AI Acknowledgement

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Lincoln University AI acknowledgement

Every Lincoln assessment carries a GenAI Usage statement set at No, Partial or Full usage. Where AI is allowed, students must acknowledge the tool, how and when it was used and the prompts; where it is banned, they state that no GenAI was used. Quoted or paraphrased AI text also gets an in-text citation.

Checked against Lincoln University'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) in the preparation and/or writing of my assessment. I have used ChatGPT to assist with brainstorming ideas and checking grammar and spelling. The following prompts were input into ChatGPT: [your prompts].

Lincoln University's own wording

'I acknowledge the use of (AI tool name and URL) in the preparation and/or writing of my assessment. I have used (tool) to assist with:' then tick-style options (Research, Idea generation, Clarifying, Structure and organisation, Writing with in-text citations, Other), then 'The following prompts were input into (tool):' with a list of prompts.

Summarised from Lincoln University's guidance. The generator below fills this format in for you.

The rules at a glance

When you need one
In every assessment: an acknowledgement of any GenAI use where use is permitted, and a no-use acknowledgement where GenAI is prohibited. If a course says nothing about AI, assume it is not allowed.
Framework
GenAI Usage levels: No Usage / Partial Usage (Idea Generation, Refinement, Content Creation) / Full Usage.
Where it goes
In the assessment submission, following Te Kete Wānaka's Referencing page.
Prompts and outputs
Prompts input into the tool must be listed in the acknowledgement.
Referencing
Cite quoted or paraphrased AI text in-text with the tool name and exact generation date, e.g. (ChatGPT, March 18, 2023), with no reference list entry. Where AI is part of a research design, describe it in the methods and cite it as software, e.g. "OpenAI. (2025) ChatGPT-5 [Large Language Model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat".
Must include
  • GenAI tool used (name and URL)
  • how it was used (e.g. research, idea generation, clarifying, structure, writing, other)
  • prompts used
  • when it was used
Also note
  • never present work with unacknowledged GenAI assistance; misuse without disclosure is academic misconduct
  • do not use GenAI to write an entire assessment or entire sections unless instructed
  • do not use AI to translate an assessment from your native language into English
  • grammar/paraphrasing tools (e.g. Grammarly, Quillbot) use GenAI and may not be acceptable; Quillbot output must be acknowledged and cited
  • submissions may be analysed for GenAI use and suspected breaches referred to the Proctor
  • no private, confidential, third-party or mātauranga Māori data in cloud GenAI tools without approval

If you didn't use AI

I have not used any GenAI tools in creating, analysing, or writing this assessment.

Sources

Your unit outline or the journal's author guide wins if it says something different. Spotted a change? Tell us.