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A Recipe for Writing an AI Guideline
Guidelines aren’t useful if they’re vague. This is a time to be specific. Consider the following elements for your guideline.
Guideline Context
What does this guideline apply to? Examples: Idea generation for an assignment, using AI to write emails to a vendor.
The Guideline
Write one sentence that a reader could understand and not need to ask a followup question. Example: Never enter a student’s name into a non-approved AI tool.
Where The Guideline Sits on the AI Use Spectrum
Set your guideline at one of these three levels:
- Prohibited
- Allowed with Conditions
- Allowed with Disclosure
Guidelines can establish AI use at various levels. Review the Sample Syllabus Statements section on the Miami University Provost AI for Faculty page, which shares sample syllabus language for the following levels on the AI use spectrum.
- AI Use Prohibited
- AI Use Allowed (Initial Phases)
- AI Use Allowed (Specified Assignments)
Why the Guideline Matters
Which Miami principle does this guideline protect?
- Accountability
- Data Stewardship
- Transparency
- Equity & Access
How You’ll Implement and Share the Guideline
Where will you post or share the guideline? Examples: Syllabus, team standard operating procedures document, onboarding email, pinned Slack message.