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Using Information Ethically

This guide will introduce you to the importance of using information ethically in your academic work. We will discuss academic integrity, strategies for avoiding plagiarism, and ethical issues with generative artificial intelligence.

Using Information Ethically: Understanding Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism

This guide will introduce you to the importance of the ethical use of information in your academic work by discussing academic integrity and going over strategies to avoid plagiarism. The guide also covers the ethical issues associated with generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT or Google's Gemini. It will look at how using AI generated information can also be considered academic misconduct.  

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Robot with arrow pointing to word integrityIn this guide, students will learn to...

  1. explain the importance of academic integrity
  2. recognize and avoid plagiarism including unintentional plagiarism
  3. connect to tools for organizing sources and creating citations
  4. evaluate the ethics of using AI in the research and writing process