Transparency and AI Use for Faculty
Created and curated by Dr. Leticia De Leon CEP Faculty Champion for Digital Pedagogy CTE Faculty Fellow for Innovative Assignment Design in the Context of AI/LLMs
Image generated by artificial intelligence (Microsoft, 2025)
Introduction to AI Transparency
Transparency in AI means disclosing your use of it, and guidelines for what you want your students to use it or not use it. This is important for several reasons. It is ill-adviced to ignore AI completely, since you can't control what students will do, but you can guide them on how and why you have your policy in place.
- Builds Academic Trust and Community
- Promotes Accountability and Responsibility in Learning
- Reduces Misuse and Academic Misconduct
- Provides Fairness Guidelines
More
Syllabus Guidelines
Disclose
Define
Direct
Provide them guidelines in your syllabus on how you want students to use AI, if at all. Be clear and specific. Leaving this up to interpretation can lead to misunderstandings.
Create a statement that indicates how you as the instructor uses it in the course. Full disclosure is key to build trust and community.
Tell students an accessible definition of what AI is, including how it functions. This clarifies for them why being smart about its use is important.
Process Guide
AI Defined
Examples
Approaches
Prompting AI
Essentials
Using AI requires skills to be used effectively. Not just any prompt or question will get you a good response. AI does not have context, and while it has been trained to speak like a human, it lacks emotional intelligence and processes through mathematical algorithms. Your prompt must attempt to overcome these limitations and include essential details without giving away personal information or disclosing protected information.
5-Point Framework
RTRI Structure
Responsible Prompting
AI-Integrated Assignments & Assessments
Sample AI Assignments
When creating assignments, assessments or activities, it is very important that AI integration does not remove the students' opportunity to show their own learning on the established objective. Therefore, AI can be used for brainstorming, for procedural tasks, as part of a thinking process, or as a tutor. AI can also be a tool for boosting evaluation and critical thinking skills. It should not be used to replace these important cognitive skills.
Critical Thinking with AI
AI-Enhanced Assessment Design
AI-Proof Assignments
Click --->To learn more about how to create assignments that utilize AI pedagogically, please sign up for the CTE Faculty Follow series in 2026.
Cautions and Ethics
Limitations
Hallucinations
Ethics
Concerns on using AI for cheating have commonly circulated. Some ways to approach this concern is to show students how to behave ethically and with integrity.
AI is limited by the following:
- it's a yes-bot
- it can be tricked
- It is not human
- it lacks context
- it lacks emotional intelligence
Generally, AI produces a hallucintation when it provides an innacurate or biased output. It can get facts wrong or make up information. Hallucinations can be difficult to detect without high knowledge and experience in the topic.
Cognitive Decline Research
Hallucinations
Limitations
Ethical Framework
"Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) refers to AI models, in particular those that use machine learning (ML) and are trained on large volumes of data, that are able to generate new content. In contrast, other AI models may have a primary goal of classifying data, such as facial recognition image data, or making decisions, such as those used in automated vehicles. GenAI, when prompted (often by a user inputting text), can create various outputs, including text, images, videos, computer code, or music" (Congress.gov, 2025)
Definition 2
"Artificial intelligence, or AI, refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that usually require human thinking—like learning, solving problems, recognizing patterns, or making decisions. These systems use data and experience to get better over time, much like people do. In education and research, AI can help analyze information faster, assist with writing or organization, and even personalize learning. It's a tool that, when used thoughtfully, can support and enhance the work of scholars and educators." (OpenAI, 2025)
Definition 1
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its simplest definition, refers to any technology or machine that can perform complex tasks typically associated with human intelligence. These tasks can include problem-solving, planning, reasoning, and decision-making (University of Notre Dame, 2025)
Definition 3
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Transparency and AI Use for Faculty
Created and curated by Dr. Leticia De Leon CEP Faculty Champion for Digital Pedagogy CTE Faculty Fellow for Innovative Assignment Design in the Context of AI/LLMs
Image generated by artificial intelligence (Microsoft, 2025)
Introduction to AI Transparency
Transparency in AI means disclosing your use of it, and guidelines for what you want your students to use it or not use it. This is important for several reasons. It is ill-adviced to ignore AI completely, since you can't control what students will do, but you can guide them on how and why you have your policy in place.
More
Syllabus Guidelines
Disclose
Define
Direct
Provide them guidelines in your syllabus on how you want students to use AI, if at all. Be clear and specific. Leaving this up to interpretation can lead to misunderstandings.
Create a statement that indicates how you as the instructor uses it in the course. Full disclosure is key to build trust and community.
Tell students an accessible definition of what AI is, including how it functions. This clarifies for them why being smart about its use is important.
Process Guide
AI Defined
Examples
Approaches
Prompting AI
Essentials
Using AI requires skills to be used effectively. Not just any prompt or question will get you a good response. AI does not have context, and while it has been trained to speak like a human, it lacks emotional intelligence and processes through mathematical algorithms. Your prompt must attempt to overcome these limitations and include essential details without giving away personal information or disclosing protected information.
5-Point Framework
RTRI Structure
Responsible Prompting
AI-Integrated Assignments & Assessments
Sample AI Assignments
When creating assignments, assessments or activities, it is very important that AI integration does not remove the students' opportunity to show their own learning on the established objective. Therefore, AI can be used for brainstorming, for procedural tasks, as part of a thinking process, or as a tutor. AI can also be a tool for boosting evaluation and critical thinking skills. It should not be used to replace these important cognitive skills.
Critical Thinking with AI
AI-Enhanced Assessment Design
AI-Proof Assignments
Click --->To learn more about how to create assignments that utilize AI pedagogically, please sign up for the CTE Faculty Follow series in 2026.
Cautions and Ethics
Limitations
Hallucinations
Ethics
Concerns on using AI for cheating have commonly circulated. Some ways to approach this concern is to show students how to behave ethically and with integrity.
AI is limited by the following:
Generally, AI produces a hallucintation when it provides an innacurate or biased output. It can get facts wrong or make up information. Hallucinations can be difficult to detect without high knowledge and experience in the topic.
Cognitive Decline Research
Hallucinations
Limitations
Ethical Framework
"Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) refers to AI models, in particular those that use machine learning (ML) and are trained on large volumes of data, that are able to generate new content. In contrast, other AI models may have a primary goal of classifying data, such as facial recognition image data, or making decisions, such as those used in automated vehicles. GenAI, when prompted (often by a user inputting text), can create various outputs, including text, images, videos, computer code, or music" (Congress.gov, 2025)
Definition 2
"Artificial intelligence, or AI, refers to computer systems that can perform tasks that usually require human thinking—like learning, solving problems, recognizing patterns, or making decisions. These systems use data and experience to get better over time, much like people do. In education and research, AI can help analyze information faster, assist with writing or organization, and even personalize learning. It's a tool that, when used thoughtfully, can support and enhance the work of scholars and educators." (OpenAI, 2025)
Definition 1
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its simplest definition, refers to any technology or machine that can perform complex tasks typically associated with human intelligence. These tasks can include problem-solving, planning, reasoning, and decision-making (University of Notre Dame, 2025)
Definition 3