AI Acknowledgement

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University of Canterbury AI acknowledgement

UC has no blanket Gen-AI policy: each course decides whether AI is excluded, restricted, unrestricted or required. If you use it you must disclose it, either on a cover page or declaration form or in a section of your assessment, and UC gives a copy-and-paste acknowledgement statement.

Checked against University of Canterbury's own pages on 9 October 2026 · See the full rules

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Did you use AI?

Your university or journal

Which AI tools?

What did you use it for?

What did you do with what it gave you?

More details · prompts, date, versions
Your prompts and the AI's answers
I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (https://chatgpt.com) to brainstorm ideas and check grammar and spelling. The prompts used include [your prompts]. I rewrote anything I used in my own words. I checked the facts it gave me against the original sources.

University of Canterbury's own wording

"I acknowledge the use of [insert AI tool(s) and link] to [specific use of generative artificial intelligence]. The prompts used include [list of prompts]. The output from these prompts was used to [explain use]."

Quoted from University of Canterbury's guidance. The generator below fills this format in for you.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
Whenever Gen-AI (content-creating AI such as text, translation, images, video, code) is used in an assessment; graduate students should also acknowledge AI tools used in research.
Where it goes
Depends on the course: a cover page listing tools and how they were used, a section included with the assessment, or an AI use declaration form on the course Learn page.
Prompts and outputs
Prompts are listed in the acknowledgement statement itself. If accused of misuse, students are advised to gather earlier drafts, workings and planning notes.
Referencing
In-text citations and reference list entries for GenAI follow each referencing style; see the Library help page for your style. No example format given on the page.
Must include
  • AI tool(s) and link
  • specific use of the AI
  • prompts used
  • how the output was used/adapted
  • date of use (shown in Example 2)
Also note
  • course-specific advice takes precedence; if the course outline is silent, ask before assuming AI is allowed
  • use not permitted is a breach of academic integrity and may lead to a misconduct investigation
  • Turnitin AI detection is used in some courses as initial/partial evidence
  • Grammarly used to rewrite or compose text counts as Gen-AI and must be acknowledged
  • do not put others' material (e.g. lecture slides, journal articles) into unapproved AI tools without permission
  • thesis students: AI may only assist editing without changing ideas or intellectual content; consult supervisors first

Sources

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