Follow the university S.E.C.U.R.E framework and Brand guidelines: AI-generated imagery (p. 78) and use generative AI when it enhances your output or is needed for teaching. Consider the environmental and economic costs of using generative AI indiscriminately, for example - find real human created images or use your own photographs in preference to generating an AI image.

Use the arrow to compare a real photograph and an AI-generated image. One credits a real creator (and may pay royalties) with a clear, verifiable source. Which one is it?

If you use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or adapt any part of your OER (e.g., quizzes, images, written content, code), you must acknowledge and clearly disclose that use.

Suggested acknowledgment template

AI Acknowledgement:
I acknowledge the use of [Tool/Product Name] ([web address]) to help with [brief task description].
Prompt(s) used: “[paste prompt text]”.
How I used the output: [e.g., adapted/edited verbatim/used as inspiration] in [location in the OER - chapter/section/figure].

Optional additions: date used; version/model if known; major edits you made.

Example

AI Acknowledgement:
I acknowledge the use of Copilot (https://copilot.microsoft.com/) to help write a multiple choice quiz on cat coat colours for the chapter on cat genetics.
Prompt used: “Please write a 5-question multiple-choice quiz on cat coat colours.”
How I used the output: I edited and included the questions in Chapter 2 of this OER.