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You work for a university, and you are in charge of talking to the incoming freshmen during their orientation. You have 30 seconds to talk to them about the consequences of plagiarism at the university. This image is your slide on the PowerPoint presentation. All you get is this image. Study the image and then create an argument that connects the image with the importance of using GenAI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini responsibly and honestly in your writing and learning.

In addition, you are told to integrate one of the University’s core values of  into your presentation. You have to provide your paragraph to the VP for approval.

Whichever paragraph you choose, it should be a well-developed paragraph, which means: you need a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence (clincher). The paragraph should be unified and coherent with specific supporting details or examples for support. It should provide sentence variety (simple, compound, and complex sentences). The sentences should be clear, concise, and arranged in a logical order. Transitional words and phrases should be used to provide coherence. Choose one point of view: first, second, or third person.

Academic Honor Code and AI

Each faculty member has the latitude to determine whether AI can be used in their class, and in what way.  Do NOT use AI without checking with your faculty member to determine whether (and what) is allowed for that specific class. Review the syllabus, verify your understanding of the rules, and ensure that all work submitted is yours. Some faculty members will encourage you to explore and us AI, while other may even have a mandated assignment where you will use AI, and still others will prohibit it. Know the expectations and follow their lead.

Use of AI can be determined to be plagiarism.