All undergraduate students in CLAS are expected to abide by the CLAS Code of Academic Honesty.

If CLAS instructors are concerned about a student that may have participated in academic misconduct, they should consult these instructor resources for how to respond. Additionally, it is important that instructors report academic misconduct as soon as possible.

If you find or believe a student has participated in one or more types of academic misconduct, please follow these steps:

1. Email the student about your concern at their uiowa.edu address to inform them of the situation. Instructors should try to meet with the student as it provides valuable information. TAs usually first confer with the course supervisor. Sometimes the situation is resolved at this stage and does not need to come to the College.
2. Use the online form to report the incident to the College. Be sure to include the grade sanction you are assigning related to this event and any communication you may have had with the student.
3. Upload any documentation to the form that you might have, such as a Turnitin report or your comparison of two exams where students have collaborated.
4. Please include your name on the form so we can copy you on our response to the student. If applicable, add the course supervisor’s name and email address so this person can be included in the letter from CLAS.
5. CLAS will review the report and prepare a collegiate finding for the student.
6. CLAS will send a letter to the student that includes your sanction and the collegiate one; for information on the collegiate sanctions, see below.
7. There have been a large number of reports this semester; please give us around two weeks to respond.

What grade sanction should the instructor give?
Instructors generally only reduce the grade for the assignment in question, giving a 0 or an F. It would be rare for a final grade to be adjusted beyond the point reduction. Some instructors allow a resubmission of the work in question while others do not; this decision is up to the instructor and depends on the student’s work in the course and other factors, such as the seriousness of the offense and the type of academic misconduct.

What sanction does CLAS apply?
CLAS administers a collegiate sanction that depends on the number of incidents reported previously for a student.

• For a first offense, students must complete an online academic integrity seminar, the AIS. The seminar costs the student $105 and takes around 18 hours to complete. A hold is put on the student’s future registration until the seminar is completed.
• For a second offense (or an egregious first offense), a student is suspended for one year. The offense appears on the transcript during the suspension and is then removed.
• For a third offense (or for a very egregious first offense), a student can be expelled. The notation remains permanently on the student transcript.

How should I handle written work submitted that appears to be generated by an Artificial-Intelligence (AI) tool?

• If there is language in the course syllabus regarding the use/misuse of AI tools to generate text for assignments and papers, instructors need to follow these course policies.
• If there is not language in the course syllabus specifically describing the course policies around using AI-generated text, then it is best to meet with the student to discuss how they constructed their written submission and what resources they used as part of the writing process. If possible, provide an opportunity for the student to rewrite the paper using their own words. 
• It is not too late to update a course policy related to the use/misuse of AI tools. If instructors are going to update their policies, make sure to provide both written and oral information to students in the course.
• Keep in mind that currently Turnitin is not checking for suspected AI-generated text at this time and currently does not always flag text that has been generated by AI tools.
• The UI Office of Teaching and Learning Technology has provided instructors with suggested language to use in your syllabus and teaching resources related to the use of AI tools in classes: https://teach.its.uiowa.edu/artificial-intelligence-tools-and-teaching

Note that all students have the right to appeal a collegiate decision. Please see the CLAS Undergraduate Academic Misconduct page for more information, including the student’s appeal process.

Please contact CLAS UP academic staff member Amy Korthank (amy-korthank@uiowa.edu) with questions related to academic misconduct and know that email questions or concerns can also be sent to the general CLAS UP inbox (clas-undergrad@uiowa.edu).