAI-yellow.png” alt=”” />Generative AI Permitted for This Assignment

You may use GenAI tools such as Microsoft Copilot with careful consideration for this assignment to do the following:

<ul>

<li>Outline: You may use GenAI to create an outline for this assignment.</li>

<li>Draft: You may use GenAI to generate a first draft of this assignment.</li>

<li>Refine: You may use GenAI to rewrite, edit, or polish portions of your work or to debug code.</li>

<li>Analyze Data: You may use GenAI to generate conclusions based on the analysis of a data set.</li>

</ul>

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Citing GenAI for this Assignment: You must provide attribution for any AI-generated material that you quote, paraphrase, or incorporate into your own work for this assignment. Please refer to these <a class=”inline_disabled” href=”https://courses.smeal.psu.edu/Course-Resources/artificial_intelligence_resources/2024/04/citing-ai-generated-content-mla.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>GenAI Citation Guidelines</a> and <a class=”inline_disabled” href=”https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/c.php?g=1338692&p=9866353″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Penn State’s Generative AI Library Guide</a> for further guidance.

According to Faculty-Senate Policy G-9, “Academic Integrity, misrepresenting another’s words, results, processes, or ideas in whole or in part without giving appropriate attribution, citation, or credit is an academic integrity violation.” This includes submitting GenAI output as one’s own (e.g., plagiarism).

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GenAI Prohibited Icon for Assignments

Generative AI Is Not Permitted for This Assignment

You may copy this code into a Canvas assignment by opening the HTML editor on the bottom right of your Canvas assignment box and pasting the following:

Add your assignment instructions here above the line (line is <hr> in the code)
Click on the “Edit HTML” button on the bottom right of this page, copy the code from this page into the appropriate Canvas assignment, and edit as needed. 
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<div style=”margin: 1rem; padding: 0.3rem 1rem 0; border: 3px solid #D00103; border-radius: 1.25rem; background: #FBD9D9; font-size: 1rem;”>
<img style=”width: 60px;” src=”https://courses.smeal.psu.edu/media/GenAI-red.png” alt=”” />Generative AI Is Not Permitted for This Assignment
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